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Politics

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

By Frank M. EverettApril 17, 2026

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), a ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, has launched what is being described as a…

Business & Money

Why foreign automakers dominate the sedan market

By Stacey D. WallsApril 16, 2026

America’s biggest automakers have all but abandoned sedans and coupes in recent years as they race to compete in the…

Technology

Pentagon says Anthropic’s use of foreign workers, especially Chinese, poses security risks and its case is ‘different’ from other companies (Maria Curi/Axios)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 19, 2026

Featured Podcasts Social radars: Paul Graham, founder of Y Combinator Come be a fly on the wall as Y Combinator’s…

Technology

Chinese military procurement documents show PLA efforts to use AI to assist in drone piloting, cyberattacks, decision-making and disinformation campaigns (Foreign Affairs)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 2, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: The design process is dead. Here’s what replaces it. | Jenny Wen (design manager at Claude)…

Technology

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

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Is Something Big Happening?, AI Safety Apocalypse, Anthropic Raises $30 Billion The Big Technology Podcast…

Technology

India partners with Alibaba.com to help Indian startups and small businesses reach foreign buyers, highlighting its selective engagement with Chinese platforms (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 14, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Is Something Big Happening?, AI Safety Apocalypse, Anthropic Raises $30 Billion The Big Technology Podcast…

Technology

India will exempt foreign companies from being taxed when they supply equipment to their contract manufacturers in the country, a rule change Apple has lobbied for (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 1, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: A Child Psychologist’s Guide to Working with Difficult Adults | Dr. Becky Kennedy Interviews with world-class…

Technology

Study finds foreign direct investment accounts for 98% of Vietnam’s electronics exports, ‘signaling limited technological spillover’ to local economy (Lien Hoang/Nikkei Asia)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 27, 2025

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Alex and Ranjan’s Outlook for 2026: ChatGPT 1 Billion, AI Shopping, Apple’s Big Year, AI…

Technology

Sources: China offers to cut data center electricity bills by up to 50% to Alibaba and others if they use local chips like Huawei’s rather than foreign chips like Nvidia’s (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 4, 2025

Financial Times: Sources: China is offering to cut data center electricity bills by up to 50% to Alibaba and others…

Technology

ByteDance’s Cici, a foreign counterpart to China’s most popular AI chatbot app Doubao, is quietly gaining traction in the UK, Mexico and Southeast Asia (Zeyi Yang/Wired)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 19, 2025

Zeyi Yang / Wired: ByteDance’s Cici, the overseas counterpart to China’s most popular AI chatbot app, Doubao, is quietly gaining…

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

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)

Physical Intelligence says its new model, π0.7, can direct robots toward tasks they haven’t been trained for, a "early sign" generalization, surprising researchers (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)

Browsing: Foreign

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

Why foreign automakers dominate the sedan market

Pentagon says Anthropic’s use of foreign workers, especially Chinese, poses security risks and its case is ‘different’ from other companies (Maria Curi/Axios)

Chinese military procurement documents show PLA efforts to use AI to assist in drone piloting, cyberattacks, decision-making and disinformation campaigns (Foreign Affairs)

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)

India partners with Alibaba.com to help Indian startups and small businesses reach foreign buyers, highlighting its selective engagement with Chinese platforms (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

India will exempt foreign companies from being taxed when they supply equipment to their contract manufacturers in the country, a rule change Apple has lobbied for (Reuters)

Study finds foreign direct investment accounts for 98% of Vietnam’s electronics exports, ‘signaling limited technological spillover’ to local economy (Lien Hoang/Nikkei Asia)

Sources: China offers to cut data center electricity bills by up to 50% to Alibaba and others if they use local chips like Huawei’s rather than foreign chips like Nvidia’s (Financial Times)

ByteDance’s Cici, a foreign counterpart to China’s most popular AI chatbot app Doubao, is quietly gaining traction in the UK, Mexico and Southeast Asia (Zeyi Yang/Wired)