SpaceX rocket thought to have crashed into the moon in unintentional collision

Four-tonne piece of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket believed to have hit lunar surface on Wednesday at 5,400mph

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Fighting Hubris in AI Strategy: A Layer-by-Layer Dissection of AI Tech Stack Competition

Policy attention has fixated on chips, the cloud, and models. But crafting a durable AI strategy will require a broader approach reconciling industrial capacity, geopolitical realities, and rapid evol...

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China steps up protection for chip designs in revised regulations

China has revised regulations protecting integrated-circuit layout designs, tightening registration standards ‌and allowing punitive damages for serious infringement, as Beijing seeks to better safegu...

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The American E.V. Has Been Crushed. Will It Take the U.S. Auto Industry With It?

The largest U.S. automakers have backed away from electric vehicles, even as global sales are booming. The decision may make them obsolete.

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Why China’s A.I. Models Could Threaten the Communist Party

China’s A.I. rise is creating a new dilemma for Beijing. The open models that win influence abroad may pose risks to the country’s security and geopolitical strategy.

nytimes.com

TaiwanPlus – Bringing Taiwan to the World

Your source of news, culture, and infotainment from Taiwan, a voice of freedom in Asia. Watch our 24/7 live stream.

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Australia defends teen social media ban after study shows most still online

Australia's government mounted a defence on Saturday of its world-first ban on social media for children under 16, even as fresh data revealed ​the scale of the challenge confronting the landmark poli...

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DeepSeek's new bargain model accelerates AI's race to zero

Some of the smartest software on Earth is rapidly becoming a commodity.

axios.com

The High-Stakes Battle for Invisible Real Estate in Space

As radio spectrum becomes more valuable, companies like SpaceX are jostling alongside governments to control more of it.

nytimes.com

Australia’s Social Media Ban Sees Only Small Dip in Teen Users

Australia’s social media ban for under-16s led to only a marginal reduction in underage users in its first three months, underscoring the lack of enforcement of the world-first law by major platforms.

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With Moonshot’s free Kimi K3, China changes the sovereign AI playbook

Governments can now deploy top-tier AI locally, bypassing costly U.S. cloud rentals.

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Defending the Open Internet: Why Italy’s Content Delivery Network Decision Matters - Internet Society

The Internet Society has filed a statement of intervention supporting Netflix’s appeal against Italy’s Resolution 207.

internetsociety.org

Exclusive: SpaceX moves to keep Chinese nationals, parts out of supply chain

Industry leader aims to insulate US space program from China influence

asia.nikkei.com

State media control influences large language models - Nature

Government-controlled media influences the output of large language models via their training data, and models queried in the languages of countries with lower media freedom show a stronger ...

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Europe’s Tech Regulation Regime Enters A New Phase

The Digital Markets Act (DMA) means big fines are now coming thick and fast from Brussels. Washington is watching.

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IFF condemns the internet shutdown in parts of Central Delhi. No suspension order has been made public.

IFF will file applications under the Right to Information Act, 2005 seeking copies of the suspension orders and the records of the Review Committee, and is examining further legal remedies.

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‘Collapsed’: Roadblocks, internet blackout leave Pakistani Kashmir in limbo

Residents describe mounting hardship, as internet restrictions and road closures stretch into second month before polls.

aljazeera.com

Trump administration to shift R&D funding from academia to individual scientists

The Trump administration announced it plans to shift some of the $200 billion in annual funding for research and development away from academic institutions to focus on individual scientists. In a …

thehill.com

Deep Sea Danger: Unveiling the Threats to Global Connectivity

My interview with the Horns of a Dilemma video/podcast of the Texas National Security Review from the University of Texas at Austin on undersea cable resilience has been released.

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PODCAST | Deep Ocean Danger: Unveiling the Threats to Global Connectivity | Texas National Security Review

Undersea cables carry roughly 99% of intercontinental data transmission, serving as the strategic foundation for the global economy and future AI processing. Yet, this vital network faces escalating g...

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Tom Cruise (@TomCruise) on X

You like football, Maggie? DIGGER only in theaters October. #DiggerMovie #FIFAWorldCup

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Telecom bill vote might open Taiwan to Starlink - Taipei Times

A legislative committee yesterday passed proposed amendments to telecommunications regulations that could pave the way for SpaceX’s Starlink entry into the domestic market.The legislature’s Transporta...

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China, Russia and Others Seek to Inflame Debate Over A.I. Data Centers

State actors in China, Russia and Iran have sought to exploit the U.S. public debate over the effects of the technology.

nytimes.com

When China’s open-source AI is a trap

America’s quest for AI dominance is scary. China is not the solution

economist.com

AI race splits in two as China wages open-weight insurgency

Building the world's smartest models may no longer be enough to win.

axios.com

China's AI Governance Alliance is Finally Established As Its Models Close the Gap with the U.S.

Which countries has signed up as members of World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization (WAICO), and what is China planning to do with it?

charlesmok.substack.com

China's Moonshot unveils world's largest open AI model, closing in on US rivals

The startup unveiled a model that it said is the world's largest open-weight AI system.

reuters.com

China says US will restore Hong Kong's special trade status

The United States is set to restore Hong Kong's special trading status, revoked in ‌a 2020 order by U.S. President Donald Trump in response to Beijing's imposition of a national security law in the fi...

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