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Yesterday β€” 17 May 2024Main stream

New Star Wars Plan: Pentagon Rushes to Counter Threats in Orbit

βœ‡NYT: Science
By: Eric Lipton
17 May 2024 at 18:31
Citing rapid advances by China and Russia, the United States is building an extensive capacity to fight battles in space.

Β© Craig Bailey/Florida Today, via Associated Press

A rocket carrying the Pentagon’s secretive X-37B crewless space plane launching last year from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

Taiwan, on China’s Doorstep, Is Dealing With TikTok Its Own Way

βœ‡NYT: Technology
By: Meaghan Tobin and Amy Chang Chien
16 May 2024 at 20:55
The island democracy was early to ban TikTok on government phones, and the ruling party refuses to use it. But a U.S.-style ban is not under consideration.

Β© An Rong Xu for The New York Times

For years, Taiwan has been one of the world’s top targets of online disinformation, much of it originating in China.
Before yesterdayMain stream

U.S. Suspends Funding for Group at Center of Covid Origins Fight

βœ‡NYT: Science
By: Benjamin Mueller
15 May 2024 at 16:17
The decision came after a scorching hearing in which lawmakers barraged EcoHealth Alliance’s president with claims of misrepresenting work with Chinese virologists.

Β© Ting Shen for The New York Times

Peter Daszak, the president of EcoHealth Alliance, faced a barrage of questions during a congressional hearing this month.

Biden Bans Chinese Bitcoin Mine Near U.S. Nuclear Missile Base

βœ‡NYT: Technology
By: Michael Forsythe and Gabriel J.X. Dance
13 May 2024 at 21:23
An investigation identified national security risks posed by a crypto facility in Wyoming. It is near an Air Force base and a data center doing work for the Pentagon.

Β© Stephen Speranza for The New York Times

The bitcoin mine in Cheyenne, Wyo., has been ordered to cease operations immediately.

TikTok Sues US Government Over Potential Ban

βœ‡NYT: Technology
By: Sapna Maheshwari and David McCabe
7 May 2024 at 16:03
The social media company and its Chinese parent, ByteDance, sued to challenge the new law, saying it violated users’ First Amendment rights.

Β© Rozette Rago for The New York Times

TikTok’s office in Culver City, Calif. The company has said a new U.S. law requiring its sale is essentially a ban.

A New Diplomatic Strategy Emerges as Artificial Intelligence Grows

βœ‡NYT: Technology
By: David E. Sanger
6 May 2024 at 20:32
The new U.S. approach to cyberthreats comes as early optimism about a β€œglobal internet” connecting the world has been shattered.

Β© Jeff Chiu/Associated Press

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken at the RSA Conference in San Francisco on Monday. He has described an increasingly zero-sum competition, in which countries will be forced to choose between signing up for a Western-dominated β€œstack” of technologies or a Chinese-dominated one.

TikTok CEO Shou Chew’s Path From Quiet Tech Exec to Met Gala Red Carpet

βœ‡NYT: Technology
By: Jacob Bernstein， Madison Malone Kircher and Sapna Maheshwari
3 May 2024 at 15:17
With the company facing a ban in the U.S., Shou Chew is expected to join Zendaya, Bad Bunny and Anna Wintour on the red carpet.

Β© Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images

Shou Chew and his wife, Vivian Kao, at the Met Gala in May 2022, when he was roughly a year into his tenure as the TikTok chief executive.

Campus Protests Give Russia, China and Iran Fuel to Exploit U.S. Divide

βœ‡NYT: Technology
By: Steven Lee Myers and Tiffany Hsu
2 May 2024 at 16:32
America’s adversaries have mounted online campaigns to amplify the social and political conflicts over Gaza flaring at universities, researchers say.

Β© Amir Hamja/The New York Times

A protester with a Palestinian flag on a Columbia University building on Monday. So far, there is little evidence that U.S. adversaries have provided material or organizational support to the protests.

β€˜To the Future’: Saudi Arabia Spends Big to Become an A.I. Superpower

βœ‡NYT: Technology
By: Adam Satariano and Paul Mozur
26 April 2024 at 10:43
The oil-rich kingdom is plowing money into glitzy events, computing power and artificial intelligence research, putting it in the middle of an escalating U.S.-China struggle for technological influence.

Β© Iman Al-Dabbagh for The New York Times

More than 200,000 people converged on the Leap tech conference in the desert outside Riyadh in March.

Key Solar Panel Ingredient Is Made in the U.S.A. Again

βœ‡NYT: Technology
By: Ivan Penn
25 April 2024 at 13:57
REC Silicon says it will soon start shipping polysilicon, which has come mostly from China, reviving a Washington State factory that shut down in 2019.

