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The White House has updated Appendix A of the US Critical and Emerging Technologies list for the first time since February 2024. The revision removes data centers, batteries, and augmented reality while adding post-quantum cryptography, integrated photonics, and high-entropy alloys.
Residents in Longmont, Colorado, opposed Flock Safety’s automated license plate readers after the city allowed its contract to lapse. However, lawmakers later approved a new vendor, illustrating how automated surveillance can continue despite policy victories against a specific provider.
Bloomberg reporters will host a live Q&A examining why Chinese citizens are more optimistic about AI than Americans. The session is scheduled for August 21, 2026, at 10 a.m. HKT.
A Wall Street Journal article, adapted from The Valley of Death, claims that CIA-backed funding helped NeXT survive financial difficulties in the 1980s. NeXT’s survival enabled Steve Jobs to return to Apple, while its operating system later became part of the foundation underlying the iPhone.
The profile presents Wang Xingxing as an unconventional technology entrepreneur and a prominent advocate of quadruped robots in China. It focuses on his outlier identity and role in advancing public attention toward four-legged robotic systems.
Changxin Technology listed on July 27 with a reported market value of 3.28 trillion yuan, while Guoyi Quantum listed on August 11 and surged 418% at the open. The two listings within half a month highlight Hefei’s rising importance in China’s technology and advanced-hardware ecosystem.
Anthropic plans to let business customers retain data for its most capable AI models on their own cloud infrastructure. The planned safety system, expected later this year, would still require a 30-day retention period while moving storage control to customers.
Ramp has launched Router, an AI model routing service that allows users and companies to access and switch between multiple large language models. The service is available through an API.
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore now supports Policy Authoring, which converts natural-language policy documents into Dogwood policies. The update helps teams enforce agent controls, including new time-based constraints, with worked examples and best practices.
Nvidia announced full-scale production of its Spectrum-X Ethernet Photonics co-packaged optical switch for AI factories, using 200G-per-lane links. SK hynix simultaneously published a CPO technology roadmap targeting over 100 Tb/s per node, sub-1 pJ/bit energy consumption, and sub-10 ns chip-to-chip latency.