Speaker 1: Hey folks, ting here your bite sized guide to the
Speaker 1: wild world where Beijing meets Silicon Valley in cyberspace. Buckle up,
Speaker 1: because the past two weeks have felt like binge watching
Speaker 1: a hacker thriller, except it's all too real. Let's start
Speaker 1: with the latest cyber ruckus. Just this week, researchers flagged
Speaker 1: a nasty Chrome zero day and a string of zero
Speaker 1: click iPhone attacks. Now, before you blame that cousin who
Speaker 1: clicks every pop up, know these exploits are getting sneaky.
Speaker 1: Think malicious code, no user interaction, and a target list
Speaker 1: that jumps continents. Analysts suspect a mix of state backed
Speaker 1: and freelance actors with fingers pointed in both directions across
Speaker 1: the Pacific, the game stealing AI models, industrial secrets, and
Speaker 1: of course, geopolitical leverage. Meanwhile, on the rules front, Uncle
Speaker 1: Sam doubled down on tech restrictions, especially around semiconductors. Remember,
Speaker 1: ASML's EUV lithography machines, the US is still blocking China
Speaker 1: from snagging them. This bottle is a real pain for
Speaker 1: Chinese chip makers like semik and a headache for Huawei,
Speaker 1: who can now only dream of making five nanimeter chips. Domestically,
Speaker 1: the US isn't just playing defense, it's investing at home,
Speaker 1: pumping fifty billion dollars via the Chips Act to lure
Speaker 1: chip making stateside. On the flip side, Beijing is waving
Speaker 1: around one hundred and forty three billion dollars self sufficiency fund,
Speaker 1: trying to invent, not import, its way out of these chokeholds.
Speaker 1: But wait, trade war vibes are fading. We're in a
Speaker 1: tech cold war now. Top officials met in London and
Speaker 1: emerged with a so called framework for a truce. But
Speaker 1: as Dexter Roberts from the Atlantic Council put it, any
Speaker 1: rollback of tech controls would be a big win for China,
Speaker 1: and that still seems unlikely. Both sides have realized that
Speaker 1: the real fight isn't about running shoes or soybeans. It's
Speaker 1: about who controls Ai Quantum and the chips that power
Speaker 1: Tomorrow's tanks and Tesla's. The result fragmented supply chains, nervous markets,
Speaker 1: and smaller countries forced to pick sides or face economic whiplash.
Speaker 1: And Nvidia's Jensen Huang even quipped that restrictions might actually
Speaker 1: help Chinese competitors by forcing them to innovate faster, like
Speaker 1: turbo mode fast. So what's next? Experts predict more export bands,
Speaker 1: think quantum and AI, more cyber espionage, and a global
Speaker 1: tech ecosystem that keeps splintering. In short, if you're in
Speaker 1: the crosshairs of this rivalry, expect more whiplash and a
Speaker 1: lot more hacking headlines. That's all for this week's Beijing bites.
Speaker 1: This is ting reminding you in the US China tech war.
Speaker 1: Even the bots are watching. Stay patched, stay sharp, and
Speaker 1: see you on the other side of the firewall. Thanks
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