A new arXiv paper, arXiv:2610.02303v1, introduces PowerBench, an open-source benchmark that measures how language models handle power-shifting requests across self-empowerment, disempowerment, and pow…
On September 11, the European Union's Cyber Resilience Act Article 14 vulnerability reporting obligation takes effect, requiring manufacturers of products with digital elements to report actively expl…
China's exports surged 25% year on year in August in US dollar terms, matching forecasts and accelerating from 23.9% growth in July, as overseas demand for high-tech and AI-related products buoyed the…
Taiwan, which produces about 90% of the world's advanced logic chips, showcased its chip diplomacy at SEMICON Taiwan 2026, with President Lai Ching-te and Economy Minister Kung Ming-hsin projecting re…
A former White House official, Jacob Stokes, deputy director of the Indo-Pacific Security Program at the Centre for a New American Security (CNAS), urged the US government to consider military strikes…
Elon Musk told the G20 tech ministerial meeting on September 1 that the US and its allies must develop new energy sources outside China to avoid an insurmountable AI disadvantage, citing China's addit…
Fox News reports that Iran has retaliated against US forces following American strikes in a key oil route, with a US carrier joining operations to support security in the Mideast. The newsletter also …
Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder, has proposed creating 'human reserved' jobs to protect certain roles from AI displacement, in a 6,000-word essay titled 'The turbulent AI era is here. The choices we …
The US immigration system's H-1B visa process and uncertain permanent residency paths are driving top AI researchers to Canada, the UK, or their home countries, according to an analysis. The system fa…
Italy can carve out a role in select tech domains — AI/robotics, biotech and quantum — but only as part of a unified European strategy, argues Marco Gilli, president of Fondazione Compagnia di San Pao…
Singapore's key exports rose 24.2% in July, extending June's 20.8% growth, driven by robust AI-related demand, but missed the 26.8% forecast by private-sector economists in a Bloomberg poll. Electroni…
Austan Goolsbee, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, warned that persistent weak productivity readings could undermine the AI-driven growth narrative, potentially leading to stag…
A Hacker News user argues that US sanctions on China, which prohibit NVIDIA chips from being sold there, are counterproductive, as they compel China to develop independent, affordable alternatives and…
A 2.5-week visit to China revealed that Chinese cities are cleaner, safer, and greener than US cities, and that China and the US are equally capable in translational biotech and neurotech R&D, with Ch…
As the US and China compete over AI, middle powers can forge a third path, according to an analysis of recent developments including the US-led Pax Silica summit and China's World Artificial Intellige…
DeepSeek's release of a GPT-4-class model at a fraction of the training cost has forced US labs to rethink the assumption that frontier AI must cost billions, according to an analysis. The article arg…
Goldman Sachs analysts Daan Struyven and Lia Thomas reported on Monday that China has become the de facto 'volatility arbiter' for global commodity markets, dampening price volatility in hydrocarbons …
At the World AI Conference in Shanghai, leaders from the US, EU, and China presented competing visions for AI governance, yet all agree that AI is too powerful to be treated as ordinary technology. Th…
Mexico has become a cornerstone of the AI boom, providing 40% of US imports of computer servers used in AI data centres this year, with sales reaching $46.9bn, making it the second-largest provider be…
Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, warns that the current AI investment frenzy is the biggest bubble in American history and that the US and UK are already in the decline phase of an 80-yea…