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China
July 2026
- China achieves major breakthrough in fusion energy with record-breaking superconducting magnets
- Chip export controls were not a major topic in Beijing, US Trade Rep Greer says
- AI agent completes full ransomware attack chain
- AI² Robotics raises $735M at $3B valuation for wheeled humanoid robots
- Z.ai's open-weights GLM-5.2 beats GPT-5.5 on multiple long-horizon coding benchmarks for 1/6th the cost
- Ondas Inc. Acquires DZYNE Technologies in $875.8M Defense Tech Deal
- Alibaba bans Anthropic AI tools for employees after distillation concerns
- Breakthrough unveiled in quantum computing
- Commerce Department faces criticism from China hardliners over AI chip export controls handling
- China issues 'backdoor' security alert over Anthropic's Claude Code
- China plans limited Nvidia H200 purchases for top AI firms
- Beijing is looking at curbing overseas access to China's top AI models, sources say
- China's DeepSeek developing its own AI chip
- DeepSeek Builds Own AI Chips To Bypass Export Caps
- Chinese Firms Leave Nvidia for Local AI Suppliers, Survey Shows
- Singapore files new charges in Nvidia chip fraud case
- Z.ai Releases GLM-5.2 Chinese AI Model Catching Up to US Labs
- China's Tianwen-2 Probe Close Enough to Start Tests on Asteroid 1 Billion km Away
- Over 20 semiconductor companies (TI, Infineon, ST, ADI) implement second-round price hikes effective July 1, power chips up 15-25%, AI server components up 85%
- UBTech Launches UWORLD U1 Series of Full-Size Humanoid Robots Designed for Mass Production
June 2026
- Nvidia's AI chip sales stall in China as domestic chipmakers led by Huawei overtake global leader in home market
- US tightens export controls to curb China's access to advanced chips and AI tools
- US proposes AI partnership with EU on regulation and semiconductor supply chains
- X Accelerates NEO Humanoid Developer Access in Response to Geopolitics
- Mercedes and GIC back Momenta autonomous driving IPO as cornerstone investors
- Anthropic publicly accuses Alibaba of largest known illicit Claude distillation campaign (28.8M+ queries)
- World leaders want American AI. They just don't want America to be able to turn it off
- OpenAI says China-linked accounts posed as Americans to oppose US data centres
- Chinese group TA4922 deploys Atlas RAT in European cyberattacks
May 2026
- Waymo's newest robotaxi is Chinese-made, built to make money, and now accepting riders
- Sberbank seeks Chinese chips for GigaChat AI model under sanctions pressure
- NVIDIA Announces Financial Results for First Quarter Fiscal 2027
- ESA Smile spacecraft lifts off on Vega-C for solar wind mission
- Governor Newsom announces California's new $1 billion rebate program for electric trucks, as Trump cedes global clean vehicle market to China
- Chinese Grey Market Resells Claude API at 90% Discount via Proxy Networks
- Chinese Humanoid-Robot Startup Robot Era Raises Over $200 Million Led by SF Express
- Porsche Shuts Three Subsidiaries, Cutting More Than 500 Jobs
- DAEMON Tools devs confirm breach, release malware-free version
- ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet on his company's monopoly: no one is coming for us
- Kaspersky suspects Chinese hackers planted a backdoor into Daemon Tools in widespread attack
- FCC Votes to Strip All Chinese Labs of Electronics Certification Authority
April 2026
- Elon Musk testifies xAI 'partly' used OpenAI models to train its own
- FCC votes on proposal that would ban 21% of accredited test labs in China and Hong Kong
- SenseTime releases open-source image model that runs on Chinese chips
- Chinese GPU maker Lisuan Tech earns Microsoft WHQL certification
- China freezes new robotaxi licenses after Baidu fleet chaos
- Ecovacs cuts robot vacuum prices by up to $450 as tariffs stabilize
