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China steps up protection for chip designs in revised regulations

China steps up protection for chip designs in revised regulations

By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Aug 3 (Reuters) - China has revised regulations protecting integrated-circuit layout designs, tightening registration standards and…

August 3, 2026

Factbox-Which midterm candidates is the crypto industry backing?

By Hannah Lang August 3 (Reuters) - The crypto industry has poured close to $200 million into the November midterm…

August 3, 2026

Alibaba unveils its largest AI model yet, DeepSeek's latest model is ultra-low cost

By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Aug 3 (Reuters) - China's Alibaba on Monday unveiled its largest and most capable AI model…

August 3, 2026

Prysmian strikes $3.8 billion Atkore buy in US in electrical push

By Valentina Za and Claudia Cristoferi MILAN, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Italy's Prysmian, the world's largest cablemaker, has agreed to…

August 3, 2026

Exclusive-CXMT plans second chip plant in Beijing and is in talks on its funding, sources say

Aug 3 (Reuters) - CXMT, China's largest chipmaker by market value, is considering building a second memory-chip plant in Beijing and…

August 3, 2026

How you can learn to regain your focus and practice paying attention

You may have too much on your mind, though you can't really ever concentrate on one thing. Many of us…

August 3, 2026

China's WeRide enters Denmark, extending European footprint

BEIJING, August 3 (Reuters) - Chinese autonomous driving technology company WeRide said on Monday it would enter Denmark through a…

August 3, 2026

ArcelorMittal expands Microsoft partnership on cloud

Aug 3 (Reuters) - Steelmaker ArcelorMittal said on Monday it was expanding its collaboration with Microsoft as part of its…

August 3, 2026

How you can learn to regain your focus and practice paying attention

You may have too much on your mind, though you can't really ever concentrate on one thing. Many of us…

August 3, 2026

DeepSeek's new AI model is by far the cheapest of well-known models to run, research firm says

By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Aug 3 (Reuters) - A version of Chinese startup DeepSeek's flagship AI model is by far…

August 3, 2026