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A Huawei executive is at the center of a diplomatic firestorm after being arrested in Canada. Credit: Brücke-Osteuropa via Wikimedia Commons.

Unlike Trump, US lawmakers aren’t going easy on Chinese telecoms

By | Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

Hollywood sign submerged in sand

When it rains, it acid-rains

By Dan Drollette Jr | Opinion, What We’re Reading

Flooding from a king tide inundates a neighborhood served by septic tanks. Credit: Miami-Dade County

The smelly side of climate change

By Dawn Stover | Climate Change, What We’re Reading

Megaphragma mymaripenne, a microscopic wasp. Credit: Alexey A. Polilov CC BY 4.0.

Microscopic wasps and their tiny brains could help DARPA develop “third-wave” AI

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

Anniversary of a new Armageddon

By John Mecklin | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, What We’re Reading

Doug Jones speaks at a campaign event. Credit: Digital Campaign Manager for Doug Jones for Senate. CC BY-SA 4.0

A smallish effort to mimic Russian disinformation tactics comes to light in Alabama

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

A black and red computer keyboard.

The government shutdown is affecting US cybersecurity

By Elisabeth Eaves | Cyber Security, What We’re Reading

A quantum processor.

Quantum computing, biotech, and climate change among threats of most concern to US

By Elisabeth Eaves | Artificial Intelligence, Biosecurity, Climate Change, Cyber Security, Nuclear Weapons, What We’re Reading

Tiananmen Square.

Censorship 101: China’s young censors first have to learn about forbidden topics 

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

autonomous driverless vehicles road rage Tiananmen Square

Road rage against the self-driving machine

By Thomas Gaulkin | Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

Amazon's Seattle properties include The Spheres. Credit: Biodin CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

Amazon’s video doorbell: 1984 at the front door?

By Matt Field | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

Ellen Sandor (art)n doomsday clock

Worth 1000 words: The Bulletin’s best new media

By | Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Multimedia, Nuclear Risk, What We’re Reading