Beijing is pooling resources from the private and state sectors to accelerate adoption of the fast-developing technology

In some cases, oddball ideas can turn into corporate empires

Should Silicon Valley serve the military? What will tech wars mean? And will AI’s inhuman speed outpace regulators? Three books peer into a fast-evolving future

President orders probes into levies imposed by EU, UK and Turkey on US companies

Theft deals blow to an industry that has been reinvigorated by Donald Trump’s re-election

iPhone-maker says it can no longer offer advanced protection in Britain after secret demand for ‘back door’ to user data

Optimal design would avoid the evolutionary compromises that made us

Independent body searches for ways to hold social media group to account over content moderation and hate-speech changes

Officials and executives say gallium rules will upset supply chains for chips and vehicle batteries

Also in this newsletter: better-off Indians’ growing reliance on borrowing, and foreign direct investment shrinks

Most employees will receive about 10% less equity options this year

These days, political influence matters as much as metrics such as ‘daily active users’

The risks of a backlash are rising and could galvanise European competitors

Microsoft’s qubit breakthrough is a welcome shot of adrenaline for the industry

Mossad pager attacks inspired sabotage by Kyiv’s defence intelligence unit

Chinese tech group says it will spend more on artificial intelligence in next three years than over past decade

Schneider Electric says Chinese release has not changed its growth predictions

The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

A tech rebound from DeepSeek and the reappearance of Jack Ma

The venture capital group’s long-serving partner reflects on how the continent’s start-up industry has evolved and discusses the AI boom