If you want to reduce international trade and foreign relations to chest-beating displays of dominance, sooner or later youâre going to end up fighting about steel. Hard, unbending, corrosion-resistant and essential to making macho artefacts like skyscrapers, cars and armaments, the metal is associated with images of strength. US President Donald Trump echoed that imagery…
Chinaâs growing AI capabilities were well known. After all, Chinese AI researchers and companies have been remarkably open about their progress, publishing papers, open-sourcing their software and speaking with US researchers and journalists. Also Read: DeepSeekâs big-picture message: Embrace the open-source movement for wider benefits Two factors explain Chinaâs achievement of near parity. First, China…
On 3 February, both Canada and Mexico were given a 30-day reprieve, with concessions extracted from themâthe beefing up of border patrols to prevent ingress of fentanyl and illegal immigrants. While both Canada and Mexico had threatened retaliatory tariffs, they too have deferred action in the wake of Trumpâs decision to temporarily suspend tariffs on…
Apple has expressed serious concerns regarding the introduction of an adult content app,Hot Tub, now available on iPhones in the EU, warning that new digital competition laws could put users’ safety at risk and erode consumer confidence, reported AP. The app was launched this week by AltStore PAL, a rival app marketplace that has become…
Apple has strongly criticized the Digital Markets Act soon afer the first porn app for iPhones became available to download in the European Union. The new app called Hot Tub became available via a third party app store called AltStore PAL. Hot Tub markets itself as an content browser offers users the choice to browse…
Also Read: Mint Quick Edit | Trumpâs at it again, sending mixed signals This a rudimentary game of âchicken,â which is often referred to in âgame theoryâ made famous by John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern. Now, let us put names to the players. A is Donald Trump, who has made his intentions clear. B…
Nailing down a strategic focus on diversification of global technology innovation away from established powers will offer India its biggest opportunities to grow in global relevance, said Chris Miller, author of global bestseller Chip War: The Fight for the Worldâs Most Critical Technology and professor of international history at Tufts University in the US, in…
Although Indian officials are pushing for a similar negotiating arrangement with the UK, the British have not yet agreed to this request, the people cited above said. Negotiations on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)âwhich proposes taxing imports of carbon-intensive products such as iron and steel, cement, aluminium and fertilizerâwere earlier kept out of the…
The role of X in disseminating often-false information and lionizing rabble-rousers, as well as X owner Elon Muskâs provocative tweets and irresponsible retweets, are all under the microscope. This week, Thierry Breton, a high-ranked European Union commissioner, issued a strong warning to X over âcontent that promotes hatred, disorder, incitement to violence”. Muskâs fan-boy interview…
Both the US Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission have initiated a number of high profile antitrust lawsuits against Big Tech companies. Europe has already enacted two significant legislationsâthe Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Actâand has, if anything, further ramped up its enforcement actions against Big Tech. While India is undoubtedly late…
