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China’s optical networking sector has set its sights on a massive infrastructure milestone: the deployment of one million 50G-PON ports by the end of the decade. This aggressive target forms the centerpiece of the newly released five-year Information and Communications Technology (ICT) plan formulated by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). Serving as…
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HELSINKI — China closed out the month of September with its ninth and tenth orbital launch attempts, deploying a mixture of national low Earth orbit broadband infrastructure and electromagnetic environment detection satellites. The rapid back-to-back missions highlight an unprecedented launch tempo as the country pushes toward its goal of surpassing 100 orbital launches in a…
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Nvidia’s high-performance hardware has long served as the invisible engine behind the United Arab Emirates’ rapid emergence as a global artificial intelligence powerhouse. Now, the American chip giant is preparing to deepen its footprint in the Gulf nation by offering something far beyond silicon: free software designed to rival the world’s most advanced AI systems,…
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While telecommunications operators around the globe remain remarkably cautious about plunging headfirst into artificial intelligence tokens, major Chinese carriers are charging forward with an aggressive new strategic direction. China Telecom shattered industry precedent back in May by becoming the world’s very first telecommunications operator to commercially sell AI tokens, with its two primary domestic rivals…
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China has strongly pushed back against Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s controversial proposal to reshape the global artificial intelligence landscape, dismissing the call to slow down frontier AI development as another veiled attempt to preserve American technological dominance. Earlier this month, Amodei published a widely discussed blog post arguing that the international AI industry must intentionally…
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If you want to see a doctor in China, your journey likely begins not in a waiting room, but on your mobile phone. Patients can seamlessly book appointments at major hospitals using ubiquitous messaging applications like WeChat or financial platforms like Alipay. For immediate, routine consultations, they can speak with professionals on digital telemedicine platforms…
Cloud Computing
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced a significant evolution in how developers interact with...
IoT & Smart Home
Apple’s long-rumored entry into the dedicated smart-home hardware category may finally be just around...
Data Science & Big Data
As organizations increasingly look toward edge deployments and localized workloads, small language models (SLMs)...
Gadgets & Hardware
In a move that marks a significant pivot in the federal government’s approach to...
