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28.08.26 - 05:18
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China thinks big on brain-computer interfaces after world-first surgery (SCMP)
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Chinese surgeons last month completed the world's first commercial surgery to implant an invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) device in a patient with a spinal cord injury, a milestone in the neurotechnology development race with US companies like Elon Musk's Neuralink.
This month a Chinese company, state-owned PICC Property and Casualty, launched the world's first commercial insurance policy covering BCI implantation surgery. September will see the first undergraduates in China to major in......
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27.08.26 - 18:06
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Trump Considers New Tariffs On Semiconductors - Reports Raise Alarm Could Doom US Dominance (ZeroHedge)
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Trump Considers New Tariffs On Semiconductors - Reports Raise Alarm Could Doom US Dominance
Politico reports Thursday on what could be another significant setback for US data centers and major damper on American AI aspirations.
The White House is mulling the possibility of introducing new tariffs on semiconductors and a broader range of technology products, including laptops, servers for data centers and gaming equipment - a move tech companies have long been warning against, and which may demonstrate once again that the only thing getting 'reshored' is massive inflation for end consumers.
Source: Equinix. Data center located in San Jose, California.
The report notes that "Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick favors a structure that would tie foreign companies' relief from the tariffs to investment in US chip manufacturing to juice more domestic production, said four of the people."
"The administration is also mulling a phase-in period for the new tariffs, the four people s...
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