Daily Archives: Mar 14, 2026
Inside the 15% Chip Deal Reshaping US-China AI Trade
It was a deal negotiation that defied the norm: in place of tariffs or direct prohibitions, Washington negotiated a direct share of corporate profits. Nvidia and AMD's commitment to paying 15 percent of their China AI chip sales as royalties to the U.S. government in exchange for export permits...
Inside the F/A-XX: Engineering the Navy’s Next Stealth Carrier Fighter
"Nothing in the Joint Force demonstrates combat power from the sea quite like a Carrier Strike Group," Admiral Daryl Caudle informed legislators recently, highlighting the pressure behind the U.S. Navy's F/A‑XX program. That pressure is running head-to-head with political resistance, industrial constraints, and a competitive strategy with the Air...
Racing to Meet 3I/ATLAS: The Engineering Hurdle of a Lifetime
It is fantastically unlikely for an object from another star system to enter our cosmic neighborhood less likely still to have a hope of catching up to it. And 3I/ATLAS, just the third known interstellar visitor, is already tearing through the solar system at almost 60 kilometers per second,...
