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China's Starlink Response

China's Starlink Response Crust it, and copy it Paddy Stephens www.chinatalk.media/p/china-resp...

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Crust it, and copy it

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Chinese hackers impersonated ex-US official to steal emails from AI experts

How 'bout some good ol' spying, human to human, not AI, but targeting human AI experts? Did Trump and Xi talk about this? Chinese hackers impersonated ex-US official to steal emails from AI experts www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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Chinese hackers have been ‌impersonating US AI experts.

Singapore launches matchmaking service for government workers

Singapore launches matchmaking service for government workers FirstDate, which launched this week for those aged 21 to 35, boasts "a different approach to dating", where it uses a Nobel-winning algorithm to match participants to one date at a time. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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The launch of FirstDate comes as the ageing nation wrestles with a record-low fertility rate.

Taiwan using AI to counter AI threats - Taipei Times

Taiwan using AI to counter AI threats NEW THREATS: Some AI models are able to scan software and identify vulnerabilities, which could be linked together for a ‘kill chain,’ digital affairs minister Lin Yi-ching said www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...

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Taiwan is working with major US technology firms to use advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models to scan government systems and critical infrastructure for vulnerabilities, the Ministry of Digital...

Is this the most dangerous man in the US Senate?

The Most Dangerous Man in the US Senate? Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri is pushing a tribalistic ideology suggesting only descendants of white Christian pioneers are true Americans. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri is pushing a tribalistic ideology suggesting only descendants of white Christian pioneers are true Americans.

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Analysis: What Trump’s Lunch With AI Leaders Means for Regulation｜TaiwanPlus News

My interview with TaiwanPlus: What Trump’s Lunch with AI Leaders Means for Regulations www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxkx...

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YouTube video by TaiwanPlus News

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It was my pleasure to serve on the expert panel of WITSA's Global AI Index 2026 -- which scores 105 economies on the pillars of infrastructure, talent, entrepreneurship, use cases, data, policy and investment. Press Release: drive.google.com/file/d/1QqSe...

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Manchester City have become ‘Sham FC’. They deserve the heaviest punishment

It's existential. Premier League or Man Unity. 兩個只能活一個。 Manchester City have become ‘Sham FC’. They deserve the heaviest punishment www.nytimes.com/athletic/764...

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Nine years of wrongdoing - as laid out in the independent commission's damning judgment - disfigured English football

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Chinese AI tool told researchers how to make bioweapons

I've always wonder, how come or is it real that Chinese models 'behave better'? Chinese AI tool told researchers how to make bioweapons www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Mindgard said it discovered in July that Kimi models K2.6 and K3 Swarm could evade developer's safety limits.

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Logan Wright on Broken China

Logan Wright on Broken China .5% growth...how did it get so bad? www.chinatalk.media/p/logan-wrig...

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.5% growth...how did it get so bad?

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"Senator, this is Hawkeye, not Hawk, not Jack Smith." "Stop confusing the poor guy."

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Nvidia, AMD CEOs join Tsinghua advisory board as US-China chip tensions persist

Nvidia and AMD chiefs join Tsinghua advisory board as US-China chip tensions persist Huang and Su were among three new members appointed to the advisory board of Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and Management www.scmp.com/tech/big-tec...

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Huang and Su were among three new members appointed to the advisory board of Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and Management.

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Charles Mok @charlesmok.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Data center developer offers $10,000 checks to 4,500 households if the 1,300-acre facility is approved — locals push back over noise and 'bribe' concerns Many residents are rejecting the offer due to fears of noise, falling property values, and mistrust. www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

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Data center developer offers $10,000 checks to 4,500 households if the 1,300-acre facility is approved — locals push back over noise and 'bribe' concerns

Report says that many residents are rejecting the offer due to fears of noise, falling property values, and mistrust.

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Charles Mok @charlesmok.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“The internet is a giant copying machine”: Interview with Vint Cerf isoclive.substack.com/p/vint-cerf-...

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“The internet is a giant copying machine”: Interview with Vint Cerf

An ISOC LIVE Summary

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Charles Mok @charlesmok.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The point isn't censorship. It’s control. Even if there’s less censorship (and that’s a huge ‘even if’), the regime wants MORE CONTROL, not less. Is China easing some online censorship? It doesn’t want free speech, but it does want to know what’s going on www.economist.com/china/2026/0...

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Is China easing some online censorship?

It doesn’t want free speech, but it does want to know what’s going on

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Charles Mok @charlesmok.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

All over the news here in Canada ChatGPT Helped Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Shooter Focus on Guns, Tactics, and Terror OpenAI’s chatbot fed the school shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre, our investigation reveals. www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...

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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals

OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.

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Charles Mok @charlesmok.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Oh, when will they ever learn. Tech, VPN companies call on Ottawa to make more changes to lawful-access bill Known as Bill C-22, the bill would require providers to give surveillance and monitoring to police and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

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Tech, VPN companies call on Ottawa to make more changes to lawful-access bill

The government maintains Bill C-22 will protect end-to-end encryption, but companies are worried the bill would weaken cybersecurity

Charles Mok @charlesmok.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Meta plans Petal, the first transoceanic subsea cable at petabit capacity Connecting the US to France www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/meta...

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Meta plans Petal, the first transoceanic subsea cable at petabit capacity

Connecting the US to France

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Charles Mok @charlesmok.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Don’t Engage in False Hope Eleven years after Chairman Xi Jinping’s last White House visit, U.S. leaders should resolve to not be fooled again. H.R. McMaster historywedontknow.substack.com/p/dont-engag...

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Don’t Engage in False Hope

Eleven years after Chairman Xi Jinping’s last White House visit, U.S. leaders should resolve to not be fooled again.

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Charles Mok @charlesmok.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) confirms that 1,616 new generic top-level domain (gTLD) applications will proceed in the New gTLD Program: 2026 Round. www.icann.org/en/announcem...

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ICANN Confirms Number of Applications Proceeding in the 2026 Round

ICANN confirms that 1,616 new generic top-level domain (gTLD) applications will proceed in the New gTLD Program: 2026 Round.

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Charles Mok @charlesmok.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

China's effort to standards is still more about building a club than substance, but it can get there, especially when the US allows it. The Standards Road to Shanghai scsp222.substack.com/p/the-standa...

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The Standards Road to Shanghai

I'm Ylli Bajraktari, President and CEO of the Special Competitive Studies Project.

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Charles Mok @charlesmok.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Major Cable Breaks Between Perth and Singapore Reported in Indonesian Waters The incidents highlight the vulnerability in yet another emerging hot spot in Southeast Asia waters for undersea cables, repair uncertainties and suspicious vessel activities. charlesmok.substack.com/p/major-cabl...

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Major Cable Breaks Between Perth and Singapore Reported in Indonesian Waters

The incidents highlight the vulnerability in yet another emerging hot spot in Southeast Asia waters for undersea cables, repair uncertainties and suspicious vessel activities in the region.

Charles Mok @charlesmok.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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Major Cable Breaks Between Perth and Singapore Reported in Indonesian Waters

The incidents highlight the vulnerability in yet another emerging hot spot in Southeast Asia waters for undersea cables, repair uncertainties and suspicious vessel activities in the region.