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Wife of Vietnam’s Richest Man Named Chairwoman of Ride-Hailing Operator
The wife of Vietnam’s richest man, Pham Nhat Vuong, has been named chairwoman of GSM, the operator of ride-hailing service Xanh SM.

By The Financial District
Mar 101 min read


Rare Earths Norway Raises Estimate of Europe’s Biggest Deposit by 81%
An estimate of the mineral resources at a mine being developed by Rare Earths Norway, Europe’s largest rare earth project, has soared 81% since the last evaluation two years ago.

By The Financial District
Mar 91 min read


Nvidia Halts China-Bound H200 Output, Shifts Capacity to Vera Rubin
Nvidia has stopped production of its second-most advanced artificial intelligence chips, known as H200 chips, intended for the Chinese market.

By The Financial District
Mar 91 min read


Netflix Is $2.8 Billion Richer After Dumping Warner Bros. Deal
Netflix is no longer contemplating a future that includes Warner Bros., having ceded the heated M&A battle to Paramount Skydance.

By The Financial District
Mar 92 min read


CNN Chief Urges Staff to Keep Calm Over Paramount’s Purchase of Parent Firm
Word had barely spread about Paramount’s apparent victory in the competition to buy Warner Bros. Discovery before CNN chief Mark Thompson wrote to staff members.

By The Financial District
Mar 91 min read


Iran Conflict Jolts Global Markets, Aboitiz Power Illustrates Risks to Philippine Blue Chips
The escalating military operations between the United States, Israel, and Iran—carried out under the codenames “Epic Fury” and “Roaring Lion”—have rattled global markets and interrupted what had been a promising recovery for Philippine equities.

By Lito U. Gagni
Mar 83 min read


Anthropic CEO Says He Can’t Accede to Pentagon’s Demands for AI Use
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said that the artificial intelligence (AI) company “cannot in good conscience accede” to the Pentagon’s demands to allow unrestricted use of its technology.

By The Financial District
Mar 71 min read


Trump Orders U.S. Agencies to Stop Using Anthropic Tech
The Trump administration on Friday ordered all US agencies to stop using Anthropic’s artificial intelligence (AI) technology and imposed other major penalties, escalating an unusually public clash between the government and the company over AI safety.

By The Financial District
Mar 61 min read


Dorsey’s Job Cuts at Block a Case of "AI-Washing," Says Critic
When Block laid off nearly half its staff last week, co-founder Jack Dorsey offered a seemingly simple explanation—artificial intelligence was allowing the company to do more with fewer employees.

By The Financial District
Mar 61 min read


Canadian Miner Finds Deposit of 15 Rare Earth Minerals in Botswana
Canadian mineral exploration company Tsodilo Resources Ltd. has confirmed a sizable rare earth and critical minerals deposit in Botswana, giving Canada a key role in the intensifying rivalry between the U.S. and China to secure strategic supply chains.

By The Financial District
Mar 61 min read


Altman Announces Amendments to OpenAI Deal with Pentagon
OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman said on Monday that the ChatGPT-maker is working with the US Department of Defense to make some changes to their agreement.

By The Financial District
Mar 61 min read


Japan to Push Rapidus to Hike Domestic Chip Output
The Japanese government said Friday it has become the largest shareholder in state-backed chipmaker Rapidus Corp., holding 11.5% of its voting rights in its latest push to establish a stable domestic supply of semiconductors.

By The Financial District
Mar 51 min read


SC Rules vs. Private Prison Firm Being Sued by Immigration Detainees
The Supreme Court (SC) has ruled against a private prison company facing a lawsuit alleging that immigration detainees were forced to work and were paid only $1 a day in Colorado.

By The Financial District
Mar 51 min read


U.S. Defense Secrets Sold to Russians for Millions in Crypto
A man working for an American defense contractor has been jailed in the United States for seven years for selling trade secrets to a buyer with ties to Russia.

By The Financial District
Mar 51 min read


Bossjob Partners with TESDA
Bossjob, the chat-first career platform for professional hiring in Southeast Asia (SEA), has partnered with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) to bridge the gap between industry-standard skills and actual employment.

By The Financial District
Mar 52 min read


The Simplicity Revolution in Customer Feedback
As customer expectations rise across Southeast Asia, businesses are learning that the most powerful feedback systems are often the simplest ones.

By The Financial District
Mar 55 min read


Judge Will Order Greenpeace to Pay $345-M in Oil Pipeline Protest Case
A North Dakota judge said he will order Greenpeace to pay damages expected to total $345 million in connection with protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline nearly a decade ago — a sum the environmental group says it cannot afford.

By The Financial District
Mar 41 min read


Mexico Weighs Suit vs. Musk for Linking President to Drug Cartels
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she is considering legal action after tech billionaire Elon Musk alleged she was connected to drug cartels.

By The Financial District
Mar 41 min read


Dell Expects AI Server Revenue to Double Next Year
Dell said it expects revenue from its key artificial intelligence (AI)-optimized server business to double in fiscal year 2027 and promised to return more cash to shareholders.

By The Financial District
Mar 41 min read


Official’s Clumsy Handling of ChatGPT Exposes Beijing’s Intimidation Campaign
A sprawling Chinese influence operation — accidentally revealed through a Chinese law enforcement official’s use of ChatGPT — focused on intimidating Chinese dissidents abroad, including by impersonating US immigration officials.

By The Financial District
Mar 41 min read


PAGCOR Brings Photography Exhibit to Newport Mall
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) on Tuesday, March 3, formally opened the second leg of its Photography Contest Exhibit at The Grove, Newport Mall in Pasay City, in partnership with Newport World Resorts (NWR).

By The Financial District
Mar 42 min read


Anthropic Raps 3 Chinese Firms for Using Its Tools to Train Their AI Models
Anthropic has accused three prominent Chinese artificial intelligence firms of using its Claude chatbot on a massive scale to secretly train rival models.

By The Financial District
Mar 31 min read


Globe Telecom Raises ₱25 Billion from Preferred Share Issue
Globe Telecom has raised ₱25.0 billion from the issuance of 12.5 million cumulative, non-voting, non-participating, non-convertible, redeemable, and reissuable peso-denominated perpetual preferred shares under its recently concluded preferred shares offer.

By The Financial District
Mar 32 min read


Nvidia Beats Q4 Expectations, Offers Stronger Q1 Outlook
Nvidia has reported its fiscal fourth-quarter results, beating analysts’ expectations on both the top and bottom lines.

By The Financial District
Mar 21 min read
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