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As artificial intelligence companies compete for increasingly scarce training material, some are reportedly turning to an unexpectedly old-fashioned source: physical books. AI developers and their contractors are purchasing large quantities of secondhand books, removing their bindings and scanning the pages before destroying or recycling the originals, according to a July
China to Build Nuclear Power Plant in Argentina as It Expands ‘Belt and Road’
As part of a larger push to exert its influence in the region, China has finalized a deal with Argentina...
Amazon Limits Paid COVID Leave to Employees Vaccinated Against COVID
Amazon denies its vaccine-free employees enjoying paid leave after receiving a positive PCR-test result...
Meta Shares Slump 20 Percent After Earnings Report, Number of Facebook Users Declines for First Time
On Feb. 2, shares of Facebook owner Meta fell by 20 percent after the social media platform’s quarterly...
Hit by ‘Zero-COVID’ Policies, Chinese Manufacturing Crawls to Slowest Since Start of Pandemic
China’s manufacturing sector slowed to its weakest in almost two years as the country’s stringent “Zero-COVID...
Intel Could Spend $100 Billion Over the Next Decade on New Ohio Chip Plants
On Jan. 22, Intel announced that it will be investing $20 billion in the United States to build two chip...
China: Canon’s Large Severance Packages Make Chinese Think Again
Recently, Canon Zhuhai Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Canon located in Zhuhai, China, announced its closure...
Amid Fears of ‘Catastrophic’ Damage, Networks Halt 5G Rollout Near US Airports
Verizon and AT&T have announced that they are delaying the rollout of 5G networks within two miles...
Chinese Phones Sold in Taiwan Accused of Content Censorship, Users’ Private Data May Be Tracked by Beijing
After the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense revealed that the Mi 10T 5G smartphone sold by Chinese company...
Beijing Demands $210 Million From China’s ‘Queen of Live Streaming’ Viya
Chinese tax authorities have hit live-stream shopping influencer Huang Wei, known to her fans as Viya...