World Cup stirs up colonial past

World Cup stirs up colonial past

OpenAI and Google are selling their advanced AI models to Chinese tech giants blacklisted by the Pentagon, and South Korea's SK Hynix is listing in the US on Friday in what could be the biggest share sale in America by a foreign company. Plus, the World Cup has led to match-ups with a lot of history: former colonised nations versus their colonisers.


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OpenAI and Google sell AI models to blacklisted China groups

SK Hynix’s jumbo share sale a sign of overheated times

France’s diverse football factory and the struggle for national unity


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