China's National People's Congress saw an uncharacteristic surge in tech optimism, driven by DeepSeek, which has fired up investors, politicians, and regulators — - Push for high-tech development follows DeepSeek's breakthrough — Chinese shares poised to post best NPC performance since 2018
Foxconn reports Q4 profit down 13% YoY to ~$1.41B, missing the ~$1.65B estimate, its first quarterly drop since Q2 2023, but forecasts strong Q1 2025 growth — Taiwan's Foxconn (2317.TW),the world's largest contract electronics maker, said on Friday that solid demand from its tech clients …
A look at Paris-based incubator Station F, which includes Hugging Face as alumni and whose startups raised €1B+ for three straight years, up from €250M in 2017 — Of the Paris-based incubator's 40 best-performing start-ups, 34 have artificial intelligence at the core of their business
Estonian startups aim to turn its thriving tech sector into a military-industrial complex, including making autonomous drones, as Europe boosts defense spending — The Baltic country hopes to turn its thriving tech sector into a military-industrial complex, and tap into rising European defense spending.
After Palantir's stock jumped 350%+ in 2024, founder Alex Karp has sold $1.9B in shares since January 2024; VerityData says his PLTR holdings are worth $12.8B — Data intelligence group's chief cashed in on surging shares to make $1.9bn, behind only Meta's Mark Zuckerberg
Trump's call to scrap the “horrible” CHIPS Act causes concern among Republican lawmakers, who sought and received White House reassurances over the program — The president's attack on the key tenet of the Biden administration's industrial policy has set off concerns that he may claw back its funding.
New York Times : Sources: the US State Department ordered embassies to push back against foreign influence campaigns, as officials worry ...
