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Chinese-American chip founder Zhang Xingang joins billionaire ranks as AI optics demand drives stock surge

Chinese-American chip founder Zhang Xingang joins billionaire ranks as AI optics demand drives stock surge

Surging demand for photonic chips used in AI data centers has lifted Yuanjie Semiconductor shares about 780% over the past year, boosting founder Zhang Xingang’s fortune to some US$1.7 billion.
Meet teenage founders building fast-growing AI startups and raising millions

Meet teenage founders building fast-growing AI startups and raising millions

How Korean American mathematician June Huh went from high school dropout to Fields Medalist

How Korean American mathematician June Huh went from high school dropout to Fields Medalist

7 top global scientists leave the West after decades to join Hong Kong universities

7 top global scientists leave the West after decades to join Hong Kong universities

World-leading scientists are leaving long-held positions at Western institutions for universities in Hong Kong, as rising research funding there and geopolitical tensions and weakening support in the West reshape the academic landscape.
March 21, 2026 | 05:53 pm PT
Inside world's richest man Elon Musk's 35-sq-m modular home

Inside world's richest man Elon Musk's 35-sq-m modular home

Tesla CEO Elon Musk lives in a small modular house near SpaceX’s Starbase site in Texas, where his mother, Maye Musk, said she once slept in the garage during a visit.
March 21, 2026 | 03:12 pm PT
German mathematician Gerd Faltings wins 'math’s Nobel' for solving decades-old problem

German mathematician Gerd Faltings wins 'math’s Nobel' for solving decades-old problem

German mathematician Gerd Faltings has won the 2026 Abel Prize, considered the Nobel Prize of mathematics, for proving the long-standing Mordell conjecture and laying foundations for major areas of modern research.
March 19, 2026 | 08:37 pm PT
American physicist and Canadian computer scientist win 'Nobel Prize in computing'

American physicist and Canadian computer scientist win 'Nobel Prize in computing'

American physicist Charles Bennett and Canadian computer scientist Gilles Brassard have won the 2025 Turing Award, for pioneering quantum cryptography, a method designed to provide secure communication.
March 19, 2026 | 01:15 am PT
How teenagers are earning six figures in the creator economy

How teenagers are earning six figures in the creator economy

Teenagers are finding lucrative roles behind major YouTube and TikTok creators, producing content, editing videos and shaping strategies.
March 17, 2026 | 09:12 pm PT
World-leading mathematician Ngo Bao Chau reveals why he is leaving US for Hong Kong, citing things he 'does not like'

World-leading mathematician Ngo Bao Chau reveals why he is leaving US for Hong Kong, citing things he 'does not like'

Fields Medalist Ngo Bao Chau said he decided to leave the U.S. for Hong Kong after 15 years because of a worsening academic climate in America and his ambition to help make Asia a global hub for mathematics and science.
March 17, 2026 | 04:07 pm PT
Meet Gabriela Nguyen, Harvard student behind Appstinence movement encouraging people to quit social media

Meet Gabriela Nguyen, Harvard student behind Appstinence movement encouraging people to quit social media

After social media began dominating her life, Gabriela Nguyen quit the platforms entirely and founded Appstinence, a movement that has reached more than one million people encouraging them to unplug.
March 16, 2026 | 01:38 am PT
Prominent Chinese scientists leave US after decades to join Tsinghua University

Prominent Chinese scientists leave US after decades to join Tsinghua University

A growing number of prominent Chinese scientists are leaving the U.S. to return to China, including to take up positions at Tsinghua University, in a trend that is reshaping the global research landscape.
March 15, 2026 | 03:39 pm PT
Edwin Chen, MIT grad and founder of Surge AI, named richest new AI billionaire

Edwin Chen, MIT grad and founder of Surge AI, named richest new AI billionaire

Edwin Chen, founder of data labeling startup Surge AI, is the richest among a new wave of AI billionaires with an estimated net worth of US$18 billion, according to Forbes.
March 14, 2026 | 03:37 am PT
Award-winning chip expert Shi Guojun leaves US after two decades to join China's top semiconductor firm

Award-winning chip expert Shi Guojun leaves US after two decades to join China's top semiconductor firm

Semiconductor packaging expert Shi Guojun has left the University of California, Irvine, U.S., after over 20 years to join Chinese conductive materials company DK Electronic Materials.
March 12, 2026 | 07:04 pm PT
Meet Chinese math genius Wei Dongyi: Two-time IMO gold medalist who lives on just $44 a month

Meet Chinese math genius Wei Dongyi: Two-time IMO gold medalist who lives on just $44 a month

Chinese mathematician Wei Dongyi, a two-time IMO gold medalist who once turned down Harvard, is also known for his frugal lifestyle, reportedly spending less than 300 yuan (US$44) a month in Beijing.
March 12, 2026 | 03:06 pm PT
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao remains richest in crypto with $110B net worth, surpassing Bill Gates

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao remains richest in crypto with $110B net worth, surpassing Bill Gates

Changpeng Zhao, founder of crypto exchange Binance, has an estimated net worth of US$110 billion, surpassing Bill Gates by $2 billion on the latest Forbes world’s billionaires list.
March 11, 2026 | 02:54 am PT
Chinese mathematician Wan Daqing leaves US after 30 years to join Chongqing University

Chinese mathematician Wan Daqing leaves US after 30 years to join Chongqing University

Chinese mathematician Wan Daqing has left the University of California, Irvine after more than three decades in the U.S. to take a new academic post at Chongqing University.
March 10, 2026 | 08:11 pm PT
Nobel laureate physicist Andre Geim leaves UK after over two decades to join Asia’s 2nd best university

Nobel laureate physicist Andre Geim leaves UK after over two decades to join Asia’s 2nd best university

British physicist Andre Geim will leave the U.K. after more than two decades to become a chair professor at the University of Hong Kong in April, the university said.
March 9, 2026 | 01:01 am PT
World-leading EV motor expert leaves UK after 38 years to join Asia top 10 university

World-leading EV motor expert leaves UK after 38 years to join Asia top 10 university

Zhu Ziqiang, a world-leading electric motor engineering expert, has left the UK after 38 years to join Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
March 8, 2026 | 01:00 am PT
Meet Wang Hong, Chinese math star tipped for 2026 Fields Medal

Meet Wang Hong, Chinese math star tipped for 2026 Fields Medal

Chinese maths star Wang Hong has emerged as a leading contender for the 2026 Fields Medal after solving the three-dimensional Kakeya conjecture, a century-old problem in geometric measure theory.
March 7, 2026 | 04:29 pm PT
Bill Gates’ daughter Phoebe seeks to prove AI startup can succeed without family ties

Bill Gates’ daughter Phoebe seeks to prove AI startup can succeed without family ties

Phoebe Gates, the youngest daughter of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, says she wants her AI shopping startup Phia to succeed on merit without relying on her family name or wealth.
March 5, 2026 | 01:06 am PT
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