List of Science and Technology articles
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Jack Ma frowns as he looks up. Behind him are purple and black stripes. Jack Ma Is Back, but Beijing Is in Control
Alibaba is trying to reshape itself to match Xi Jinping’s ambitions.
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A silhouette of the top of Elon Musk's head. AI Is Infiltrating the U.S. Government
Trump’s actions are a distraction from the main order of business: the pursuit of fantastic profit through a surging industry.
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A security guard stands at the entrance to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) headquarters on Feb. 3. DOGE Is Hacking America
The U.S. government has experienced what may be the most consequential security breach in its history.
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A woman with a rolling bag poses in front of a train with a panda mural on it as another woman takes her photo with a cell phone. South Korea Has More Leverage Over China Than You Think
The middle power has found a way to survive without bending the knee to Beijing.
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A grid of 12 fiction book covers out in February 2025. The Novels We’re Reading in February
From a British techno-dystopia to Berlin’s underground.
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A man wearing a glove covered with red paint leaves a mark over a passport of the Republic of Serbia, as part of an action organized by the Croatian Women's Network and the Center for Women's Studies during a protest in front of the Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in Zagreb, Croatia, on Jan. 27. Deference to Passports Puts Dissidents at Risk
Biometrics, already used in some border crossings, could help protect activists.
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An illustration shows a scribbled tangled line connecting the flags of the U.S. and China on either side. Behind the line is the out-of-focus face of Joe Biden. Did Biden Get China Right?
The administration aimed to outcompete China. Four years later, here’s how it measured up.
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The DeepSeek logo is seen on a mobile screen, with copies of the screen reflected around the phone. What DeepSeek Revealed About the Future of U.S.-China Competition
Washington faces a daunting but critical task.
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A humanoid robot gestures at the World Intelligence Expo in Tianjin on June 23, 2024. The Global Race for Humanoid Robots Heats Up
AI models are getting all the attention right now, but China and the United States are already competing for a new prize.
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A reflective surface shows words in Chinese characters and the words "Deepseek AI" in English. Buildings, a tree, and blue sky are also seen in the reflection. DeepSeek Is Reshaping China’s AI Landscape
The Chinese AI lab has put to rest any illusion that Beijing is behind.
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Two soldiers in combat gear carefully peer around the corner of a wall while a robotic dog stands at their knees. They look across a desert landscape toward a robotic vehicle in the distance. Has Technology Really Revolutionized Modern Warfare?
How war in the 21st century has—and hasn’t—changed.
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Jack Ma is seen up close, holding his fingers to his right eye. What China Got Right About Big Tech
Unlike Trump, Xi understood that a new class of business titans could hijack his country’s political system.
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Rectangular strips of white paper with numbers on them hang vertically. Don’t Let Autocrats Erase the Internet
Preserving digital archives is a crucial weapon in discrediting and defeating authoritarian regimes.
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A group of soldiers in uniforms and hats are seen from behind standing between the columns of a building. Below them is a teeming crowd filling a square a statue above them in the distance. Welcome to Weimar 2.0
Today’s global powers are running a strange simulation of the weak and wobbly republic that governed Germany before World War II.
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Frank McCourt sits in a white chair on the center of a stage. The Man Who Would Buy TikTok
Frank McCourt sees the Chinese-owned social media platform as a catalyst for a deeper conversation.