- China orders Meta to unwind $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus
- China mandates minimum wage and algorithm transparency for 200 million gig workers
- EU sanctions Chinese firms over Russia ties; Beijing retaliates with export controls on European defence companies
- DARPA seeks fast, cheap autonomous underwater drones in Deep Thoughts program
- NASA OIG Details Chinese National's Years-Long Spear-Phishing Scheme for Defense Software
- Apple CEO transition to John Ternus signals hardware-focused future
- China warns US chip export legislation would severely disrupt global semiconductor supply chains
- AMD EXPO 1.2 Arrives on AM5 Motherboards With Support for Faster Memory
- Firestarter Malware Persists on Cisco Firewalls Despite Updates and Patches
- Researchers find 26 fake crypto wallet apps on Apple App Store stealing seed phrases
- Health data from 500,000 UK Biobank participants found for sale on Alibaba
- DeepSeek previews V4 AI model, claims parity with top US systems
- Global edtech funding collapses from $16.7B to under $3B as investors pivot to AI
- DeepSeek releases V4 Pro and V4 Flash preview models at fraction of frontier prices
- White House Accuses China of Industrial-Scale AI Model Distillation
- US accuses China of industrial-scale AI theft
- Iran Alleges US Exploited Networking Equipment Backdoors During Military Strikes
- Tencent Launches International Beta for QClaw AI Agent
- OpenAI launches ChatGPT Images 2.0 with improved text rendering and non-Latin script support
- Nvidia supplier Victory Giant surges 57% in Hong Kong trading debut
- Humanoid robot beats human half-marathon record by seven minutes in China
- Honor's 'Lightning' humanoid robot smashes half-marathon world record
- Oppo reveals Find X9 Ultra specs with dual 200MP cameras, 7,050 mAh battery
- Honor's autonomous robot wins Beijing humanoid half-marathon in 50 minutes, beating human world record
- Russian-made Shahed drones reportedly disintegrating mid-air due to manufacturing defects
- Bambu Lab overtakes Creality as top-selling budget 3D printer brand in 2025
- Cursor in talks to raise $2 billion at $50 billion valuation
- Anthropic CEO meets White House officials amid cybersecurity model rollout
- Autonomous Vehicle Funding More Than Triples to Record $21.4 Billion in 2026
- Japan extracts rare earth elements from 6,000-meter deep Pacific deposit
- Nvidia alum's Manycore Tech soars 187% in Hong Kong debut with robotics pivot
- AI coding startup Factory hits $1.5B valuation with $150M funding round
- Chinese chip equipment makers post record revenues amid import restrictions
- Amazon launches smart warehouse in Shenzhen to cut merchant storage costs by up to 45%
- Critical Nginx UI vulnerability actively exploited for server takeover
- China Mandates AI Integration for Classroom Lessons and Homework Grading
- Claude Code Dominates HumanX Discussions as Industry Tracks China's Open-Weight Lead
- CPUID Website Compromised to Distribute STX RAT Malware via Hardware Tools
- Alleged Supercomputer Hack Could Be Largest Data Breach in Chinese History
- Top AI Researchers Return From US to China Citing Pay, Quality of Life, Immigration Barriers
- Survey: 84% of Europeans Distrust US Tech Companies With Personal Data
- Alibaba reorganizes AI leadership amid strategic pivot to monetization
- China AI Firm Discloses $92 Million in Banned Nvidia Chip Servers to Beijing
- Alibaba's Stealth Video AI Model Tops Global Benchmarks
- Alibaba Leads $293 Million Investment in AI Video Startup ShengShu
- Report: Chinese Supercomputing Center Suffers 10 Petabyte Data Breach
- Radify Metals raises funding to develop pollution-free metal processing
- FCC Bans Foreign-Made Routers Over Cybersecurity Concerns
- White House advances industry-friendly AI policy agenda under David Sacks
