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The Non-Ban
Behind CXMT's Lawsuit Against the Pentagon: How 18 Months on a Blacklist Reshaped a Chinese Chipmaker's Global Ambitions On August 28, 2026, CXMT filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, naming Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth as a defendant. The sole demand: removal from the Section 1260H "Chinese military companies" list.
By Jin18 days ago in 01
The Day You Stopped Buying Blindly
When "Buying Blindly" Becomes History Changxin Technology's first‑half 2026 income statement carried a number that made the sell‑side research team pause for five seconds during the conference call: revenue of RMB 150.31 billion, net profit attributable to shareholders of RMB 77.61 billion. In the same period last year, it lost RMB 2.33 billion. The swing: roughly RMB 80 billion.
By Jin18 days ago in 01
THE 770B AI BEAST JUST WENT OPEN SOURCE
On August 28, 2026, Tencent's Hunyuan team published Hy4 preview—a model card on the website, a few live demo links, no press conference.
By Jin19 days ago in 01
The AI Leaderboard Is a Farce
001 In the summer of 2026, a screenshot made the rounds in AI circles. It showed DeepSWE’s multipass results. GLM‑5.3 Flash and Claude Fable 5 were 6.3 percentage points apart at pass@1 — 63.4% vs. 69.7%. That looked like a normal generational gap.
By Jin19 days ago in 01
Will A Two Hour Social Media Limit Actually Work?
This week Meta settled for $18 billion with an agreement that the company would make significant changes to its platforms to protect underage users. Some of these changes involve a nighttime block between 12:00 AM and 6:00 AM, schooltime blocks, no display of "likes" on posts made by minors. One of the more major ones is a two hour time limit for users under 18.
By caitodoesstuff19 days ago in 01
Off Grid Battery Solutions That Keep Your Power Running
Living off the grid means embracing energy independence, but that freedom hinges entirely on having reliable battery storage. Without a robust off grid battery system, even the most sophisticated solar panels or wind turbines become useless after sunset or during calm weather. The right battery doesn't just store energy—it becomes the backbone of your entire off-grid lifestyle, determining whether you can run essential appliances, maintain comfort, and achieve true self-sufficiency. As more people seek alternatives to traditional utility dependency, understanding what makes an effective off-grid battery system has become essential knowledge for anyone serious about sustainable living.
By Solution Boxes21 days ago in 01
How to Write a Creator Brief a Search Engine Can Actually Execute
A creator brief is usually the last thing a marketing team writes and the first thing that breaks the campaign. It gets typed into Slack in one line — "find us some beauty micro-influencers" — and three weeks later someone is still opening browser tabs. The brief was not too short. It was unexecutable: no constraint in it could be checked against a profile. That is the difference between a wish and a query, and it is why an AI influencer discovery platform is only as good as the sentence you hand it. This piece is about writing that sentence.
By Solution Boxes21 days ago in 01
I Bought a NAS for My Writing. Here’s Why It Changed Everything.
It was two in the morning. The coffee had gone cold, and the cursor was still blinking on the screen. A twenty-thousand-word manuscript had nearly vanished into thin air when my computer suddenly blue-screened—though Word's auto-recovery saved it, the feeling of my heart stopping for that split second has never left me.
By Jin21 days ago in 01
Uber Hit with €825 Million Fine Over Automated Driver Deactivations in Landmark GDPR Ruling
The Dutch Data Protection Authority is fining Uber €825 million (around $966 million), the second-largest penalty issued so far under Europe's General Data Protection Regulation, according to Reuters. The Dutch regulator was investigating complaints that Uber had deactivated driver accounts through an automated process without sufficient warning or human oversight. In a statement, deputy chair Monique Verdier said that the company had "committed serious infringements." "A computer should not make decisions on its own that have [such] major consequences," Verdier said.
By Mark Lim 21 days ago in 01
Flock Safety CEO Says Privacy and Safety Need a "Compromise" Amid Surveillance Backlash
The country needs to find a "compromise" between privacy and safety, according to Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley. "When people talk about just one of these, privacy or safety, they're prioritizing the wrong thing, and what we have to prioritize as a country is compromise," Langley said during a recent interview with Fox News. "How do we have our safety, and how do we balance privacy?"
By Mark Lim 21 days ago in 01
The AI Copyright Conundrum: When Training Is Lawful but Piracy Isn't
You probably know by now that the AI models powering ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and other chatbots are trained on seemingly infinite databases of published works, containing hundreds of millions of books, online articles, academic papers, and basically anything you can find on the internet. Most published authors have, without their knowledge or consent, contributed to the development of the same AI tools that threaten to undermine their livelihoods. That seems illegal, right? The reality isn't that simple.
By Mark Lim 21 days ago in 01
Flipkart Minutes Closes the Gap on India's Quick-Commerce Pioneers
Indian startups spent years getting consumers accustomed to having groceries and everyday goods delivered within minutes. Now Walmart-owned Flipkart is rapidly closing the gap with those quick-commerce pioneers, as global rival Amazon mounts its own push into instant delivery.
By Mark Lim 21 days ago in 01