First Huawei, Then SMIC, Now Hua Hong: The US Chip Chokehold Widens
China's No. 2 chipmaker quietly developed 7nm technology with Huawei's backing. Then Washington's letters arrived—and billions in equipment contracts went dark overnight.
China's No. 2 chipmaker quietly developed 7nm technology with Huawei's backing. Then Washington's letters arrived—and billions in equipment contracts went dark overnight.
Jimmy Kimmel joked about Melania Trump. One week later, the FCC ordered early license reviews for eight ABC-owned stations — licenses not due until 2028. The stated reason is DEI policy.
A former FBI director posted a photo of seashells on a beach. The US Justice Department has now indicted him for threatening the president's life — the second attempt to prosecute him in seven months.
The Interior Department is paying offshore wind developers $885 million to walk away from clean energy and invest in oil and gas — at a moment when fossil fuel dependence is driving up energy prices.
The institutions are failing. The AI replacements aren't ready. And the road is getting narrower.
FIFA's new anti-racism measures for the World Cup include red cards for players who cover their mouths during confrontations. The rule is well-intentioned. It is also a minefield.
From this year forward, Britain will bury more people than it welcomes. The ONS says the shift is permanent — and the consequences land hardest on the young.
The Revolutionary Guards have taken wartime decision-making from Ayatollah Khamenei's hands — and the Strait of Hormuz is still shut. Whoever is negotiating with Tehran may be dialing the wrong number.
Iran still has two-thirds of its air force. The vice president wants to know why the president keeps being told otherwise.
The White House called Jimmy Kimmel a "shit human" and demanded Disney fire him over a widow joke. Disney's response: silence.
Startup CEOs are bragging about spending more on AI than on humans. A Nvidia executive just admitted the technology still costs more than the workers it's meant to replace.
#2 on Steam, 83% positive, and already drowning in AI-generated filler. The Garry's Mod successor players waited two decades for is here — sort of.
An eight-person French studio just dethroned every major publisher on Steam's Top Sellers chart with a co-op shooter about robot cowboys fighting undead nightmares. It has 99% positive reviews and costs less than a pizza.
Download ChatGPT on Android and you get an app. Download Gemini and you get an operating system — and Brussels wants to close that gap.
The UAE walked out of OPEC after 59 years without telling Saudi Arabia first. With its second-most capable producer gone, the cartel faces an existential crisis at the worst possible moment.
For 119 years, Linear Elamite sat in a drawer marked "undecipherable." Then a French archaeologist found his Ptolemy — a king named Shilhaha — and cracked open a civilization that flourished between Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley.
India has stripped nine million people from West Bengal's voter rolls — 12% of the electorate — weeks before a critical state election. An AI algorithm that failed to account for how Bengali names work flagged millions as suspicious.