2025-12-18
This very likely qualifies as one of the most daring covert operations documented in modern history.
Reuters
Sources: China built a working prototype of an EUV machine in early 2025 with a team of former ASML engineers who reverse-engineered the company's EUV machines
In a high-security Shenzhen laboratory, Chinese scientists have built what Washington has spent years trying to prevent …
2025-11-07
Each successive state-of-the-art AI model that Chinese labs release as open source is becoming more efficient than its predecessor ie lower training costs and higher efficiency inference with performance. https://www.cnbc.com/... [image]
CNBC
Chinese startup Moonshot releases Kimi K2 Thinking, an open-weight model it claims beats GPT-5 in agentic capabilities; source: the model cost $4.6M to train
Chinese startup Moonshot on Thursday released its latest generative artificial intelligence model which claims to beat OpenAI's ChatGPT in …
2025-11-02
This has ~18kN engine thrust. If AI-powered drone jet fighters become capable in the near future,will this reduce the need for developing powerful engines? As instead field greater numbers of less powerful autonomous units on frontline potentially with stealth capabilities?
Reuters
Anduril conducts the first flight of its jet-powered unmanned drone, flying it “semi-autonomously”, as the US Air Force plans swarms of unmanned jet drones
Anduril's jet-powered drone flew for the first time on Friday, the company and the U.S. Air Force said …
2025-11-01
This has ~18kN engine thrust. If AI-powered drone jet fighters become capable in the near future,will this reduce the need for developing powerful engines? As instead field greater numbers of less powerful autonomous units on frontline potentially with stealth capabilities?
Reuters
Anduril conducts the first flight of its jet-powered unmanned drone, flying it “semi-autonomously”, as the US Air Force plans swarms of unmanned jet drones
Anduril's jet-powered drone flew for the first time on Friday, the company and the U.S. Air Force said …
2024-10-28
Indonesia wants a 40% domestic content requirement for local iPhone sales, something that is China's current DVA. In past, Indonesia successfully arm twisted chinese for nickel and battery production, and think this will work, which is unlikely. https://x.com/... [image]
Bloomberg
Indonesia bans iPhone 16 series sales, saying that Apple has not fulfilled its 40% local content requirements and invested ~$95M, below its ~$108M commitment
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