China’s rapid transformation into the world’s dominant electric-vehicle market has triggered an unintended global shockwave: an extraordinary surge of gasoline-powered automobile exports. As domestic consumers abandon internal-combustion models in favour of battery vehicles, Chinese automakers — both state-owned and private — are pushing millions of unsold gasoline cars into foreign markets. This strategy is driven…

CoinShares, one of Europe’s most established digital asset investment firms, has taken a decisive strategic turn by withdrawing plans to launch multiple cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds in the United States. The move marks a significant recalibration ahead of the company’s anticipated Nasdaq listing, signalling a broader shift in how mid-sized crypto asset managers intend to compete…

Vietnam’s decision to award new 5G contracts to Huawei and ZTE marks a significant strategic shift shaped by trade pressures, geopolitical recalibration and domestic economic priorities. After years of hesitance toward integrating Chinese technology into sensitive digital infrastructure, Hanoi is now moving toward deeper cooperation with Chinese telecom firms. The change follows deteriorating trade conditions…

The rapid expansion of data centers and the accelerating global race to deploy artificial intelligence have created an engineering challenge that is now central to the future of the digital economy: managing heat. As companies shift vast volumes of information to cloud infrastructure and scale their use of high-performance computing, data centers are becoming hotter,…

U.S. retailers are entering this holiday season with an unprecedented strategic shift: they are no longer competing only for human attention but also for visibility inside artificial intelligence systems that increasingly act as intermediaries between consumers and products. As generative AI begins shaping shopping behavior—from gift recommendations to direct in-chat purchases—retailers are confronting a fundamental…

Tesla finds itself entangled in a growing sales slump across its core markets — Europe, China and the United States — even as its founder and CEO prioritizes long-term ambitions in robotics and autonomous driving. The fundamentals of its automotive business are under strain: falling deliveries, shrinking market share, intensifying competition, and an ageing product…