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China and the West prioritise different things in algorithms

How artificial intelligence will do our dirty work, take our jobs and change our lives

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Amazon threatens Google/Facebook duopoly as digital ad spend looks set to soar

Digital advertising market it expected to reach $520bn by 2023, up from $294bn this year

Microsoft quietly deletes largest public face recognition data set

Database of 10m faces has been used by military researchers and Chinese firms

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Researchers are scraping our images from social media and CCTV. We may not like the consequences

China’s richest capitalist Jack Ma revealed as Communist Party member

Alibaba founder joined the party at college but played down his membership

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Whatever about the short term, emerging markets can be a very good option

Google planning return to China with ‘censored’ search engine – reports

Internet giant left China eight years ago over censorship concerns

Alphabet pops, then drops and a warning from Caterpillar

Stocktake: Investors fret over rising bond yields

Stocktake: Tech stock pain was well overdue

CFD clampdown, US yield curve concerns and accepting end of S&P winning streak

State’s best fund manager: based in Edinburgh, invests outside the UK

Adam Rudd of Aberdeen Standard Investments favours emerging markets

CES: ‘We basically envision a world where Alexa is everywhere’

After focusing on the ‘smart home’, Amazon is moving on to the car

China’s WeChat denies messaging service is storing user chats

Denial comes after top businessman said he believed Tencent was monitoring accounts

Dublin-listed VC firm Draper Esprit generates £42m from exits

Company said its gross primary portfolio value has risen 43 per cent over last year

AI expert Ng quits Baidu for healthcare, education sectors

Beijing based firm has been pushing into AI as it seeks to revive business

A tipping point month for autonomous transport

Uber has in the past few weeks begun testing self-driving taxis in Pittsburgh

Uber agrees alliance with Facebook

Tie-up will allow users to order a ride from within the Facebook Messenger chat app

President Xi wheels out 15 top CEOs for US visit

Phalanx of top corporate leaders will be mix of state and private sector companies

Baidu profit weighed down by offline mobile services push

Shares down 8 per cent after search firm annouces results

Internet giants replace Communist Party as China’s powerbrokers

Firms such as Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent are disruptive forces to be reckoned with

China’s ‘Great Cannon’: ‘Are we heading in the same direction as North Korea ?’

China’s crackdown on internet censorship rules is bad for business

Uber car-hailing faces Beijing crackdown

Use of unlicensed taxis by internet hailing apps violates ban, say authorities

Baidu buys Uber stake as app seeks China breakthrough

China has around 18m taxi app users but this is set to rise to around 45m by the end of 2015

Bertie Ahern’s China visit makes front page news

Former taoiseach in China as chairman of Ireland China Co-operation Council

Nine of 18 western European markets rally on strong earnings

Bank of Ireland rises 1.27 per cent to 32 cent, AIB climbs 7.14 per cent to 12 cent

Baidu follows in Google’s tracks in race to develop self-driving cars

Chinese group says prototype will differ from Google’s car as it lets driver take over

China hires porn watchdogs as crackdown intensifies

Nationwide campaign has closed down 110 websites and 3,300 social network accounts

Asia Briefing: China tech stocks the ones to watch

Tencent, Alibaba, Baidu and Sina on shopping spree

Asia Briefing: Tencent owner is China’s richest man

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The business model of the TV industry is ripe for disruption. Hi-tech companies such as Google, Apple, Intel and Microsoft, are all trying to break into the global TV market

Barcelona model could save ailing newspapers

Businesses can suceed without relentless drive for profit

Saon joins the ‘big three’ with ChinaHR deal

Acquisition opens lucrative new recruitment markets in China

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