Hacker News with Generative AI: Geopolitics

Europe Is Getting Ready for the End of NATO (bloomberg.com)
This is a column I never dreamed I’d be writing, as a former supreme allied commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. But sadly, given all the skeptical and increasingly divisive rhetoric about the venerable alliance emanating from Washington and Europe in the early days of the second Donald Trump administration, it is time to think about what the world would look like geopolitically if the US pulled out.

NATO, Geopolitics, International Relations, United States, Europe

16 points by toomuchtodo 1 day ago | 3 comments

US cuts off intelligence sharing with Ukraine (ft.com)
US cuts off intelligence sharing with Ukraine

Ukraine, Politics, International Relations, Geopolitics, Security

67 points by mraniki 2 days ago | 71 comments

Microsoft unveils finalized EU Data Boundary as European doubt over US grows (theregister.com)
Microsoft has completed its EU data boundary, however, analysts and some regional cloud players are voicing concerns over dependencies on a US entity, even with the guarantees in place.

Microsoft, Cloud Computing, Data Security, Geopolitics

7 points by nemoniac 3 days ago | 0 comments

Microsoft unveils finalized EU Data Boundary as European doubt over US grows (theregister.com)
Microsoft has completed its EU data boundary, however, analysts and some regional cloud players are voicing concerns over dependencies on a US entity, even with the guarantees in place.

Data Privacy, Cloud Computing, Microsoft, European Union, Geopolitics

4 points by rntn 4 days ago | 1 comments

The demoralization is just beginning (geohot.github.io)
This is a map of primary trading partners, US vs China, and how it has evolved over the last 20 years. Think about it, and realize this probably reflects your experience.

Geopolitics, Economics, Trade, Data Visualization, United States

11 points by galfarragem 4 days ago | 1 comments

The 'Time Lords' racing to tackle the threat of GPS jamming (bbc.co.uk)
As a Ryanair flight from London approached Vilnius, Lithuania, on 17 January, its descent was suddenly aborted.

GPS Jamming, Aviation Safety, Technology, Geopolitics

3 points by jjp 4 days ago | 1 comments

An Uneasy Propaganda Alliance (historytoday.com)
It was supposed to be a prestige project for Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, a way to convince their people – and the world at large – that the newly signed Anti-Comintern Pact was more than empty words.

Propaganda, History, International Relations, Geopolitics

35 points by pepys 4 days ago | 39 comments

Welcome to the Zero Sum Era. Now How Do We Get Out? (nytimes.com)
Zero-sum thinking has spread like a mind virus, from geopolitics to pop culture.

Geopolitics, Pop Culture, Economics, Social Trends

13 points by throw0101c 4 days ago | 22 comments

Ukraine's $500B rare earths scam:they don't exist, and we should know [video] (youtube.com)

Ukraine, Rare Earths, Conspiracy Theories, Geopolitics, Media

7 points by xbmcuser 6 days ago | 2 comments

Corporations dig deeper: using bunkers to secure data (and their CEOs) (semafor.com)
Large corporations are shopping for underground bunkers that can survive a nuclear blast to protect their data centers and C-suite employees as geopolitical tensions rise.

Data Security, Business, Geopolitics, Cybersecurity

10 points by gmays 6 days ago | 4 comments

Britain advised by US insiders to reduce UK reliance on US military equipment (thetimes.com)

International Relations, Military, Geopolitics, Defense

31 points by throw0101c 7 days ago | 15 comments

The man who predicted the Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022) (medium.com)
In late November the United States briefed allied intelligence and military leaders about Putin’s plan to invade Ukraine.

Ukraine, Russia, Geopolitics, International Relations, Prediction

10 points by Alifatisk 8 days ago | 8 comments

Corporations dig deeper: using bunkers to secure data (and their CEOs) (semafor.com)
Large corporations are shopping for underground bunkers that can survive a nuclear blast to protect their data centers and C-suite employees as geopolitical tensions rise.

Cybersecurity, Business, Geopolitics, Nuclear War

5 points by anjel 8 days ago | 1 comments

Cloudflare detected Russia's invasion of Ukraine before anyone else [video] 2024 (youtube.com)

Geopolitics, Cybersecurity, Russia, Ukraine, Video

9 points by vinnyglennon 9 days ago | 1 comments

China's WZ-9 Divine Eagle Drone Now Operating from South China Sea Base (twz.com)
China’s large, jet-powered, twin-fuselage WZ-9 Divine Eagle drone has been operating, at least sporadically, out of an airbase on the highly-strategic Hainan Island at the northern end of the hotly contested South China Sea since at least Dec. 4.

China, Drones, Military, Geopolitics

4 points by inverted_flag 9 days ago | 0 comments

Taiwan detains Chinese-crewed cargo ship after undersea cable damaged (theguardian.com)
Taiwan’s coastguard has detained a cargo ship and its Chinese crew after an undersea cable in the Taiwan Strait was damaged on Tuesday, saying it cannot rule out the possibility it was a deliberate “grey zone” act.

Taiwan, China, Maritime Security, International Relations, Geopolitics

11 points by howard941 9 days ago | 0 comments

U.S.'s chipmaking sector is ringing the alarm about chip war with China (fortune.com)
The U.S.’s chipmaking sector is ringing the alarm about Washington’s chip war with China

Semiconductors, Geopolitics, China, Trade Wars

18 points by ironyman 11 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: Are there any alternatives to Cloudflare Workers based outside the US? (ycombinator.com)
Inspired by the European Alternatives initiative: https://european-alternatives.eu/categories<p>My non-us based company wants to remain with our current provider, but we want to be realistic with the current political climate.<p>When it comes to edge workers, the only alternatives I can find are these:<p>Cloudflare Workers, Fastly Compute@Edge, Akamai EdgeWorkers<p>Are there other alternatives we're missing?

Cloud Computing, Geopolitics, Web Development, Serverless Computing

10 points by cupofjoakim 15 days ago | 2 comments

Ask HN: How can I prepare my digital life for geopolitical disruptions? (ycombinator.com)
I'm from Germany and currently rely on macOS and iOS, with all my personal data stored in iCloud. Recent political tensions have made me question what might happen in the event of a military conflict between the US and Europe. Could Apple be forced to shut down its services in Europe? What would happen to my devices, operating systems, and stored data in such a scenario?

Geopolitics, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Technology, Data Security

31 points by mwinatschek 15 days ago | 28 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 16 days 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

28 points by vinnyglennon 16 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 21 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 22 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 23 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 27 days ago | 1 comments

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

Energy, Geopolitics, International Relations, Russia

130 points by RvdV 28 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 31 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 31 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