Hacker News with Generative AI: Geopolitics

Putin's secret weapon: The threat to the cables on our sea beds (bbc.co.uk)
Shortly after midday local time on Christmas Day 2024, workers at the Finnish electricity company Fingrid noticed the main undersea electricity cable linking Finland with Estonia was damaged, significantly reducing Estonia’s power supply.

International Relations, Geopolitics, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity

11 points by ralphhughes 2 hours ago | 4 comments

China Looks to Use Tesla FSD Rollout as Leverage in Trade Negotiations (gizmodo.com)
China is considering using Tesla as leverage in U.S. trade negotiations.

China, Tesla, Trade Negotiations, Automotive Industry, Geopolitics

6 points by nickthegreek 1 day ago | 5 comments

Ukraine isn't invited to its own peace talks. History is full of such examples (theconversation.com)
Ukraine has not been invited to a key meeting between American and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia this week to decide what peace in the country might look like.

Ukraine, International Relations, Diplomacy, Geopolitics, War

27 points by vinnyglennon 2 days ago | 2 comments

Europe's Ailing Defense Industry Faces a Reckoning as Russia Threat Looms (bloomberg.com)

Europe, Defense Industry, Russia, Geopolitics, War

7 points by petethomas 6 days ago | 0 comments

Google Maps blocks Gulf of America reviews after rename criticism (bbc.com)
Google Maps has blocked reviews for the Gulf of Mexico, after criticism of its decision to label it "Gulf of America" for users in the US.

Google Maps, Geopolitics, Cartography, User Experience, Criticism

8 points by andsoitis 7 days ago | 9 comments

Apple Is Renaming Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America on Maps App (bloomberg.com)
Apple Inc. is renaming the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America on its Maps app, following an executive order signed by US President Donald Trump on his first day in office.

Apple, Maps, Geopolitics, Politics, United States

19 points by nickthegreek 9 days ago | 17 comments

Deutsche Bank: 'China eats the world' (scmp.com)
The launch of DeepSeek has unsettled the world’s belief that it “could contain China”, said Deutsche Bank, calling the emergence of the artificial-intelligence (AI) technology the country’s “Sputnik moment”.

China, Artificial Intelligence, Geopolitics, Economics

3 points by xnhbx 12 days ago | 1 comments

Baltic countries disconnect from the Russian power grid (sympower.net)

Energy, Geopolitics, International Relations, Russia

130 points by RvdV 13 days ago | 65 comments

The world is moving on to trade without the US (ft.com)
The world is moving on to trade without the US

International Relations, Trade, Geopolitics, Economics

20 points by thunderbong 17 days ago | 4 comments

Is DeepSeek China's Sputnik Moment? (newyorker.com)
Last week, shortly before the start of the Chinese New Year, when much of China shuts down for seven days, the state media saluted DeepSeek, a tech startup whose release of a new low-cost, high-performance artificial-intelligence model, known as R1, prompted a big sell-off in tech stocks on Wall Street.

Artificial Intelligence, China, Technology, Business, Geopolitics

6 points by pseudolus 17 days ago | 1 comments

DeepSeek's success will undermine the US-China tech war (ft.com)
DeepSeek’s success will undermine the US-China tech war

Geopolitics, Technology, China, United States

5 points by hunglee2 18 days ago | 1 comments

Google Maps reclassifies the U.S. as a 'sensitive country' (themarysue.com)

Google Maps, Geopolitics, Privacy, Technology

62 points by cratermoon 19 days ago | 41 comments

China building 'doomsday' command 10 times bigger than The Pentagon (afr.com)
China’s military is building a massive complex in western Beijing that US intelligence believes will serve as a wartime command centre far larger than the Pentagon, according to current and former American officials.

China, Military, Geopolitics, International Relations, Military Bases

11 points by this_weekend 20 days ago | 0 comments

Google Sees Iran and China, Russia, North Korea Phishing, Scripting with Gemini (theregister.com)
Google says it's spotted Chinese, Russian, Iranian, and North Korean government agents using its Gemini AI for nefarious purposes, with Tehran by far the most frequent naughty user out of the four.

Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Geopolitics, National Security

10 points by rntn 20 days ago | 0 comments

Tech Google reclassifies U.S. as 'sensitive country' alongside China, Russia (cnbc.com)

Google, Technology, Geopolitics, Security, International Relations

16 points by atombender 22 days ago | 0 comments

Google Maps Will Rename Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America in US (theguardian.com)
Google has confirmed it will rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America on Google Maps in the US, after an executive order from Donald Trump.

