List of Science and Technology articles
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A man works at the construction site of a residential skyscraper in Shanghai on Nov. 29, 2016. If Americans Are Lawyers and the Chinese Are Engineers, Who Is Going to Win?
A new book argues that the world’s two biggest economies need a bit more of each other’s cultures.
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A quadcopter drone hovers against a cloudy gray sky above a muddy road crowded with emergency responders and vehicles. A sack hangs from a rope tied to the drone. Emergency workers in bright orange uniforms and hats look up to watch the drone as it moves. The Future Is Being Delivered by Chinese Drones
Washington needs to move quickly if it hopes to compete in this critical industry.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks behind an engraved glass disc gifted to him by Apple CEO Tim Cook during an event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Trump’s Trade Tactics Come for Chip Controls
With tariffs on one side and shakedowns on the other, the U.S. president is upending years of China consensus.
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A view of the shadow of U.S. President Donald Trump as he speaks during the "Winning the AI Race" summit hosted by All‑In Podcast and Hill & Valley Forum at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington on July 23. Trump’s AI Action Plan Is at War With Itself
A self-contradictory mix of U.S. policies may already be stimulating Chinese AI.
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Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia, speaks during a news conference in Taipei. Leashing Chinese AI Needs Smart Chip Controls
Firms don’t want Huawei’s domestically produced alternatives—but might have no choice.
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A soldier stands in a field with bare trees behind him. He holds a large winged drone up as he launches it against a cloudy dramatic sky. The Air Battle That Could Decide the Russia-Ukraine War
Kyiv’s front-line drone superiority has been slipping away as Moscow’s forces adapt.
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Protesters rally outside the headquarters of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in Washington on Feb. 5. America Can’t Lead in AI by Firing All the Experts
Sacking specialists and cutting federal funding only helps adversaries and competitors.
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1-fiction-Books-in-brief-foreign-policy-July The Novels We’re Reading in July
From a Salvadoran multiverse to queer life in contemporary Nigeria.
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1-Russian-hackers-keir-giles-1a I Was Hacked Because I Work on Russia
But the same clever new attack could be used against almost anyone.
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Wantalk, an artificial intelligence chatbot created by Chinese tech company Baidu, is seen at the Baidu headquarters in Beijing on Feb. 2, 2024. Can China Catch Up on AI?
“We’re in the sprint mode of a real race for supremacy between the United States and China.”
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Four people stand in a cluster, each wearing a virtual reality headset that covers their eyes. One man has his hand raised to his chin as if in contemplation; another has his arms folded and faces the camera. How the United States Can Win the Global Tech Race
Bans and sanctions aren’t enough to beat China.
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The first batch of the Ukrainian-made Peklo drone missile is delivered to a Ukrainian Armed Forces facility in Kyiv on Dec. 6, 2024. The Ukrainians’ New Way of War
The audacious drone attack deep into Russia’s rear fits a larger pattern of wartime innovation.
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Donald Trump points toward the camera as he stares directly at it. An out-of-focus triangular white shape in the foreground juts a diagonal over the image, cutting through Trump's chest. Can America’s Global Reputation Survive Trump?
Silicon Valley Rep. Ro Khanna is cautiously optimistic.
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An illustration shows a pixelated U.S. flag on a glitchy background. Brave New Techno-Nationalist World
The Trump administration is rapidly reshaping the global digital order.
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A student waits during the Huazhong University of Science and Technology graduation ceremony in a sports stadium in Wuhan, China. Trump’s Student Visa Crackdown Could Be a Boon for China
Beijing has long been eager to woo back top tech and AI talent.
