NASA races to build moon base as US challenges China in new space race

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! NASA is racing to establish a permanent human presence on the moon as the U.S. looks to beat China’s ambitions on the lunar surface amid intensifying competition in space. The Trump administration’s push for a roughly $20 billion moon base marks a major shift in NASA’s strategy, … Read more

Don Jr.’s shadow hangs over Trump mine fight as China retains critical minerals leverage

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump’s push to expand U.S. mining and loosen China’s global grip on critical minerals is colliding with his administration’s defense in court of a Biden-era veto blocking Alaska’s copper-rich Pebble Mine, reviving scrutiny of Donald Trump Jr.’s past opposition to the project. The fight over … Read more

Fetterman slams AI data center moratorium proposal as ‘China First’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., pushed back against the prospect of imposing a moratorium on artificial intelligence data centers in the U.S., blasting the policy proposal as “China First.” “The emerging chassis of AI must be built by America. We can put appropriate guardrails in place without handing … Read more

Trump will travel to Beijing for rescheduled China trip on May 14 and 15, White House says, after delay due to Iran war

Trump will travel to Beijing for rescheduled China trip on May 14 and 15, White House says, after delay due to Iran war WASHINGTON — Trump will travel to Beijing for rescheduled China trip on May 14 and 15, White House says, after delay due to Iran war. Source link

In China, a rush to ‘raise lobsters’ quickly leads to second thoughts

HONG KONG — Finding a job in China’s slowing economy these days often feels like a full-time job itself. But Hu Qiyun has his “lobster” to help. Since Hu installed OpenClaw, the open-source AI agent has memorized his resume and scours the web each day for any newly posted jobs in software engineering, helping him … Read more

China dominates the rare earth elements industry, but this American company hopes to challenge China’s grip

Last week, President Trump postponed a summit with his Chinese counterpart on account of the war with Iran. When Trump and Xi Jinping do meet, here’s an agenda item bound to figure prominently: rare earth elements. Right now, China holds a near-monopoly over these strategic metals that are key components in so much that makes … Read more

With South Korea and China building ships faster and cheaper than U.S., Trump makes shipbuilding a priority

The war in Iran is highlighting the importance of ships – not just warships but cargo vessels – like those carrying oil or gas trapped near the Strait of Hormuz. But American shipbuilding is in shambles, due to decades of shortsighted policies and neglect. Our submarine building program is sluggish. And our commercial shipbuilding is … Read more

With South Korea and China building ships faster and cheaper than U.S., Trump makes shipbuilding a priority

The war in Iran is highlighting the importance of ships – not just warships but cargo vessels – like those carrying oil or gas trapped near the Strait of Hormuz. But American shipbuilding is in shambles, due to decades of shortsighted policies and neglect. Our submarine building program is sluggish. And our commercial shipbuilding is … Read more

US intel finds no China plan to invade Taiwan by 2027, despite military buildup

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Despite years of warnings that China could move on Taiwan within the decade, the U.S. intelligence community now assesses that Beijing is not planning an invasion of Taiwan by 2027 and has no fixed timeline for doing so.   “The IC assesses that Chinese leaders do not … Read more

3 men are charged with conspiring to smuggle US artificial intelligence to China

NEW YORK — A senior vice president of Super Micro Computer Inc. and two others affiliated with the company were charged Thursday with conspiring to smuggle billions of dollars of computer servers containing advanced Nvidia chips to China. The men violated U.S. export controls laws by scheming to divert massive quantities of the high-performance servers … Read more