Intel’s chief executive Bob Swan yesterday told industry analysts that the former industry leader in chip manufacturing might quit the fabrication business altogether, outsourcing its designs to Ta… | Continue reading
In a rare revelation, Beijing has admitted that its 2.4-kilometer Three Gorges Dam spanning the Yangtze River in Hubei province “deformed slightly” after record flooding. The official X… | Continue reading
This is the second in a three-part series. Read part 1 here. In Part 1 of this series, I introduced the reader to a promising innovative approach to nuclear fusion, utilizing a small, inexpensive d… | Continue reading
Chinese secret police have established a towering new presence in a high-rise Hong Kong hotel overlooking previous protest hotspots, a move that speaks of Beijing’s intent to keep a commandin… | Continue reading
Facebook on Monday rejected calls from the Australian government and news companies that it share advertising revenue with the media, suggesting it would rather cut news content from its platform. … | Continue reading
A US ban on foreign companies’ sales of chips to Huawei Technologies if American equipment or software is involved will undermine America’s already-weakened position in the global semiconductor equ… | Continue reading
The first research scandal of the coronavirus pandemic has created unnecessary distraction around the politically divisive drug hydroxychloroquine, scientists say, as questions swirl around the tin… | Continue reading
This is the second installment in a series. Read part 1 here. The ultimate root of the stupidity of AI systems, I argue, lies in their strictly algorithmic character. AI as presently understood is … | Continue reading
The town of Gloucester, in southwest England, received a surprise gift from Paju in South Korea last week: 1,000 sets of personal protective equipment, or PPE. Given that South Korea has effectivel… | Continue reading
Recent revelations that the US National Institute of Health (NIH) had been funding gain-of-function (GOF) research in the Wuhan Institute of Virology has shone a spotlight on China’s cont… | Continue reading
In June 1989, in a hotel room in Washington, I turned on the TV and there, unfolding before my eyes, was the Tiananmen Uprising. Hooray, I thought. Those brave Chinese remind me of the South Korean… | Continue reading
China’s March export value rose 8.5% year on year, diverging widely from analyst forecasts which foresaw a 12% decline. Strong exports growth to Asia, and especially Southeast Asia, fed the unexpec… | Continue reading
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded bat-coronavirus research in the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China to the tune of US$3.7 million, a recent article in the British newspaper … | Continue reading
The US and Japan had about the same number of Covid-19 cases on March 6: 311 and 348, respectively. Ten days later, cases rose to 4,509 in the US while Japan reported only 809. Five days later the … | Continue reading
A second deadly wave of Covid-19 could crash over China like a tsunami. As the disease goes global and the epidemic epicenter switches to Europe, Imperial College London has warned in a report of t… | Continue reading
Huge intelligence failure has compounded Pentagon’s flip-flop policy and led to key allies refusing to heed Trump’s plea to avoid tech giant’s 5G system | Continue reading
The failure to renew a data services contract has led to the temporary loss of citizens’ data in Assam | Continue reading
Nobody is talking after Michael D’Andrea, the CIA’s top Iran Mission Center chief, is allegedly killed in plane crash | Continue reading
Anti-nuclear hysteria is destroying the environment | Continue reading
Pebble-bed reactors and small modular reactors round out the list of favorites | Continue reading
The future could see farms without farmers – automated agriculture, boxed up and set to go anywhere, anytime | Continue reading
Japan’s race to build an A-bomb boosted North Korea’s nuclear program | Continue reading
Central Asia, between China and Europe, is bustling | Continue reading
David Goldman responds to comments by Fudan University’s Professor Wen Yang | Continue reading
Canadian expat says he was stopped from boarding flight because of his coverage of Beijing’s growing influence | Continue reading
Meanwhile there’s sensational news from Google | Continue reading
Think it’s a failure, a joke? Think again. Big investors are positioning themselves, Japan & US in the lead | Continue reading
The teacher is considering claiming for a dog sled trip for his next relocation | Continue reading
Organizations such as the Confucius Institute have been branded propaganda outlets, preaching Beijing doctrine | Continue reading
If technology proves to be viable, a 2,200-km trip from Wuhan to Guangzhou could be reduced to around two hours | Continue reading
PM’s push to double non-fossil fuel target comes with a pitch for Nuclear Supplier Group membership | Continue reading
Moscow takes pains to display solidarity with Beijing against the US | Continue reading
Researchers explore solutions to destroy cheap and deadly aerial threats | Continue reading
Offering to share the company’s 5G tech opens the door to a trade deal between the US and China | Continue reading
Amid a mounting body count, the battle sparked by splits in Japan’s top mob may be a boon for police | Continue reading
A new book shows how China’s state capitalists overwhelmed the WTO – and how Trump is breaking it | Continue reading
China has already won the critical engagement in the conflict between Washington and Beijing | Continue reading
‘Low-cost hydrogen from oil fields with no emissions can power the whole world using mostly existing infrastructure’ | Continue reading
While customers like the vehicle, after-sales service and quality control leave much to be desired, says Nextmove boss | Continue reading
Taking hostages is an old ploy for resolving disputes in China, yet retaliation over Huawei case has destroyed ties with Canada | Continue reading
The controversial Yasukuni Shrine is famed worldwide, but a lesser-known cemetery is where emperors pray | Continue reading
Ankara outmaneuvers Washington, weeks after crisis in relations over purchase of Russian S-400 missile system | Continue reading
Self-driving bicycle demonstrates ‘its prowess and adaptive capabilities in a complicated environment’ | Continue reading
Two sides will sign a new defense agreement on August 5, opening the way for stronger strategic cooperation including in the South China Sea | Continue reading
US not happy about Paris’ new ‘GAFA tax’ that will hit Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon | Continue reading
America’s announced $2 billion arms sale to Taiwan aims specifically to deter China’s threat to invade and ‘reunite’ the island state by 2020 | Continue reading
At least 45 injured by men wearing white, suspected to be hired gangsters, in brutal scenes at Yuen Long subway | Continue reading