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America's TikTok Ban Passed the Lower House. What Does that Mean for Australia?
Conservative Australian politicians are calling on the government to act after a bill to force TikTok to divest from Chinese ownership passed the United States’ lower house last week.
AI-Generated Propaganda Is Just as Persuasive as the Real Thing, Worrying Study Finds
Propaganda from popular AI tools “could blend into online information environments on par with…existing foreign covert propaganda campaigns."
Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran Used GPT for 'Malicious Cyber Activities', OpenAI Says
OpenAI shut down accounts affiliated with multiple “state-affiliated threat actors." Microsoft said that no “significant” cyber campaigns were carried out.
What I Think About International Adoption as a Chinese Adoptee
From 1991 to 2005, 120,000 Chinese children were adopted to Western parents. Now all grown up, many question the decisions that shaped their lives.
Anti-China TikTok Panic Derailed the Senate’s Big Tech Child Safety Hearing
The hearing on child safety frequently took bizarre turns into panic over TikTok’s Chinese parent company and the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Knockoff Iranian Kamikaze Drone Listed for Sale on Alibaba, Then Vanishes
A drone for sale by a Chinese supplier looked strikingly similar to Iran's Shahed-136. The listing was removed after Motherboard contacted the supplier.
Elephant-Sized Apes That Once Roamed the Land Mysteriously Vanished. Now, Scientists Have an Answer.
The sudden extinction of giant apes is an "enigma in paleontology," one scientist said, but new research proposes an answer to why they disappeared.
Teen Found Alive in Remote Utah Mountains After ‘Cyber-Kidnapping’
A Chinese student went missing after his family was extorted for $80,000.
China Using AI to Create Anti-American Memes Capitalizing on Israel-Palestine, Researchers Find
According to a new report from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, the CCP is spreading memes depicting Biden as a war crazed tyrant.
End of an Era: What Will Happen to the Iconic Chinese-Australian Restaurant?
The migrant families who’ve helmed counters and stoves since the 70s, 80s and 90s are putting their restaurants on the market. But who will keep them going?
Scientists Create Monkey Chimera With Fluorescent Eyes in Breakthrough
The monkey, created using stem cells, was born with fluorescent green fingers and eyes.
China-U.S. AI Arms Race Heats Up as Chinese Startup Unveils Powerful New AI
A months-old Chinese startup released an open-source large language model this weekend that already bests Meta’s Llama 2, according to one analysis.