Tech & Telecom

China Deepens Probe Into PDD After Fistfights With Regulators

China has broadened a probe into PDD Holdings Inc. after its employees exchanged blows with regulators, dispatching over 100 investigators from various agencies to the company’s Shanghai headquarters in recent weeks, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Xi’s Export Machine Gets Lift From US Move to Strongarm Allies

As Xi Jinping battles unprecedented deflation and shrinking investment, he’s betting that China can sell more and more goods to the world to drive growth. To that end, Donald Trump’s threats against key US allies are coming at a good time.

Grok’s Sexualized Images Test the Limits of AI Oversight

For the past several weeks, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, has been routinely and repeatedly used to digitally undress people on X. Despite a mounting outcry from global regulators, the tool has continued operating in the US with limited government intervention.

ChowNow’s False Advertising Claims Against Rival Move Forward

ChowNow Inc. can pursue some of its false advertising claims against competitor Owner.com under both federal and state law, a district court ruled.

GoodRx’s $32 Million Info-Sharing Deal Fails to Get Court Nod

GoodRx Holdings Inc.'s proposed $32 million settlement of a lawsuit alleging it illegally shared users’ data with Google LLC, Meta Platforms Inc., and Criteo Corp. failed to win approval from a federal court.

All About the EU’s Trade Weapon of Last Resort: QuickTake

For the third time in less than a year, the European Union is weighing whether to use its most powerful economic weapon — the anti-coercion instrument — in a dispute with a major trading partner.

Starmer Rebukes Trump Tariff Threats as ‘Completely Wrong’

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Donald Trump’s threats of new tariffs on European nations would damage the British economy as he issued his strongest rebuke yet against the US president.

Andreessen Horowitz Makes a $3 Billion Bet There’s No AI Bubble

An artificial intelligence startup that helps developers write and debug code is now worth nearly as much as United Airlines. A two-month-old AI computer company raised a massive $475 million seed round, with plans to secure even more financing soon. And a platform for ranking AI models is now valued at nearly $2 billion, less than a year after it was spun out of an academic project.

Starmer to Set Out Approach to US After Trump Tariff Threat

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to reaffirm the UK’s commitment to NATO in a press conference on Monday, after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on the UK and other European nations if he couldn’t reach a deal to buy Greenland from the Kingdom of Denmark.

Tesla, Volvo Set to Be First Winners of China-Canada EV Deal

Tesla Inc. and brands controlled by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. will likely be the first beneficiaries of Canada’s move to slash import tariffs on made-in-China electric vehicles.

Is Social Media Big Tobacco 2.0? Suits Over the Impact on Teens

Is social media to blame for the decline in teen mental health? Hundreds of lawsuits argue that they are. But can the claims get past Section 230, big tech's legal shield? In this video, we look at the fight over social media's impact on teens.