The US remained the largest debtor of Taiwanese banks for the 44th consecutive quarter at the end of June, with its share of Taiwanese banks’ total exposure surpassing 30 percent for the first time, the central bank said on Friday.Taiwanese banks’ exposure to the US on an immediate counterparty basi
Civic groups yesterday protested what they called the police’s excessively forceful raid on a Taipei gay bar on Saturday, calling on police to apologize, protect marginalized groups and stop stigmatizing LGBTQ culture. Police from Taipei’s Wanhua Precinct on Saturday afternoon raided the bar Command
The most bothersome aspect of the warning that artificial intelligence (AI) could wipe out humanity is that there are few details about how a rogue computer model could actually accomplish it. The top scenarios, and it is by no means an exhaustive list, involve nuclear missiles, biological weapons a
China’s Wang Xiyu, fresh from conquering top seed Alexandra Eala, toppled Zhang Shuai to win Asian Games women’s tennis singles gold yesterday — and a ticket to the Los Angeles Olympics.The 25-year-old Wang breezed past her compatriot 6-2, 6-1 in 66 minutes at the Higashiyama Park Tennis Center in N
Amazon.com Inc is exploring a deal to shift about US$8 billion worth of top-end Nvidia Corp chips off its balance sheet, according to the Financial Times.The move would offload thousands of Grace Blackwell chips across more than a dozen US data centers into a special-purpose vehicle which would be f