- UAE's G42 presses forward with OpenAI data center expansion despite regional conflict
- Hacker Claims 10-Petabyte Data Theft From China Supercomputer Center
- Hacker Claims Theft of 10PB+ Data From China's National Supercomputing Center
- Bain's Bridge Data Centres Removes Client From Malaysia Hub After US Export Probe
- Z.ai Releases GLM-5.1 Language Model Under MIT License
- Super Micro Launches Independent Probe Into Export Control Violations
- Super Micro Launches Internal Probe of Server Sales to China
- U.S. weighs new export restrictions on ASML chip equipment to China
- China-Linked Storm-1175 Exploits Zero-Days to Deploy Medusa Ransomware
- North Korean hackers compromised top developer to hijack widely used open source project
- US Lawmakers Propose Blocking DUV Chip Equipment Exports to Chinese Semiconductor Firms
- Microsoft links China-based Storm-1175 to Medusa ransomware zero-day attacks
- Meta to release first AI models developed under Alexandr Wang
- US lawmakers propose blocking DUV chip equipment exports to Chinese military-linked firms
- Chinese robot maker UBTech offers $18 million salary for chief scientist in talent competition
- China expands AI integration in K-12 education to address teacher shortages, equity gaps
- Generalist releases GEN-1 AI model enabling human-level robot dexterity
- Chinese robotics startup Galaxea AI raises $290M at $29 billion valuation
- Tesla's Texas Gigafactory Workforce Shrank 22% in 2025 Amid Second Straight Year of Declining Sales
- Trump's AI Data Center Push Is Failing in Part Because His Own Tariffs Block the Parts Needed to Build Them
- Trump's Partisan AI Pitch Stalls in Congress as Democrats Pull Back from National Framework
- Senate Bill Would Ban US Exports of DUV Chipmaking Equipment to China Under MATCH Act
- Half of Planned US Data Center Builds Delayed or Canceled as Power and Parts Shortages Bite
- Unable to Access Top Chips, Researchers Embrace 'Frugal AI' Built on Smaller Open Models
- Supermicro Co-Founder Pleads Not Guilty to Smuggling Billions in Nvidia Servers to Restricted Parties
- India's Sarvam AI Raises New Funding at $1.5 Billion Valuation
- Arcee AI Releases Trinity-Large-Thinking, a 399-Billion Parameter Open Source Reasoning Model
- Chinese Chip Firms Post Record Revenue as AI Demand and US Export Curbs Drive Domestic Boom
- FBI Labels Suspected Chinese Hack of Law Enforcement Data 'a Major Cyber Incident'
- US Electrical Equipment Shortage Threatens AI Data Center Buildout as Imports Stall
- India's Sarvam AI Raising $300. 350 Million at $1.5 Billion Valuation to Challenge US and Chinese AI Leaders
- ByteDance Helps OpenClaw Launch Official China Mirror, Raising Geopolitical Alarm
- Geely Chairman Says Global Auto Industry Has Too Many Factories, Pivots to Asset-Sharing Model
- China's Intelligence Agency Warns That Smartwatches and Fitness Trackers Pose Serious Data Leak Risks
- Chinese Optics Firm Innolight Confidentially Files for Up to $3 Billion Hong Kong IPO
- Alibaba Releases Third Proprietary AI Model in Three Days, Sharpening Focus on Profit
March 2026
- OpenAI Closes $122 Billion Funding Round at $852 Billion Valuation, Raises $3 Billion From Retail Investors
- TCL Takes Over Sony's Television Business in Major Consumer Electronics Deal
- Waymo Launches Robotaxi Service at San Antonio International Airport
- CISA Orders Federal Agencies to Patch Actively Exploited Citrix NetScaler Flaw by Thursday
- Apple Pulls Apple Intelligence From China After Accidentally Launching Without Regulatory Approval
- Qwen3.5-Omni omnimodal LLM release by Alibaba
- Robotaxi Outage in China Leaves Passengers Stranded on Highways
- Micron Stock Falls 10% After Earnings as Memory Chip Sell-Off Deepens
- O'Melveny Represents Leading Medical Imaging AI Company Diagens Biotechnology in US$101 Million Hong Kong IPO
- Fusion's DeepSeek Moment?
