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Employees work on laptops in the Moore Kingston Smith office in London on Nov. 13.
BUSINESS / Tech
From two weeks to two hours: How AI might reboot Britain’s economy
AI’s rollout is raising hopes that Britain can escape the productivity problem that has dogged it for two decades, even as slow growth pushes the country toward tax hikes.
BUSINESS / Tech
Binance faces lawsuit by Hamas victims under anti-terrorism law
More than 300 victims and family members of Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack in Israel sued Binance, co-founder Changpeng Zhao, and top executive Guangying Chen.
BUSINESS / Tech
China’s AI promise lures top Asia fund away from South Korea and Taiwan
The AI frenzy that’s gripped global equity markets for months is getting a fresh look from investors.
Elon Musk's social media platform X erupted in uproar after the rollout of a feature revealing an account's location, exposing what users describe as global troll farms and influence operations on the platform.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 25, 2025
Based in the U.S. or Nigeria? Musk's X erupts over location feature
The account location information rollout is a bid to boost transparency on a platform that tech experts say is rife with disinformation.
A truck waits outside of the gate of Nexperia factory amid a shortage of chip supply caused by the diplomatic standoff between China and the Netherlands over the company, in Dongguan, Guangdong province, China, on Nov. 7.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 24, 2025
How the Nexperia chip crisis upended auto supply chains — again
A factory in China’s industrial south has become a global choke point for automotive chips, upending a sector that swore it wouldn’t be caught again by supply-chain disruptions.
Chinese Premier Li Qiang speaks during the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 26. On Sunday at the G20 summit in Johannesburg, Li laid out China’s rationale for its sweeping curbs of rare earths, then unveiled details of a global mining initiative with friendly nations.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 24, 2025
China’s Li launches charm offensive on rare earths at G20
Critical minerals became a defining theme of Africa’s first G20 summit, with sessions dedicated to the topic as European leaders grappled with supply chain issues.
A flooded road in London on Nov. 7. Private companies are filling the void as the U.S. government slashes science spending amid rising demand for data on extreme weather and other climate change-related risks.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 24, 2025
U.S. government pullback from climate science fuels boom for private data firms
By Katy Daigle and Simon Jessop
The private data boom is also raising questions around accuracy and access for those unable to pay.
In a 2020 research project, Meta scientists working with survey firm Nielsen found that "people who stopped using Facebook for a week reported lower feelings of depression, anxiety, loneliness and social comparison,” internal documents said.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 23, 2025
Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, U.S. court filings allege
In a 2020 research project code-named "Project Mercury,” Meta scientists working with survey firm Nielsen found positive mental health affects from stopping use of Facebook.
Nvidia's H200 chip, unveiled two years ago, has more high-bandwidth memory than its predecessor the H100, allowing it to process data more quickly.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 22, 2025
U.S. mulls letting Nvidia sell H200 chips to China, sources say
By Alexandra Alper
The possibility signals a warmer approach to China, after U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed to a trade truce last month.
Flags fly next to a logo of Nexperia at the facade of its factory in Dongguan, Guangdong province, China, on Nov. 7 amid a shortage of chips caused by a diplomatic standoff between China and Netherlands over the company.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 20, 2025
Netherlands returns control of Nexperia to Chinese owner
By Patrick Van Oosterom and Sarah Jacob
The move defuses a standoff with Beijing over the maker of “legacy” chips that had begun to hamper automotive production around the world.

Pedestrian dies after apparent Tokyo hit-and-run that injured 10 others
A car that hit several pedestrians in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on Monday. A pedestrian in his 80s has died while 10 others are injured following several collisions near the Adachi Ward office that took place around midday on Monday.
Japan on track to deploy missiles to island near Taiwan, Koizumi says
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to reporters after inspecting the Ground Self-Defense Force garrison on Yonaguni Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on Sunday.
Americans with four-year degrees now comprise a record 25% of unemployed workers
A job fair in Fletcher, North Carolina. The unemployment rate for bachelor’s degree-holders in the U.S. rose to 2.8% in September, up a half-percentage point from a year earlier.
Japan-China divide widens as fears of long-lasting chill in ties grow
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (second from left) stands for a group photo with leaders including Chinese Premier Li Qiang (second from right) at the Group of 20 summit in Johannesburg on Saturday.
In talks with Xi and Takaichi, Trump looks to strike a delicate balance
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, meet in Busan, South Korea, on Oct. 30.
TV icon Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's memoir paints a life of both war and glamour
“Totto” in “Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window: The Sequel” was the nickname young Tetsuko Kuroyanagi gave herself as a child, mispronouncing her first name.
The secret to 'Last Samurai Standing'? Treating live action like anime.
“Last Samurai Standing” centers on a mysterious fighting event in which participants must hack and slash their opponents apart to collect enough wooden tags to win a big-money prize.
‘Tampopo’ lives on in bowls of ramen around the world
Juzo Itami's 1985 movie "Tampopo" has inspired many restaurateurs around the world to open their own ramen shop with the same name, such as this establishment in Auckland, New Zealand.
All systems Go for upstart Machida Zelvia after landmark Emperor’s Cup triumph
Machida manager Go Kuroda lifts the trophy as the club celebrates its victory over Vissel Kobe in the Emperor’s Cup final at National Stadium on Saturday.
Japan plans higher visa fees for foreign residents
Along with planned higher fees for foreign residents to stay, Japan is looking to raise the ¥3,000 single-entry visa fee for inbound tourists to Western standards in the next fiscal year.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Juzo Itami’s “Tampopo” was released Nov. 23, 1985, and though it wasn’t a hit at the time, it has gained a cult following in the years since.
Eat, slurp, love: 'Tampopo' turns 40
By Weiwen Lin

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