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French Green Leader Demands X Be Shut Down Over "Supremacist" Musk's Support For Marine Le Pen Via Remix News, French Green leader Marine Tondelier has reiterated her calls for social media platform X to be temporarily shut down, claiming its owner Elon Musk is using it to interfere in French politics and promote Marine Le Pen ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Tondelier, general secretary of the Ecologists and a declared presidential candidate, suggested that suspending X for one month would improve political debate in France. “If X were to stop for a...

Upcoming Trump–Xi Summit Is Really An AI Summit Authored by James Gorrie via The Epoch Times, When President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping meet at the White House on Sept. 24, the public agenda will be much larger than artificial intelligence (AI). Trade, semiconductors, rare earths, Taiwan, and other disputes will all be on the table. But AI is different. Trade agreements can be renegotiated. Tariffs can be raised or lowered. Semiconductor restrictions can be changed. AI is becoming a general-purpose technology that can transform military power, manufacturing, cyberwarfare, scientific research, and...

China's Memory-Chip Challenger Faces A Test Of How Far US Curbs Can Reach ChangXin Memory Technologies is approaching a turning point. The Chinese memory-chip maker has advanced far enough to draw interest from some of the world's largest technology companies, including Apple Inc., which has considered using its chips. But the same growth that has raised CXMT's commercial standing has also made it a more prominent target in the widening technology confrontation between Washington and Beijing. The Pentagon has blacklisted the state-backed company over alleged links to China's military. In South Korea,...