- Trump Plans to Name Zuckerberg, Ellison, and Jensen Huang as US AI Ambassadors
- Autonomous Driving Firm DeepRoute.ai Said to Consider Hong Kong IPO
- China Bars Manus AI Co-Founders From Leaving the Country
- H.R. 3447 Chip Security Act endorsements announced
- Alibaba DAMO Academy Claims 'World's Highest Performing RISC-V CPU' With New XuanTie C950
- Senators Warren and Banks Call for Suspension of Nvidia Export Licenses to China and Southeast Asia
- Alibaba T-Head Unveils Zhenwu 810E AI Chip Comparable to Nvidia H20
- Cursor Admits New Composer 2 Coding Model Was Built on Chinese AI Kimi K2.5
- State Department Creates Bureau of Emerging Threats to Counter AI and Cyber Risks
- FCC Bans Imports of All Foreign-Made Consumer Routers Over Cybersecurity Risk
- Sony nearing $1 billion deal to sell 51% of its home entertainment business to Chinese rival TCL
- TP-Link CEO applied for Trump Gold Card visa while company faces US national security probe over China ties
- US charges Super Micro co-founder with smuggling billions in Nvidia chips to China; SMCI drops 11.85%
- Tencent Launches ClawBot AI Agent in WeChat, Giving 1 Billion Users Access via Chat
- Alibaba and Tencent Lose Combined $66 Billion in Market Value as Investors Punish Unclear AI Monetization
- Xiaomi Releases 1-Trillion-Parameter AI Model That Benchmarks Close to GPT-5.2 and Claude Opus 4.6
- China approves first brain chips for commercial sale, plans to dominate BCI
- Cursor Admits New Coding Model Built on Chinese Moonshot AI's Kimi
- House Homeland Security publishes ICYMI on PRC AI/robotics national security risks
- Three Charged with Conspiring to Unlawfully Divert Cutting Edge U.S. Artificial Intelligence Technology to China
- Huawei launches Ascend 950PR AI chip (Atlas 350 accelerator)
- Flexiv secures strategic investment from Invus to scale adaptive robots
- Rep. Fong Delivers Opening Statement in Hearing on Threats Posed by PRC Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Autonomous Technologies
- Senator Warren presses Pentagon over xAI classified network access
- JD.com launches Joybuy in six European countries to challenge Amazon
- House Subcommittee Announces Hearing on PRC AI, Robotics and Autonomous Tech Risks
- China intensifies push to become world leader in tech and AI
- China's New Five-Year Plan Prioritizes Robotics...
- Reported Draft Rules Signal New Semiconductor Export Controls Framework
- A "diff" tool for AI: Finding behavioral differences in new models
- Nvidia halts China-bound H200 production and shifts TSMC capacity
- New open models-Introducing NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super
- China Restricts OpenClaw AI at Banks, State Agencies Over Security Concerns
- China bakes AI into its next five-year economic blueprint
- Chinese tech giants move into 'next-generation AI agents' deployment
- Origin Quantum Computing Technology Co. profile and Origin Pilot release details
- China's New Five-Year Plan Specifically Targets Quantum Leadership and AI Expansion
- Rice gene discovery to reduce fertilizer needs
- Science funding call provides insight into China's AI priorities
February 2026
- Chasing the Chip Smugglers
- Hollywood objects to ByteDance Seedance 2.0 AI video generator over IP
- SMIC warns rushed AI chip capacity buildout risks idle data centers
- Justice Department Files Action to Enforce Presidential Order on Chinese Company's Divestment from Jupiter Systems
- FTC issues second report to Congress on ransomware and cyberattacks
- February 3, 2026 - EX-99.1 - 8-K: Current report (AMD Q4/full year 2025 results)
- Notepad++ confirms Chinese government hackers hijacked software updates for months