China’s exports defied a turbulent year of trade tensions to perform better than expected in 2025, cementing a record US$1.19 trillion annual surplus as manufacturers diversified markets to offset a s...
Alibaba Group Holding’s artificial intelligence strategy is defined by a commitment to open-source models, the company said on Tuesday, following a year of soaring adoption for its suite of AI service...
After visiting 29 states last year, I would choose to move to Maine. Emily Pogue My husband and I spent most of last year traveling around the United States . We spent time in 29 different states, but...
Hi HN, I’m releasing minikv, a distributed key-value and object store in Rust. What is minikv? minikv is an open-source, distributed storage engine built for learning, experimentation, and self-hosted...
Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images Grok will no longer be allowed to create AI photos of real people in sexualized or revealing clothing, after widespread global backlash. "We have implem...
Avatar writer and director James Cameron has discussed the possibility of moving forward with Avatar 4 and 5 following the release of the third film, Fire and Ash, saying he must find a cheaper way to...
The announcement of the ceasefire's second phase marked a significant step forward but left many questions unanswered. Those include the makeup of a proposed, apolitical governing committee of Palesti...
Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Oman led a diplomatic effort to dissuade Donald Trump from launching a high-risk military strike on Iran. For in-depth analysis, Genie Godula welcomes Jon Hoffman, Research Fe...
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Passenger trips at the Hong Kong International Airport reached 61 million in 2025, marking a 15 per cent year-on-year increase, after a full year of operation with the facility’s third runway. The Air...
David Webb, the corporate governance activist renowned for his free public database and his explosive “Enigma Network” exposé that rocked the Hong Kong stock exchange, has died aged 60 of metastatic p...
Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao is winding up its operations in Canada by the end of this month, marking the closure of all newsrooms run by the city’s major print publications in the North American coun...
China’s central bank strengthened the yuan’s daily fixing for a third consecutive session to a nearly 16-month high, as the currency also held firm in offshore markets despite recent US dollar strengt...
A Chinese phone application called “dead or alive” that helps users check in daily has become a top-ranked app, reflecting the trend of solo living among the country’s young people. The Sileme app, or...
Ashley St. Clair sues xAI over Grok chatbot allegedly generating explicit deepfake images of her, using images from when she was 14 years old. Maja Smiejkowska/REUTERS Ashley St. Clair sued xAI, alleg...
A Turkish Airlines plane made an emergency landing in Barcelona. Christophe Gateau/picture alliance via Getty Images A Turkish Airlines plane had to make a landing after a bomb threat was discovered a...
Russia and Venezuela maintain a strategic partnership spanning energy, defense, and diplomacy. Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images Russia's state-owned Roszarubezhneft says its Venezuelan oil assets belong t...
Amazon has some certifiably fantastic deals on TCGs right now, and that's including an all-time new best price on the Pokémon TCG: Mega Evolution - Phantasmal Flames Elite Trainer Boxes . It was a hug...
Hi HN! In the past few months my team and I have been working on Tusk Drift, a system that records real API traffic from your service, then replays those requests as deterministic tests. Outbound I/O ...
Flying in the face of the old adage that “wanting more” is how any worthwhile entertainer should “leave ‘em,” Hollywood has never been shy about churning out a sequel. And so, in the ever-present mids...