HONG KONG (Reuters) - Tencent ( TCTZF ) said its Weixin app's search function is beta testing access to DeepSeek, a major move by the country's dominant messaging app as firms race to link up with China's rising artificial intelligence start-up. The search function on Weixin, China's largest messaging app, has recently started beta testing access to DeepSeek, a Tencent...

(Reuters) - The European Union plans to block imports of certain foodstuffs made to different standards in an effort to protect its farmers, echoing U.S. President Donald Trump's reciprocal trade policy, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.  The European Commission will agree next week to explore tougher import limits, the newspaper said, citing three officials it did not name. Early...

HONG KONG/SHANGHAI, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Tencent ( TCTZF ) said on Sunday its Weixin messaging app, China's largest, is allowing some users to search via DeepSeek's artificial intelligence model as firms race to link up with the AI startup. In a beta test, Weixin is testing access to DeepSeek for searches, Tencent ( TCTZF ) said in a statement...

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, one of his closest advisers, have mounted a sweeping campaign to slash the size of the 2.3 million-strong federal workforce, firing at least 9,500 employees in an unprecedented effort that shows no sign of slowing. The layoffs were primarily aimed at workers with less than a year of service who...