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ByteDance suspended global launch of Seedance 2.0 due to copyright disputes with Hollywood studios and streamers; it was launched in China last month (The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 14, 2026

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A look at the lawsuit filed by the US DOJ in December 2025, alleging that a smuggling ring illegally exported or attempted to export more than $160 million in advanced Nvidia AI chips to China (Eliot Chen/The Wire China)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 3, 2026

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FDA chief warns US is losing ground to China in early drug trials

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 18, 2026

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary warned that the United States was lagging behind China in early drug development…

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despite investing more than $150 billion over more than 10 years, China is expected to produce 2% of the world’s AI chips in 2026 and 70 times less memory storage than foreign chipmakers (Meaghan Tobin/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 14, 2026

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Lunar New Year gives brands a chance to win back big spenders in China

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 14, 2026

Luxury brands from Harry Winston to Loewe are going all out with Lunar New Year collections in a bid to…

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Q&A with Dario Amodei on connecting with “a country of geniuses in a data center”, how AI will diffuse into the economy, the benefits of border laboratories, China, etc. (Dwarkesh Patel/Dwarkesh Podcast)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 13, 2026

Featured Podcasts Hard fork: “Something big is happening” + AI is rocking the romance novel industry + A good thing…

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Palo Alto ordered the removal of direct attributions to China from a Unit 42 report on a global hacking campaign due to fears of retaliation from China (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 12, 2026

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ByteDance’s new AI video generation model, Seedance 2.0, goes viral in China, with state-backed newspaper comparing it to DeepSeek’s ‘Sputnik moment’ (Eduardo Baptista/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 12, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: “Engineers become wizards” | The Future of Software Development with OpenAI’s Sherwin Wu Interviews with world-class…

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Multiple responses from DeepSeek’s namesake chatbot confirm that the startup has expanded its flagship AI model’s pop-up from 128,000 tokens to more than 1 million (Ben Jiang/South China Morning Post)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 12, 2026

Featured Podcasts Great discussion: No one has won the AI Bowl A podcast mainly about technology. Presented weekly by Angela…

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Applied Materials reaches $252 million settlement with U.S. Commerce Department, resolving allegations it illegally shipped chipmaking equipment at minimum wage to China (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 12, 2026

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Award-winning Burmese journalist Shin Daewe released from prison – Radio Free Asia

RFA welcomes release of Shin Daewe, RFA contributor in Myanmar – Radio Free Asia

Soft power ‘wins’ Beijing as Chinese medical ship treats 5,400 people in PNG for free – Radio Free Asia

US to establish fuel depot in Philippines to support operations in South China Sea – Radio Free Asia

Japan’s combat role in Philippine war drills signals shift in regional strategy – Radio Free Asia

Netflix has long been “a builder, not a buyer.” Are those times over?

Some grocers are using AI to reduce food waste and increase profit margins

Trump names Erica Schwartz director of CDC

RFK Jr.’s Peptide Policy Could Boost Hims & Hers as Its GLP-1 Business Scales

Netflix (NFLX) Q1 2026 Results

Jared Kushner under investigation for potential violations of federal bribery and foreign agent laws

Trump’s Broken Brain Tries to Fool America With Iran War Hallucinations

Donald Trump has lost his power to America

RFK Jr. collapses in front of the country during a hearing at home

Democrats decide to impeach Pete Hegseth for recklessly endangering US troops

Sources: Recursive Superintelligence, a four-month-old startup developing self-learning AI and founded by former DeepMind and OpenAI engineers, has raised more than $500 million (Financial Times)

Cerebras files for IPO on Nasdaq, reports 2025 revenue of $510 million, up 76% year-over-year, with net profit of $87.9 million, compared to net loss of $485 million in 2024 (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

World expands its Tinder partnership and partners with Zoom and others to verify human users, as it continues its shift from crypto to identity verification (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)

Some shareholders question whether Sam Altman should lead OpenAI through the turbulence of an IPO and have proposed Bret Taylor as successor (Wall Street Journal)

About 40% of U.S. data centers planned for 2026 face delays, with major sites from Microsoft, OpenAI and others likely more than three months behind schedule (Financial Times)

Browsing: China

ByteDance suspended global launch of Seedance 2.0 due to copyright disputes with Hollywood studios and streamers; it was launched in China last month (The Information)

A look at the lawsuit filed by the US DOJ in December 2025, alleging that a smuggling ring illegally exported or attempted to export more than $160 million in advanced Nvidia AI chips to China (Eliot Chen/The Wire China)

FDA chief warns US is losing ground to China in early drug trials

despite investing more than $150 billion over more than 10 years, China is expected to produce 2% of the world’s AI chips in 2026 and 70 times less memory storage than foreign chipmakers (Meaghan Tobin/New York Times)

Lunar New Year gives brands a chance to win back big spenders in China

Q&A with Dario Amodei on connecting with “a country of geniuses in a data center”, how AI will diffuse into the economy, the benefits of border laboratories, China, etc. (Dwarkesh Patel/Dwarkesh Podcast)

Palo Alto ordered the removal of direct attributions to China from a Unit 42 report on a global hacking campaign due to fears of retaliation from China (Reuters)

ByteDance’s new AI video generation model, Seedance 2.0, goes viral in China, with state-backed newspaper comparing it to DeepSeek’s ‘Sputnik moment’ (Eduardo Baptista/Reuters)

Multiple responses from DeepSeek’s namesake chatbot confirm that the startup has expanded its flagship AI model’s pop-up from 128,000 tokens to more than 1 million (Ben Jiang/South China Morning Post)

Applied Materials reaches $252 million settlement with U.S. Commerce Department, resolving allegations it illegally shipped chipmaking equipment at minimum wage to China (Reuters)