Why Everyone Is Suddenly in a ‘Very Chinese Time’ in Their Lives

The viral meme isn’t really about China or actual Chinese people. It's a symbol of what Americans believe their own country ...
JezebelOpinion

“Greenland Should Decide Its Own Future” Is the Kind of Thing That Only Needs to Be Said in the Face of a Tyrant

It shouldn't be necessary to say that Greenland has a right to govern itself, but when Trump is about to destroy NATO, you ...
Reuters

Chinese AI firm MiniMax, others launch Hong Kong IPOs in year-end rush

Hong Kong IPO proceeds hit highest since 2021 AI, chip listings lead 2026 IPO pipeline Cornerstones include Alibaba, ADIA in MiniMax offering Dec 31 (Reuters) - Chinese AI startup MiniMax Group ...
IEEE

Efficient Chinese-Malay Speech-Text Translation via Layer-Freezing Adaptation of Multimodal Foundation Models

Abstract: This paper addresses the challenge of Chinese-Malay speech-to-text translation (S2TT), a crucial yet under-resourced language pair in computational linguistics. We introduce Layer-Freezing ...
Reuters

Chinese AI firm MiniMax to launch Hong Kong IPO in early January, sources say

HONG KONG/BEIJING, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Chinese AI firm MiniMax is seeking to launch a Hong Kong initial public offering in early January, which could raise as much as $700 million, two sources with ...
NBC News

Google sues alleged Chinese scam group behind massive U.S. text message phishing ring

Google is suing a Chinese-speaking cybercriminal group it says is responsible for a massive wave of scam text messages sent to Americans this year, according to a legal complaint filed Tuesday. The ...
The New York Times

A Retired Police Officer Posted a Meme. It Earned Him 37 Days in Jail.

Mr. Lukianoff is the president and chief executive of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. The officers came to arrest Larry Bushart shortly before midnight on Sept. 21. Mr. Bushart, a ...
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Speech brain-computer interface decodes Mandarin Chinese from neural activity

Scientist from Shanghai, China developed and trained a brain-computer interface that can decode Mandarin Chinese syllables. Neurological conditions — such as strokes and degenerative diseases — can ...