Illustration of China's Bohai Sea Monster, a modern wing-in-ground effect vehicle.

“They’re Bringing the Monster Back”: China Launches Stunning Project to Resurrect the Legendary Soviet Ekranoplan With Next-Level Technology

IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 China’s revival of the Soviet-era Ekranoplan introduces the “Bohai Sea Monster,” a modern wing-in-ground effect vehicle. 🌊 These WIG vehicles utilize a cushion of compressed air for efficient low-altitude flight, offering speed and stealth advantages. 🇺🇸 The U.S. is developing its own version, the Liberty Lifter, to enhance strategic capabilities across…

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US scrutinizes Chinese AI for ideological bias, memo shows

By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -American officials have quietly been grading Chinese artificial intelligence programs on their ability to mold their output to the Chinese Communist Party’s official line, according to a memo reviewed by Reuters. U.S. State and Commerce Department officials are working together on the effort, which operates by feeding the programs standardized…

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My Take | How to ‘sludge’ HK migrants into leaving the UK and Canada

My Take | How to ‘sludge’ HK migrants into leaving the UK and Canada

‘Nudging’ is the gentle way of pushing you towards making good choices; think of your nice parents. ‘Sludging’ is the opposite, designed to encourage you to make bad or at least suboptimal decisions; picture the car/insurance/mobile phone/real estate salesmen. They are terms in pop psychology borrowed from behavioural and cognitive sciences. Some governments such as…

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Improving sleep and lifestyle could reduce heart disease risk in menopausal women

Improving sleep and lifestyle could reduce heart disease risk in menopausal women

During the menopause transition, only 1 in 5 women have optimal scores using the American Heart Association’s health-assessment tool, known as Life’s Essential 8 (LE8). Among the tool’s eight components, four of them – blood glucose, blood pressure, sleep quality and nicotine use – are key in driving future cardiovascular risks, with sleep being particularly…

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