Philippines Drops China Railway Deals, Seeks Other Funders (www.bloomberg.com)
The Philippines will no longer pursue Chinese loans to fund three railway projects valued at more than $5 billion and has started discussions with other Asian countries for alternative financing deals....
US Senators to Seek Xi Meeting, Discuss Micron on China Trip (www.bloomberg.com)
A bipartisan group of US senators hopes to meet President Xi Jinping in China next week, as a flurry of diplomacy bolsters expectations of a leaders meeting between the two superpowers. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and his Republican colleague Senator Mike Crapo will raise the issue of Micron Technology Corp.’s ability...
Google Antitrust Judge Told Android Contracts Blocked Startup Search App - Bloomberg (www.bloomberg.com)
cross-posted from !google...
EU Faults Musk’s X in Fight Against Russia’s ‘War of Ideas’ (www.bloomberg.com)
The Global Economy Enters an Era of Upheaval (www.bloomberg.com)
US-China tensions and the war in Ukraine are already swinging investments to like-minded countries — a sign that companies are making geopolitical bets.
The Global Economy Enters an Era of Upheaval (www.bloomberg.com)
US-China tensions and the war in Ukraine are already swinging investments to like-minded countries — a sign that companies are making geopolitical bets.
UK economy shrank at the fastest pace in seven months in July as strikes and wet weather hit activity harder than expected, reviving fears that a recession may be under way. (www.bloomberg.com)
cross-posted from: lemmygrad.ml/post/1783295...
China Reaches Peak Gasoline in Milestone for Electric Vehicles (www.bloomberg.com)
China’s Semiconductor Ambitions Fuel European Brain Drain (www.bloomberg.com)
Google Illegally Cut Contract Staffers Who Worked on AI, Union Alleges (www.bloomberg.com)
The Alphabet Workers Union accused Google and Accenture of violating federal labor law, which prohibits retaliation against employees for organizing
Internet Blackout Takes Out Power, Payment Systems in Senegal (www.bloomberg.com)
Economy Minister: Japan to invest in AI, consider UBI (www.bloomberg.com)
archive.is/…/japan-dreams-of-ai-overtaking-nvidia…...
South Africa Spurns US Pressure to Stop Using China’s Huawei Technology (www.bloomberg.com)
Oil Coasts to Sixth Weekly Gain After Saudi, Russia Extend Cuts (www.bloomberg.com)
Argentina Is Going Broke to Stall a Full-On Currency Collapse (www.bloomberg.com)
The US Military Is Taking Generative AI Out for a Spin (www.bloomberg.com)
The long-term aim of such exercises is to update the US warhorse so it can use AI-enabled data in decision-making, sensors and ultimately firepower.
TikTok Media Are Gaining Subscribers From French Riots (www.bloomberg.com)
TikTok Media Are Gaining Subscribers From French Riots (www.bloomberg.com)
Titanic Tour Leader Loved Risk and Called Safety a ‘Pure Waste’ (www.bloomberg.com)
India Offers Rupee Trade Option to Nations Facing Dollar Crunch (www.bloomberg.com)
Top US, Chinese Defense Officials Haven’t Spoken in Three Months (www.bloomberg.com)
Google, Nvidia Express Concerns to FTC About Microsoft’s Activision Deal (www.bloomberg.com)
Ubisoft Employees Push Back Hard on Blockchain Initiative (www.bloomberg.com)
non-paywalled secondary reporting here from Rock Paper Shotgun, if you run into Bloomberg’s paywall: Ubisoft’s latest effort to convince employees that NFTs are good falls flat