Β© Ruth Fremson/The New York Times

REC Silicon is preparing to fulfill its first shipment of polysilicon granules, which are used in the production of solar panels, at its factory in Moses Lake, Wash.

β€˜To the Future’: Saudi Arabia Spends Big to Become an A.I. Superpower

βœ‡NYT: Technology
By: Adam Satariano and Paul Mozur
25 April 2024 at 00:00
The oil-rich kingdom is plowing money into glitzy events, computing power and artificial intelligence research, putting it in the middle of an escalating U.S.-China struggle for technological influence.

Β© Iman Al-Dabbagh for The New York Times

More than 200,000 people converged on the Leap tech conference in the desert outside Riyadh in March.

Biden Signs TikTok Ban Bill Into Law. Here’s What Happens Next.

βœ‡NYT: Technology
By: Sapna Maheshwari and David McCabe
24 April 2024 at 16:00
President Biden has signed the bill to force a sale of the video app or ban it. Now the law faces court challenges, a shortage of qualified buyers and Beijing’s hostility.

Β© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

TikTok supporters on Capitol Hill last month. The proposed law would allow TikTok to continue to operate in the United States if its Chinese owner sold it within about nine months.

On TikTok, Potential Ban of App Leads to Resignation and Frustration

βœ‡NYT: Technology
By: Yiwen Lu
24 April 2024 at 14:28
While Congress says the social app is a security threat, critics of the law targeting it say it shows how out of step lawmakers are with young people.

Β© Kent Nishimura for The New York Times

Supporters of TikTok gathered near the Capitol last month as the House of Representatives voted to pass a bill to force TikTok to cut ties with its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, or risk being banned in U.S. app stores.

Biden Signed a Bill That Could Ban TikTok. Here’s What Happens Next.

βœ‡NYT: Technology
By: Sapna Maheshwari and David McCabe
24 April 2024 at 11:20
President Biden has signed the bill to force a sale of the video app or ban it. Now the law faces court challenges, a shortage of qualified buyers and Beijing’s hostility.

Β© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

TikTok supporters on Capitol Hill last month. The proposed law would allow TikTok to continue to operate in the United States if its Chinese owner sold it within about nine months.

Apple Says It Was Ordered to Pull WhatsApp From China App Store

βœ‡NYT: Technology
By: Tripp Mickle and Mike Isaac
19 April 2024 at 14:23
Apple said it removed WhatsApp and Threads from its China app offerings Friday on Beijing’s orders, amid technological tensions between the U.S. and China.

Β© Hector Retamal/Agence France-Presse β€” Getty Images

A recently-opened Apple Store in Shanghai’s Jing’an district in March. Apple said it removed WhatsApp and Threads, which are owned by Meta, from its app store in China.

TikTok’s Origin Story: Court Files Show Role of GOP Megadonor Jeff Yass

βœ‡NYT: Technology
By: Mara Hvistendahl and Lauren Hirsch
18 April 2024 at 06:12
Court records, mistakenly made public, tell a story about the birth of ByteDance, its bumpy road to success and the role of the Republican megadonor Jeff Yass’s firm.

Β© Greg Baker/Agence France-Presse β€” Getty Images

The former headquarters of ByteDance, the parent company of the video sharing app TikTok, in Beijing.

W.H.O. Broadens Definition of Airborne Diseases

βœ‡NYT: Science
By: Carl Zimmer
18 April 2024 at 06:00
After a drawn-out global controversy over the coronavirus, the W.H.O. has updated its classification of how pathogens spread through the air.

Β© Alena Ivochkina/Alamy

TSMC Will Receive $6.6 Billion to Bolster U.S. Chip Manufacturing

βœ‡NYT: Technology
By: Madeleine Ngo and Don Clark
8 April 2024 at 14:47
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company plans to build an additional factory and upgrade another planned facility in Phoenix with the federal grants.

Β© T.J. Kirkpatrick for The New York Times

A new Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company plant under construction in Phoenix, Ariz., in December 2022.

TikTok Bill Would Complicate ByteDance Investments if Passed

βœ‡NYT: Technology
By: Lauren Hirsch
26 March 2024 at 14:21
Major U.S. investment firms such as General Atlantic, Susquehanna and Sequoia Capital own stakes in ByteDance, the parent of TikTok. Their investments are increasingly under fire.

Β© Joseph Nair/NurPhoto, via Getty Images

A confluence of politics and economics means ByteDance is also unlikely to go public soon, which would enable its shares to trade.
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