Tech that refuses to stay inside one border. Global markets, cross-border deals, and the geopolitics increasingly deciding where hardware gets built and sold. My own work is transatlantic, so that is the lens most of this takes.
A team from Copenhagen and CU Boulder developed a harmonic parity qubit, enabling control over odd harmonics in a superconducting circuit. This advancement aims…
CXMT's stock surged 470% on its Shanghai debut, financing a second wafer plant in Beijing. The company is nearing LPDDR6 production, potentially challenging Samsung…
Anthropic is establishing an in-house chip team while securing multiple partnerships, including a $10 billion deal with Volta. The company aims to reduce dependency…
Samsung and SK Hynix have quietly tested Chinese chip manufacturing tools from AMEC in their Chinese factories for two years, amid concerns over U.S.…
Alibaba's Qwen team launched the Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4 trillion parameter model, outperforming competitors in key benchmarks. While it promises "open weights" soon, skepticism remains…
JASM's Kumamoto fab reported a $29 million net profit in Q1 2026, rebounding from prior losses. This news, announced amidst production halts due to…
The Casablanca court granted Africa's first standard-essential patent injunction against Transsion's Tecno and Itel, leading to a swift global settlement with Ericsson. This ruling…
Eleven governments issued a warning that live video interviews no longer ensure identity verification, as North Korean workers use advanced deepfake technology to bypass…
Orange and Morrison announced a €3 billion joint venture to build data centers in France, targeting 400 megawatts of capacity. Despite its sovereign branding,…
PLA Unit 96941 developed a method to summarize sensitive military code by distilling outputs from GPT-3.5 into a domestic model, avoiding direct API risks.…
In 2026, AI liability laws' landscape shifted dramatically. California eased court access for AI harm victims, while Europe withdrew an extensive liability directive, complicating…
China's yuan-denominated integrated circuit exports surged 88.7% in early 2025, driven by global AI demand, though currency depreciation and outsourced assembly inflate figures. Despite…
The AI Liability Directive (AILD), designed to address the black-box problem in AI accountability, has been withdrawn due to lack of consensus among EU…
The EU AI Act's enforcement begins Sunday, but key regulatory components face delays. Originally intended for full implementation, many high-risk requirements are postponed until…
The European Union is investing ten billion euros in seven AI Gigafactories, aiming to enhance its AI computing capabilities amid competition from the US…