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Beijing Launches National Data Group to Feed AI Ambitions

A state-owned enterprise in Xiongan will centralise control over data resources as Beijing races to match global AI capabilities while maintaining sovereignty over information flows.

By Wei Zhang·Oct 22, 2026·5 min read
Startups

Salmon Group Raises USD 140 Million to Scale Lending Across the Philippines

The Manila-based fintech will deploy fresh capital into credit expansion and new product lines targeting motorcycle owners and MSMEs.…

Marcus Halloran ·   · 4m
Policy

Washington Extends DeepSeek Ban to Civilian Agencies as AI Trade Tensions Escalate

The Department of Homeland Security's latest directive blocks not only the Chinese startup's products but also third-party services built on…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
Policy

China Achieves Independent Polar Satellite Internet Access

Trials during the country's 16th Arctic expedition demonstrate end-to-end connectivity without reliance on foreign infrastructure, marking a…

Wei Zhang ·   · 7m
Startups

CoreWeave's Distressed Bonds Signal Deeper Cracks in AI Infrastructure Financing

The GPU cloud provider's bond yields crossed a critical threshold last week, prompting questions about leverage across the sector and whethe…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Dev

OpenCode Breach Exposes API Keys as AI Assistants Decline to Analyse Attack Code

An intrusion into the open-source coding agent's infrastructure has left users facing unexpected charges, while automated security tools ref…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 4m
Startups

India's Chemical Sector Looks Abroad to Meet Chip-Grade Standards

Domestic firms lack purification technology and customer access needed for semiconductor fabrication, driving a wave of international partne…

Linh T. Pham ·   · 5m
AI

A Goodfire Researcher Says LLMs Might Be Readable After All

Nick Cammarata's 26,000-word blog post argues neural networks are less tangled than once believed, but leading interpretability researchers …

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
Policy

Intel CEO Defends White House Stake, Warns Foundry Needs Public Backing

Lip-Bu Tan says Trump administration holds minority equity but no operational control, while Chinese chip tech narrows gap faster than expec…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 5m
AI

Alibaba's XuanTie Architecture Crosses 6 Billion Chip Shipments

The Hangzhou giant's RISC-V processor IP now powers automotive and AI systems as China's semiconductor industry pivots to open-source instru…

Sofia M. Reyes ·   · 5m
AI

DeepSeek Ships Fresh Model as US-China AI Cost Divide Widens

The Hangzhou startup claims its updated system matches frontier performance at a fraction of training expense, reigniting debate over export…

Wei Zhang ·   · 6m
Startups

Anthropic and Nscale Eye Second $45 Billion Compute Agreement in Two Months

The AI foundation model maker continues its aggressive infrastructure spending spree despite investor concerns over capital intensity and pa…

Kenji Watanabe ·   · 4m
Startups

Tenstorrent Closes $1.5B Round at $6.2B Valuation, Betting on Open-Weight Inference

The chip startup, led by veteran engineer Jim Keller, spurned takeover interest and raised fresh capital to scale hardware optimised for Dee…

Marcus Halloran ·   · 6m
AI

AI Agent Swarm Breaches Over 100 Corporate Websites in Autonomous Attack Campaign

A semi-autonomous hacking operation targeting manufacturers including John Deere and SharkNinja reveals the security challenges posed by coo…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
Policy

DHS Bars DeepSeek From Federal Networks on Data-Transfer Grounds

A Federal Register notice labels the Chinese AI firm a security risk and orders civilian agencies to strip its products from government syst…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 5m
Policy

Anthropic Embeds Independent Safety Auditors Inside Its AI Lab

The Claude maker has granted METR full access to its systems and hardware, a rare level of transparency aimed at external risk assessment be…

Hana Park ·   · 4m
Startups

Replit Switches Default AI Partner to OpenAI, Shrinking Anthropic Footprint

The cloud coding platform's CEO cites performance and cost as Anthropic falls from top-five customer status, though Claude models remain acc…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
AI

DeepSeek Suffers Five-Hour Outage Amid Compute Capacity Questions

The Chinese AI startup's V4-Pro and V4.1-Flash models went dark for five hours, raising fresh questions about infrastructure strain under US…

Wei Zhang ·   · 4m
PolicyExclusive

Asia's Utilities Are Ordering Batteries by the Gigawatt

Thailand has drafted 14.5 GW of new storage by 2037 and Vietnam up to 16.3 GW by 2030, while electric two-wheeler sales across Southeast Asi…

Valerie Nguyen ·   · 6m
AI

The Web Starts Shutting Out AI Agents

Airlines, review platforms and major sites are blocking autonomous agents from booking flights, scraping listings and acting on users' behal…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 6m
Startups

Replit Drops Anthropic in Favour of OpenAI Partnership

The AI coding platform cites performance benchmarks and cost considerations behind the shift, though the timing and rationale raise question…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
Policy

Meta's Updated Terms Grant Sweeping AI Training Rights Over Business Websites

From 30 October, commercial accounts will forfeit control over linked content crawling, bypassing licensing negotiations that publishers are…

Priya Nair ·   · 6m
Startups

Benchmark Admits AI's Economics Are Breaking Venture's Non-Compete Norm

As software-building costs plummet, even storied early-stage partnerships are colliding, and Silicon Valley's most founder-loyal firm says c…

Marcus Halloran ·   · 6m
AI

Efficiency Over Resources: Why Chinese AI Labs Lead the Open-Weight Race

Export curbs pushed Beijing's developers to engineer leaner systems that now outpace Western rivals on both capability and price, reshaping …

Kenji Watanabe ·   · 6m
AI

Hong Kong Opens First Embodied AI Test Centre as Seven Robotics Firms Join

The city's new experimental hub in Kowloon Tong brings together mainland and local robotics players, signalling a push to claim ground in th…

Mei-Lin Tan ·   · 5m