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A US company has tested a brain implant in a Chinese patient in Shanghai, a rare sign of cooperation as the two countries compete to develop the most advanced neurotechnology.
Goldman Sachs stopped its bankers in Hong Kong from using Anthropic’s AI models, in the latest sign of expanding US-China tech tensions. The American startup’s chatbots are banned in mainland China, and Goldman’s move suggests US AI firms could increasingly treat Hong Kong as off-limits as well,
Action seen as part of effort to protect US lead in making advance chips in AI race. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Biobanks are huge repositories of biomedical data and biological samples, and most have been Western, so far. But China is catching up.
China has detained nearly 70 Panamanian-flagged ships after Supreme Court ruling on Panama Canal, US officials say.
US intelligence indicates that China is preparing to deliver new air defense systems to Iran within the next few weeks, according to three people familiar with recent intelligence assessments.
By David Brunnstrom April 28 (Reuters) - The United States has set specific conditions for the release of billions of dollars it owes to the United Nations, such as more cost-cutting and moves to counter China's influence at the world body,
OFAC sanctioned a major Chinese oil refinery and dozens of Iran-linked shadow fleet vessels in an escalation of the maximum pressure campaign on Tehran.
The U.S. State Department accused China of violating Panama's sovereignty over a port dispute in the Central American nation, triggering another fierce back-and-forth on Wednesday as the Chinese government called the Trump administration hypocritical.