Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan: I was shocked to find China's Huawei has hired 100s of engineers who can...

    Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan: I was shocked to find China’s Huawei has hired 100s of engineers who can…

    Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan expressed shock at Huawei’s 100+ top CPU architects, developing alternatives to advanced tools and lithography. He warned China is rapidly closing the semiconductor gap through engineering and infrastructure optimization, even excelling in older tech. Tan also highlighted China’s regulatory speed and the US trailing in open-source AI development, urging immediate action…

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    Singapore Port As Island Holds Policy, With AI Boom to Support Export Demand

      China emerges as big winner from Supreme Court’s tariff ruling

      HONG KONG — Global trade has been upended again after the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs, with U.S. trading partners and businesses around the world grasping to understand the system that replaces them. A new flat global tariff of 10% paid by U.S. importers took effect Tuesday, lower than the 15%…

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        Letters: Trump can’t be serious | World Cup in Orlando?

        Believe Trump? Seriously? John L. Evans’ letter in Friday’s Sentinel (“Take Trump seriously”), encourages us to listen to what Donald Trump says with a grain (or a block) of salt, while also taking him seriously. While this apparent conundrum is making my brain hurt, it also gives me hope. According to the letter-writer’s formula, now,…

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        Strait of Hormuz closure would hit China’s energy security

          Strait of Hormuz closure would hit China’s energy security

          The Strait of Hormuz is a strategic route for global oil shipping. If the Strait of Hormuz were to close amid escalating regional conflict, the consequences would reverberate far beyond the Middle East. For China, the world’s largest energy importer, such a scenario would represent a serious strategic shock — not catastrophic, but substantial enough…

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