Tag: Innovation

The Pentagon’s IPO for War: Now With 100% More Cowbell

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The Pentagon’s acquisition system is being overhauled into a “Warfighting Acquisition System,” turbocharging weapons production, slashing bureaucracy, and empowering officials to deliver arms at “wartime speed.” Portfolio Acquisition Executives now wield sweeping authority, startups are courted like prom queens, and the defense industrial base is being rebranded as Silicon Valley with missiles.

So much for the “peace president”—Trump’s arsenal of freedom looks more like an IPO for war, where venture capital meets missile launchers and bureaucrats cosplay as battlefield commanders.

Forging the Arsenal of Freedom

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Interview with Deepseek Founder: We’re Done Following. It’s Time to Lead

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Interview with Deepseek Founder: We’re Done Following. It’s Time to Lead

An Yong: After your price cuts, ByteDance was the first to follow, suggesting they felt threatened. How do you view the new competitive landscape between startups and giants?

Liang Wenfeng: To be honest, we don’t really care about it. Lowering prices was just something we did along the way. Providing cloud services isn’t our main goal—achieving AGI is. So far, we haven’t seen any groundbreaking solutions. Giants have users, but their cash cows also shackle them, making them ripe for disruption.

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DeepSeek’s Geopolitical Impacts

Full text: Xi Jinping’s speech at the 16th BRICS Summit

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called on BRICS countries to work for high quality development of greater BRICS cooperation, in a speech addressing the 16th BRICS Summit.

Full text: Xi Jinping’s speech at the 16th BRICS Summit

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Banning Chinese Cars Is Dangerous And Self-Defeating

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Banning Chinese Cars Is Dangerous And Self-Defeating

Significantly, the administration is justifying the rule on national security grounds. As Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said, “Cars today have cameras, microphones, GPS tracking, and other technologies connected to the internet. It doesn’t take much imagination to understand how a foreign adversary with access to this information could pose a serious risk to both our national security and the privacy of U.S. citizens.”

Meanwhile:

Mozilla: Modern Cars Are A Privacy Shitshow

All 25 car brands we researched earned our *Privacy Not Included warning label — making cars the official worst category of products for privacy that we have ever reviewed.

US Seeks “Super Weapons” to Reign as Sole Superpower

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

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– The US realizes its window of opportunity following the Cold War to assert itself as sole global superpower is closing (if it hasn’t closed already);

– It seeks to find a way to match or exceed the military capabilities and industrial capacity of both Russia and China through “innovation;”

– The US refuses to recognize the fundamental flaws in its own system as well as the premise upon which it seeks primacy in the first place;

– Start-up companies seeking to out-innovate and/or out-produce China propose unrealistic measures that either won’t work or that China is already employing itself on a much larger scale;

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US Seeks “Super Weapons” to Reign as Sole Superpower

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US Seeks “Super Weapons” to Reign as Sole Superpower

The 4 Key Strengths of China’s Economy — and What They Mean for Multinational Companies

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

China’s hybrid “state capitalist” system, driven by centralized planning and fierce competition, has led to dominance in critical technological fields and emerging markets. Western multinational corporations are advised to adopt a pragmatic approach to capitalize on four key strengths of China’s economy: its innovation ecosystem, its investment in the Global South, its ultra-competitive markets, and its vast consumer base. Those who fail to engage risk losing global revenue and strategic opportunities.

The 4 Key Strengths of China’s Economy — and What They Mean for Multinational Companies

Former U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher to lead data firm Palantir’s defense business

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

WASHINGTON – The data analytics and security firm Palantir has hired former Wisconsin U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher to lead its defense business, the company said Thursday.

Former U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher to lead data firm Palantir’s defense business

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After leaving Congress early, Mike Gallagher joins Packers-Microsoft venture capital firm

Lawmaker Who Led TikTok Ban Bill Joins Private Surveillance Firm