List of Science and Technology articles
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A sign is posted at the Nvidia headquarters in Santa Clara, California. Adam Tooze: Why Nvidia Is Soaring
The AI chip company’s value has tripled in less than a year.
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A person holding an umbrella and a cell phone walks out of a building between two glass doors. Just inside the building, behind the person, is a large sign showing the logo for Micron. The U.S. and China Are Caught in a Technology Trap
The world’s two largest economies are walking a tightrope between bad blood and good business.
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Union workers listen to U.S. President Joe Biden speak during a visit to a semiconductor manufacturer in Durham, North Carolina. Who Will Make the Chips?
The U.S. is betting billions on its semiconductor push, but it needs more people for the factory floors.
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A journalist is silhouetted in front of a neon-lighted poster that reads "AI from Africa to the world" at the first AI research center established in Africa by Google in Accra, Ghana. Artificial Intelligence Will Entrench Global Inequality
The debate about regulating AI urgently needs input from the global south.
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A row of statues of German political thinker Karl Marx. Gen Z Has Finally Found Its Karl Marx
The German philosopher’s “Grundrisse” is an indispensable guide to our current chaos—from AI to the rise of China.
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An operator works during the mooring of an undersea fiber optic cable near the Spanish Basque village of Sopelana on June 13, 2017. Decoupling Is Already Happening—Under the Sea
U.S.-China rivalry has led to the rerouting of crucial subsea internet cables, which could have major geopolitical consequences.
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An aerial view shows a several green and brown fields, including one covered with rows of solar panels. Beyond the solar plant are trees, a river, and a small cluster of buildings. Beijing and Washington Are Battling Over Africa’s Green Future
The energy transition depends on building partnerships with African states.
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A shirtless man wearing sunglasses launches a balloon into the sky above a camper in Baja California, Mexico, in 2022. The camper is decorated with spray-painted leaves with a metal ladder propped up next to it. Solar Geoengineering Is Coming. It’s Time to Regulate It.
There is no comprehensive international governance for solar radiation modification. There needs to be.
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G-7 leaders arrive for a family photo during a visit to the Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima Island as part of the G-7 leaders' summit in Japan. China’s Tech Threat Hangs Over the G-7
Can Washington assemble an international coalition to block tech investments in China?
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Foxconn founder Terry Gou gives double thumbs-up to a crowd at a campaign rally in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Taiwan’s Trump Wants to Make Nice With Beijing
Foxconn founder Terry Gou will be hoping his pro-China message finds more takers than it did in 2020.
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A closeup shot of the face of the protagonist of the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, Dave, in a space helmet with computer lights reflecting in his visor. Only Humility Can Save Us From AI
We may be reaching the point where something most unnatural to humans is the only thing that can avert disaster.
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An illustration shows a gavel cracking down on a digitized background of ones and zeroes for a story about regulating artificial intelligence. The Global Race to Regulate AI
The intelligence may be artificial, but the regulation is real—or might be.
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A large full moon appears against a dark blue sky in the background of a slope near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia on April 7. Who Owns the Moon?
Space is set to become the new Wild West.
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A photo taken on March 31 in Manta, Italy, shows a computer screen with the home page of the artificial intelligence OpenAI website, displaying its ChatGPT bot. How GPT Mania Could Harm AI Innovation
The scramble to win the GPT race could divert essential resources from the development of more socially meaningful uses of AI.
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U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaks and gestures during the daily press briefing at the White House. Washington Doesn’t Want You to Call It Decoupling
The United States hopes to redefine its economic relationship with China to prevail in the biggest strategic showdown of the century.
