Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. posted its first operating loss since the depths of the Covid pandemic, underscoring the extent to which China’s e-commerce leader is spending on the AI initiatives it hopes will power its next phase of growth.

Ant Group Co.’s quarterly profit continued to decline after the company increased investment in artificial intelligence technology for its health care, large language model and payment services.

On the day Silicon Valley turned against him, Ro Khanna was supposed to be on vacation.

Renewable energy manufacturer Jinko Solar Co.’s recent decision to sell control of its Florida facility extends a multi-billion retreat from the US by China’s clean technology firms, as they contend with an increasingly hostile policy environment and the potential loss of Biden-era incentives.

Lake Tahoe has long been a refuge for Silicon Valley’s tech elite, from Mark Zuckerberg to Larry Ellison. Now the artificial intelligence boom behind much of that wealth is straining the region’s power market, pushing up costs for residents in the lakeside towns below.

The US Army is fast-tracking a partnership with the defense startup Castelion as it looks to catch up with Russia and China in deploying hypersonic missiles after years of delays and high costs involving other contractors.