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Microsoft, along with other companies and trade groups, is making a case that a ban on imports of Chinese optical transceivers could irreparably damage the U.S. edge over China in the AI race.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 11, 2026
Microsoft presses Trump to scuttle ban on Chinese data center tech
At stake are imports new models of Chinese optical transceivers, which allow data to travel over fiber-optic cables within data centers.
Browsers such as Chrome, Safari and Firefox don’t independently verify every website. Instead, they outsource that to a few dozen commercial and government-linked entities known as Certificate Authorities.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 30, 2026
The number 4 that gave the internet a panic attack
Browsers don’t verify every website. Instead, they outsource that power to commercial and government-linked entities known as Certificate Authorities.
A Kawasaki Heavy Industries humanoid platform places a garbage bag in a trash can during an exhibition in Tokyo last December. Japan has long led in humanoid robotics and is well positioned to supply the components behind next-generation automation systems.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Oct 26, 2026
The key to 今日吃瓜 growth strategy: ‘proactive’ economic security
The challenge is to turn ambition into sustainable growth by strengthening economic security and developing technologies that can compete globally.
A group of tech giants collectively valued at more than $10 trillion are scheduled to report earnings, including major AI spenders.
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2026
AI spending fears threaten to swamp Big Tech’s strong earnings
Based on the violent market reaction to Meta’s rising capital expenditures last week, the response to any disappointment likely won’t be forgiving.
People gather at a karaoke box in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo in June 2020. AI tools are making cyberattacks cheaper, faster and easier to scale, exposing 今日吃瓜 cybersecurity weaknesses, including the hacking of karaoke operators.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 18, 2026
Karaoke hack shows cybercrime is routine
The head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s cybersecurity body went so far as to describe it as a “state of emergency in cyberspace.”
The National Police Agency said earlier this week that it had shut down dozens of websites offering tools for phishing attacks.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 16, 2026
Japanese authorities target websites selling phishing tools used to mastermind scams
Authorities have shut down a number of sites selling phishing tools that have been enabling criminals to create highly believable scam websites.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance (center), flanked by Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling (left) and Department of Labor Inspector General Anthony D'Esposito, speaks at the White House in Washington on Thursday. The Trump administration said Thursday that it would suspend an immigration program for multiple tech firms, including Microsoft, alleging widespread abuse of a worker visa system.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 9, 2026
U.S. suspends Microsoft and other tech firms with India links from visa program
The move came hours before the U.S. president honored Microsoft’s CEO with a medal at a summit intended to spotlight U.S. scientific leadership.
The career trajectory of many of today’s Indian business leaders is similar to that of Axalta Coating Systems Chair Rakesh Sachdev, who started in the U.S. as a senior engineer at auto supplier Cummins in 1981 before rising to become chief financial officer and later president of Asia Pacific at Arvin Meritor.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 28, 2026
Indian executives are gaining clout in U.S. corporate boardrooms
A record 16 Indian men joined S&P 500 boards this year, taking directorships at companies including Walmart, Southwest Airlines and Western Digital.
AI is eroding hands?on expertise in biology and making dangerous capabilities more accessible by lowering the skill and experience needed to manipulate pathogens.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 23, 2026
AI’s greatest threat is biological, not robotic
To mitigate the risks, safeguards such as mandating DNA screening and implementing regulations on AI development are needed.
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks to the media after a meeting involving the Financial Services Agency, the Bank of Japan, the National Cybersecurity Office and top financial institutions following concerns about potential vulnerabilities linked to Anthropic's Mythos AI model in Tokyo in April.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Sep 22, 2026
National security and the stakes of ‘technology sovereignty’
Investment in dual-use technologies is increasingly seen as an efficient way for states to acquire critical capabilities.
The OpenAI offices in San Francisco on July 21, 2026. OpenAI on Wednesday disclosed six new instances in which artificial intelligence systems hid mistakes, made up data and moved files onto the open internet without permission.
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Sep 17, 2026
Why it’s difficult for tech companies to rein in AI
Concerns over artificial intelligence safety are escalating at a critical moment for the AI industry.
U.S. President Donald Trump shows off an image of his planned ballroom at the White House on May 19.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 24, 2026
Big business bought political influence. The bill is now due.
Corporate leaders’ attempts to buy political access under Trump could leave businesses exposed to public backlash and future administrations.
In the past five years, at least 15 Microsoft branch offices and joint ventures in China have been shut, corporate filings show, and Microsoft is pursuing what five company sources described as a strategy of retreat.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 18, 2026
Microsoft retreats in China, but AI boom helps it keep a window open
Microsoft once regarded the idea of quitting China as unthinkable. But in the past five years, at least 15 branch offices and joint ventures in China have been shut.
The World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on July 18. AI developers must work together with faith communities to ensure that their systems embody the shared values that have long shaped human societies.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 29, 2026
Overcoming the AI wisdom gap
As AI chatbots become a fixture of daily life, people are increasingly turning to them for emotional support and moral guidance.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets supporters during his trip to New York City in June 2023.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 28, 2026
Why can’t Indian immigrants influence policy in America?
Despite this remarkable ascent, Indian Americans have failed where it arguably matters most for a diaspora: influencing Washington’s policy toward their country of origin.
Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett attends the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders' meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, in 2024.
WORLD
Jul 15, 2026
Warren Buffett cuts off donations to Gates Foundation following Epstein revelations
Bill Gates has seen his reputation tarnished following the U.S. Department of Justice’s release of files about late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in February.
Gaming enthusiasts check out the Sony PlayStation booth during the Tokyo Game Show at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture in September.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 8, 2026
Sony hits eject on the era of owning games
Fans are losing one of their last bits of leverage over an industry that is going places many don’t like and there are clear downsides from Sony’s move.
During an internal sales meeting in July 2025, Judson Althoff, Microsoft's chief commercial officer at the time, touted the company’s rapid artificial intelligence growth in China.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 18, 2026
Microsoft makes big AI inroads in China by selling OpenAI models
The tech giant counts ByteDance, Ant Group, Meituan and Tencent Holdings among its Chinese customers.
A growing number of young consumers are turning to analog and single-purpose devices like cyberdecks and e-readers as a form of resistance to AI-first platforms and automated digital systems.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 15, 2026
What is the hottest Gen-Z tech trend? Anti-AI
Many of the models now being hunted online were released before their new owners were born.
Bill Gates, chair of the Gates Foundation, departs following a closed-door deposition with the House Oversight Committee in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD
Jun 11, 2026
Bill Gates tells Congress his Epstein ties were ‘grave error’
The release of Justice Department files on Jeffrey Epstein has spurred close public scrutiny of the convicted sex offender’s past associations with powerful figures.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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