Nvidia warns of “disaster” if it has to put kill switch and backdoor in chips

Nvidia denies China accusation of kill switch but worries US will require one.

Dario Amodei — Machines of Loving Grace

How AI Could Transform the World for the Better

DeepSeek DeepDive + Hands-On With Operator + Hot Mess Express! - Hard Fork

“Hard Fork” is a show about the future that’s already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech. Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Listen to this podcast in New York Times Audio, our new iOS app for news subscribers. Download now at nytimes.com/audioapp

TikTok Faces U.S. Ban After Appeals Court Denies Bid to Overturn New Law

The law will ban the video app in the United States by Jan. 19 if its owner, ByteDance, does not sell it to a non-Chinese company.

Preparing for “Peer War” with China – Moving at the Speed of Creativity

AUKUS documents underscore advanced plans for war against China

The new AUKUS “Agreement” and “Understanding” mark another step toward a potentially catastrophic nuclear conflict, with Australia as a crucial war-fighting base.

Mitt Romney Reveals Twisted Reason Why Congress Moved to Ban TikTok

It’s not about national security, after all.

Spies in the Sky - Face-Off: The U.S. vs China

FACE-OFF is an eight-episode podcast about how China and the United States, once friends, are now foes.  FACE-OFF is hosted by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jane Perlez, former New York Times Beijing bureau chief and current fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center. In each episode Professor Rana Mitter, recently of the University of Oxford and now professor of modern China at the Harvard Kennedy School, chats with Jane on what’s at stake.