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Samsung says the Galaxy Z TriFold will go on sale in South Korea on December 12 for around $2,440, in China this year and in the United States as early as the first quarter of 2026 (Heekyong Yang/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 2, 2025

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China is aggressively deploying AI and robotics to maintain its status as a global manufacturing hub, and major companies are pioneering AI ‘dark factories’ (Brian Spegele/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 25, 2025

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Microchip companies in South Korea, Taiwan and China have raised salaries and bonuses as global competition intensifies for a limited pool of chip engineers (June Yoon/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 23, 2025

June Yoon / Financial Times: Chip companies in South Korea, Taiwan and China have raised salaries and bonuses as global…

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A look at Tsinghua University, which is at the forefront of AI innovation in China, with 4,986 AI patents between 2005 and 2024, alumni behind startups like DeepSeek, and more (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 19, 2025

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In a lawsuit, US company TP-Link claims Netgear orchestrated a smear campaign by spreading false statements to journalists and influencers about TP-Link’s ties to China (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 19, 2025

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Trump says the United States needs a "Federal standard" govern AI surveillance instead of "a mosaic of 50 state regulatory regimes"otherwise China will catch up (Kate Sullivan/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 18, 2025

Kate Sullivan / Bloomberg: Trump says the US needs a “federal standard” governing AI oversight instead of a “patchwork of…

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China and the United States’ current AI strategies are complementary, as unlike the United States, China is not yet “AGI plundered,” focusing on embodied AI and open source models (Dean W. Ball/Hyperdimensional)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 15, 2025

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China says the December 2020 theft of 127,272 BTC, currently worth around $13 billion, from China’s LuBian mining pool is likely a "state-level hacking operation" led by the United States (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 11, 2025

Bloomberg: China says the December 2020 theft of 127,272 BTC, currently worth around $13 billion, from China’s LuBian mining pool…

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Restaurant Brands International to form Burger King China joint venture with CPE

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 10, 2025

People walk past a Burger King restaurant with Chinese national flags displayed on a street during the National Day Golden…

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Apple removes two of the most popular gay dating apps, Blued and Finka, from its App Store in China, citing orders from the country’s Cyberspace Administration (Wired)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 10, 2025

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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

What some executives think about using universal basic income to mitigate AI-related layoffs: Musk calls it the "best way"OpenAI policy document mentions a public wealth fund (Siladitya Ray/Forbes)

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)

Browsing: China

Samsung says the Galaxy Z TriFold will go on sale in South Korea on December 12 for around $2,440, in China this year and in the United States as early as the first quarter of 2026 (Heekyong Yang/Reuters)

China is aggressively deploying AI and robotics to maintain its status as a global manufacturing hub, and major companies are pioneering AI ‘dark factories’ (Brian Spegele/Wall Street Journal)

Microchip companies in South Korea, Taiwan and China have raised salaries and bonuses as global competition intensifies for a limited pool of chip engineers (June Yoon/Financial Times)

A look at Tsinghua University, which is at the forefront of AI innovation in China, with 4,986 AI patents between 2005 and 2024, alumni behind startups like DeepSeek, and more (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)

In a lawsuit, US company TP-Link claims Netgear orchestrated a smear campaign by spreading false statements to journalists and influencers about TP-Link’s ties to China (Bloomberg)

Trump says the United States needs a "Federal standard" govern AI surveillance instead of "a mosaic of 50 state regulatory regimes"otherwise China will catch up (Kate Sullivan/Bloomberg)

China and the United States’ current AI strategies are complementary, as unlike the United States, China is not yet “AGI plundered,” focusing on embodied AI and open source models (Dean W. Ball/Hyperdimensional)

China says the December 2020 theft of 127,272 BTC, currently worth around $13 billion, from China’s LuBian mining pool is likely a "state-level hacking operation" led by the United States (Bloomberg)

Restaurant Brands International to form Burger King China joint venture with CPE

Apple removes two of the most popular gay dating apps, Blued and Finka, from its App Store in China, citing orders from the country’s Cyberspace Administration (Wired)