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Microsoft Faces EU Antitrust Warning Over Activision Deal
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High-ranking Wagner Group member seeks asylum in Norway
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Study: China led the US in AI research output and quality in 2021, producing ~43,000 papers, about twice as many as the US, with 7,401 of the most-cited papers (Nikkei Asia)
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Study: China led the US in AI research output and quality in 2021, producing ~43,000 papers, about twice as many as the US, with 7,401 of the most-cited papers — Tencent, Alibaba and Huawei among the top 10 companies by…