The World Can’t Wean Itself Off Chinese Lithium
Lithium projects outside China have been at the mercy of the markets, slowing and expanding as the price of lithium ebbs and flows. But domestic investment...
China Is Racing to Electrify Its Future
“China has gone from having virtually no electric vehicles to having almost half of the world’s stock of passenger electric vehicles, and far more of that...
China Is Tightening Its Grip on Big Tech
Giving the government final approval on whether, for instance, an algorithm could prejudice against a particular group of people, is potentially a model that could be...
The Rise and Precarious Reign of China’s Battery King
The headquarters of battery giant CATL tower over the coastal Chinese city of Ningde. To the untrained eye, the building resembles a huge slide rising out...
This Warehouse Robot Reads Human Body Language
Sales of workplace robots worldwide are growing steadily after a recent slowdown in growth due to the pandemic, according to data from the International Federation of...
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China Built Your iPhone. Will It Build Your Next Car?
On the face of it, Foxconn seems well placed to start making cars. But there are important challenges to overcome. Foxconn’s expertise lies in harnessing human...
Before Starbucks Baristas Had Unions, They Had Coworker Petitions
Her petition, titled “Let us have visible tattoos!!!,” racked up more than 25,000 signatures—including nearly 14,000 from Starbucks baristas—in more than 40 countries. In October of...
DALL-E Mini Is the Internet’s Favorite AI Meme Machine
On June 6, Hugging Face, a company that hosts open source artificial intelligence projects, saw traffic to an AI image-generation tool called DALL-E Mini skyrocket. The...
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Shopify Goes Soul-Searching
Hey, folks. Ready for a wet, hot summer? Better keep the Paxlovid handy. The Plain View When I spoke to Shopify’s CEO and founder, Tobias Lütke,...
The End of Klarna’s Easy Money Is Bad News for BNPL
Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the cofounder and CEO of Klarna, looks slightly frayed down the barrel of his webcam as he explains over Google Meet why everything is...