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Electricity will decide who wins the great AI race
News, Jeffrey Wu, Published on 20/10/2025
» The next stage of the global AI race will be decided not by algorithms or chips, but by electricity -- and that puts China at a distinct advantage. While Western tech giants are emphasising closed, capital-intensive models that demand enormous computing power, China is embracing open source AI and massively expanding its renewable- and nuclear-energy capacity, thereby positioning itself to deploy powerful AI technologies at scale without breaking the bank.
Watchdog doubts need for nuke deal
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/07/2025
» Thailand Nuclear Watchdog has expressed concerns about the government's decision to enter into an agreement with the United States on nuclear energy cooperation, saying there is no immediate need to incorporate nuclear power into the nation's energy landscape.
Feeding energy-hungry AI tech advances
News, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 02/12/2024
» The growing popularity of artificial intelligence (AI) technology as a powerful new tool is raising questions of how the world can supply sufficient energy to resource-hungry AI while countries are shifting to clean energy.
Taiwan signals new openness to nuclear power
News, Matthew Winkler, Miaojung Lin, Debby Wu and Yian Lee, Published on 23/10/2024
» Taiwan is "very open" to using new nuclear technology to meet surging demand from chipmakers devouring electricity in the AI boom, according to Premier Cho Jung-tai -- one of the strongest signs yet that the government is rethinking its opposition to reactors.
Netanyahu and Biden: decisions, decisions
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 17/10/2024
» Two weeks ago Iran, in response to Israel's assassinations of the leaders of Hezbollah and Hamas, its most important allies in the Arab world, fired 181 ballistic missiles at Israel. A big and prompt Israeli counterattack was expected, but at the time of writing it has still not happened. Why not?
Mining on the Moon a boon of prestige rivalry
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 10/01/2024
» What could be so rare and valuable that it would be worth going all the way to the Moon to get some?
Uranium's epic rally says lots about the world
News, Liam Denning, Published on 30/11/2023
» Uranium offers a perfect distillation of a world that is heating up and a world order that is breaking down. Plus a market eager to capitalise on both.
New space race to the Moon's South Pole
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 16/08/2023
» Don't say "Moon Race". Perish the thought! But there is a race to land on the Moon, and the Russians are cheating. Well, sort of cheating.
Fukushima plan rejection is mired in anti-science
News, Gearoid Reidy, Published on 21/07/2023
» Hong Kong is so opposed to Japan's plan to release treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant that it's banning seafood products -- from four of the country's landlocked prefectures. That sounds a bit off, yes?
Ties hailed as US strike group docks
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 28/04/2023
» CHON BURI: The US Navy is prepared to go anywhere in the "free and open Indo-Pacific", said a spokesman for a carrier strike group visiting Thailand this week.