Pay listeners ting hair your favorite bite sized guide to all things China, cyber and the jaw dropping drama of the US China tech war. Grab your popcorn, because the past two weeks have been like Silicon Valley colliding with old school global intrigue. Let's plug in fast. This August, we saw AMD and Nvidia Inc a wild revenue sharing deal with the US government where they hand over fifteen percent of every dollar from selling approved AI chips into China. No,
that's not a typo. The US gets a cut like the world's most awkward business partner at the middle of a tariff tornado. Roylers says this pay to play move is the price of admission as chip makers run the gauntlet of sky high tariffs and constantly shifting export restrictions. Hold up, there's more. The Trump administration clearly not satisfied with just skimming sales, Mold taking an equity stake in Intel after a tense chin wag between President Trump and
Intel's CEO, Lip Boo Tan. Intel's been navigating headwinds on tech process market share and now political chess, but SoftBank swooped in with a two billion dollars boost, showing that industry support is still strong. If government influence ramps up, expect more chips rolling out of American fabs and fewer crossing the Pacific. On the Chinese side, the pot keeps boiling. China rolled out more export restrictions, now targeting critical minerals
and machine tools. If you were counting on gallium, germanium or antibani for your next Hyphenngen devices, Beijing says, find a new supplier. This disrupts everything from defense supply chains to battery makers. The Chinese communist parties China inc. Strategy is laser focused on keeping the world dependent, while Beijing accelerates domestic chip production, AI labs and digital infrastructure. China's etown semi Conductor even slapped Applied Materials with a lawsuit
over alleged tech infringement, sparking a legal arms race. Meanwhile, on cybersecurity, don't blink. Microsoft got caught letting China based engineers digitally escort sensitive systems for the U. S Defense Department. The Pentagon is not amused and Microsoft is promised to stop, but experts like John Sherman are scrambling to close loopholes
before the next tack makes headlines. Ransomware gangs like Kulan have been busy with a tax on US biotech firm Inotive, blocking up one hundred seventy six gigabytes of juicy data and researches tracing links back to China and Russia. The Director of National Intelligence reminds US, as if we needed reminding,
China is America's most persistent cyber threat. Xmize revenue jumped thirty percent on booming smartphone sales, especially in Southeast Asia and Europe, while Google's pixelten launch tries to grab back some hardware glory before Apple's next iPhone. The consumer scene is jostling as trade war shock waves ricochet through supply chains, pushing US companies to localize and Chinese giants to dig
deeper in self reliance. Expert forecasts say the US must balance security and competitiveness with smarter controls, not blanket bands. Stamford's Senor Abante Chowdery warns, restrict too much and the US loses revenue and R and D momentum. Allow too much and China just uses the breathing space to ramp up tech independence. One thing is clear both sides see tech dominance as national destiny, and neither is blinking. Thanks for tuning in to baije In bytes, your back door
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