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Demonstrators took to streets in Berlin earlier this week to protest AI being used to create sexually-explicit deepfakes

'Third-largest economy in the world'

AI making cyber attacks costlier and more effective: Munich Re

De Profil, géint deen ermëttelt gëtt, huet iwwer Instagram zu gewalttätege Videoen opgeruff.

Privacy versus safety

Instagram quietly removes end-to-end encryption in direct messages

The German economy has been hit by a manufacturing slump, high energy cost, and weak demand in key markets

In line with forecasts

German business morale falls as war puts recovery on ice: survey

Chinese toymaker Pop Mart's shares fell more than 20 percent despite strong annual earnings because of a perceived over-dependence on the Beijing-based firm's popular Labubu dolls

Over-dependence?

Labubu maker Pop Mart's shares fall 23% despite surging earnings

European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde said the ECB was well positioned to deal with the energy shock

ECB won't be 'paralysed' in face of energy shock: Lagarde

Oil and gas prices soared Thursday following Iranian attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure

'Worse could be to come'

Data canary shows economy already suffering from Middle East war

Xiaomi, one of the world's largest smartphone makers, has expanded rapidly since its launch in 2011 to produce home appliances and electric vehicles

Xiaomi quarterly profit slumps despite annual EV gains

Berlin campaigned against a planned EU ban on combustion-engine cars

Environmental campaigners

German court rejects landmark climate case against BMW, Mercedes

Luxembourg developer turns licence plates into mailboxes with new road communication app

Ras Laffan Industrial City is Qatar's principal site for production of liquefied natural gas. Seen here in 2017, it came under attack on Thursday, raising worries about supplies even after the Strait of Hormuz reopens

Stocks drop, oil jumps as Mideast war persists

Volkswagen cars at a port in Germany. Last year, Germany's auto exports to China plunged, a study showed

Local competition

German auto exports to China plunged a third in 2025: study

Valued at 11.7 billion euros ($13.5 billion), Mistral has staked a place as Europe's challenger to the AI behemoths that have emerged in the US with valuations in the hundreds of billions

Amid copyright concerns

Mistral chief calls for European AI levy to pay creatives

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel and the United States were 'winning and Iran is being decimated'

More than two percent

Stocks dip, oil calmer as Mideast war persists

Super Micro Computer says a member of its board is among those charged with conspiring to divert servers with Nvidia AI chips to China

Raked in billions

Three charged with sneaking Nvidia AI chips from US into China

WTO economists have been working to revise their annual forecasts since the start of the US-Israeli war against Iran

‘Economic burden’

Middle East war weighs on global trade outlook: WTO

The European Central Bank is expected to hold interest rates steady as it assesses the Mideast war fallout

Top of ECB agenda

European Central Bank warns of major hit from Mideast war

China's tech titans, including Alibaba, are racing to develop AI agents

66-percent plunge

Alibaba pins hopes on AI as quarterly net profit drops

Meta's chief Mark Zuckerberg was a star witness at the social media addiction trial in Los Angeles

Meta and YouTube

Social media addiction trial jury deliberations continue

Tanker traffic through the key Strait of Hormuz has been dramatically reduced by the war

No end in sight

US stocks fall on latest oil price surge as Fed lifts inflation forecast

Taylor Swift was the biggest-selling global artist of 2025

'Streaming fraud is theft'

Global music market grows, calls for AI compensation: industry body

The EU hopes its new rules will allow more start-ups to scale up and become European champions

Trade unions concerned

Brussels touts 'EU Inc.' company status to lure start-ups

So far Tencent has been seen as a cautious artificial intelligence player

'Moving in a positive direction'

China tech giant Tencent bets on AI agents

Investors are fixated on the Strait of Hormuz, where oil tanker traffic has slowed to a crawl since the start of the Iran-US war

Affecting plastic goods production

Japan, S. Korea petrochemical industry slows output on Iran war

A young student uses her mobile phone at a public school in Planaltina, Brasilia

Protecting from violent or illegal content

Brazil starts to restrict minors' access to social media

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang argues that artificial intelligence will create more jobs than it eliminates

'Our supply chain is getting fired up'

Nvidia says restarting production of China-bound chips

US airlines have seen some of the strongest booking trends in their history in recent weeks despite the Middle East war

Predicting strong profits

US airlines still see strong demand as jet fuel worries loom

Shares of Delta Air Lines surged after it reported strong travel demand that is helping to offset the drag from higher jet fuel costs

Strategic attacks

US, European stocks rise despite latest jump in oil prices

Sky-high fuel costs are forcing airlines to ground planes

Mostly domestic routes

SAS cancels flights after fuel prices surge

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