Google Maps, Geopolitics, United States, Politics, Names

27 points by hackernj 23 days ago | 30 comments

Hackers game out infowar against China with the US Navy (theregister.com)
Picture this: It's 2030 and China's furious with Taiwan after the island applies to the UN to be recognized as an independent state. After deciding on a full military invasion, China attempts to first cripple its rebellious neighbor's critical infrastructure.

Cybersecurity, Geopolitics, Military, China, Taiwan

5 points by rntn 31 days ago | 1 comments

China building new mobile piers that could help possible Taiwan invasion (ft.com)

China, Taiwan, Military, Geopolitics, International Relations

5 points by lawrenceyan 32 days ago | 0 comments

TikTok could bypass US blockade by making a PWA (lukaszolejnik.com)
The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act is a significant moment for both technology and geopolitics.

TikTok, Geopolitics, US Government, Technology

31 points by lknik 34 days ago | 20 comments

Taiwan clears TSMC to make 2nm chips abroad – country lowers 'Silicon Shield' (tomshardware.com)

Taiwan, Semiconductors, Manufacturing, Technology, Geopolitics

6 points by transpute 37 days ago | 0 comments

China building new mobile piers for possible invasion of Taiwan (ft.com)

China, Taiwan, Military, Geopolitics, International Relations

5 points by zerosizedweasle 38 days ago | 0 comments

How China could quarantine Taiwan: Mapping out two possible scenarios (csis.org)
China has significantly increased pressure on Taiwan in recent years, stoking fears that tensions could erupt into outright conflict.

China, Taiwan, Geopolitics, Military, International Relations

21 points by lawrenceyan 38 days ago | 2 comments

What the TP-Link Ban in the US Means for You (thedefendopsdiaries.com)
The potential ban on TP-Link routers in the United States has sparked significant concern and debate, reflecting broader geopolitical tensions and cybersecurity challenges.

Cybersecurity, Geopolitics, Networking, US Government, Technology

25 points by tuzzmaniandevil 39 days ago | 37 comments

Petrostate USA vs. Electrostate China: Who Will Win the Climate Race? [video] (youtube.com)

Climate Change, International Relations, Energy, Geopolitics, Technology

4 points by hunglee2 40 days ago | 0 comments

Why Greenland is of growing strategic significance (twz.com)
Donald Trump wouldn’t categorically rule out using the U.S. military to take control of Greenland, saying that America needs it — as well as the Panama Canal — for “economic security.”

Greenland, Geopolitics, Military, Economics

42 points by paulpauper 40 days ago | 50 comments

Greenland and the Coldest War (palladiummag.com)
Greenland has returned to the global spotlight as President Trump renews his interest in acquiring the northern island during his second term.

Greenland, Geopolitics, International Relations, United States, Cold War

4 points by havella 41 days ago | 0 comments

How Iran moves sanctioned oil around the world (reuters.com)
Despite some of the West’s toughest sanctions, Iran has built a roaring global trade for its oil. It relies on a shadow fleet of tankers that conceal their activities to skirt sanctions, and willing buyers in Asia to keep its economy afloat and to finance anti-Western militias in the Middle East.

Iran, Oil Trade, Sanctions, Geopolitics, Middle East

9 points by petethomas 44 days ago | 0 comments

Trump declines to rule out using military to control Greenland, Panama Canal (theguardian.com)
Donald Trump refused to say that he would not use military or economic measures to bring the Panama Canal and the island of Greenland under US control.

Politics, International Relations, Military, Geopolitics, USA

45 points by kasperni 44 days ago | 32 comments

Moscow court orders Yandex to hide oil refinery on maps after drone attacks (pravda.com.ua)
A court in Moscow has for the first time ordered Yandex to block access to maps and photographs of the infrastructure of one of Russia's largest oil refineries due to the threat of attacks by Ukrainian drones.

Russia, Censorship, Geopolitics, Technology, Ukraine

11 points by wslh 48 days ago | 2 comments

The Stakes of the AI Race (foreignaffairs.com)
A sense that global technology competition is becoming a zero-sum game, and that the remainder of the twenty-first century will be made in the winner’s image, pervades in Washington, Beijing, and boardrooms worldwide.

Artificial Intelligence, Geopolitics, Technology Competition

3 points by rbanffy 55 days ago | 0 comments