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America’s immigrant tech workers are paying an uncertainty tax

2026-06-30 18:00:00

Highly skilled immigrant tech workers in the U.S. are eyeing relocation to Canada, the U.K., or the Gulf as H-1B visa uncertainty continues to haunt them. On June 8, a...

I went to the Maldives. Everyone wanted to talk about Temu

2026-06-29 18:00:58

One evening in the Maldives, I spent a few hours talking with local entrepreneurs. I expected to hear about tourism, politics, or the economy. Instead, they kept talking about Temu....

What happened to China’s overseas EV factory boom?

2026-06-25 18:00:00

Despite all the global worry about China building car factories around the world and stifling local competitors, it turns out that Chinese EV companies have actually been homebodies.  Between 2020...

China and the West are taking opposite paths on EV battery recycling

2026-06-24 18:00:00

The first wave of electric-vehicle batteries is reaching the end of the road, and China and the West are taking very different paths on what to do with them. An...

The AI-powered World Cup runs on thousands of data workers

2026-06-23 18:00:00

The current edition of the FIFA World Cup features a sensor-fitted ball, real-time tracking, artificial intelligence-assisted offside calls, and an AI assistant for each of the 48 teams. Behind these...

Chinese universities are cutting language majors to make way for AI

2026-06-22 18:00:52

As artificial intelligence reshapes the global economy, Chinese universities are rapidly redrawing the landscape of what is worth studying. In recent months, Chinese universities have actively cut foreign language and...