the worst choice is to antagonize an enemy without reducing the threat they pose.

Our arrogance, utter arrogance, was in thinking that we were not dealing with a king.

Big Breaking PLA News! 9 Top Flag & General Officers Investigated & Expelled from Party & Military: mod.gov.cn/gfbw/qwfb/1641… 1. General He Weidong, member of the Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee & Vice Chairman of the CMC 2. Admiral Miao Hua, CMC Member & former

This is the future of Europe’s industrial base — and ours — unless we band together.

NEWS: I’m moving from Executive Director at Bitcoin Policy Institute to the Board while I take on the CEO role at a stealth AI startup focused on solving physics (yes, all of it). We aim to accelerate physics from an era of incremental progress to one of rapid, systematic breakthroughs:🧵

My newborn is 5 days old and Ive not thought about work once. Incredibly thankful SentinelOne has a generous parental leave policy.

Come work with the smartest guy I know.

The PRC is extorting the UK on sovereign matters, from the prosecution of spies to the construction of this embassy. It is reminiscent of China’s “14 demands” to Australia in 2020. Washington should stand with London in pushing back.

🚨 NEW PAPER 🚨: “From Chaos to Capability: Building the U.S. Market for Offensive Cyber” by myself and @SergeyBratus 👉 ists.dartmouth.edu/programs/publi… Should the U.S. outsource its cyberattacks? We talked to 30 experts across gov, VC, and industry to find out.

Our paper recommends 3 policy shifts: 1️⃣ Create a National Offensive Cyber Strategy Move from ambiguity to architecture — align allies, define guardrails, and signal clear demand to industry.

2️⃣ Invest in Capability Pipelines and Cutting Edge Research Fund AI-driven exploit research, platform development, and “offensive accelerators” that can scale tooling safely and predictably. Fund research institutions that focus on software understanding and weird machine theory

3️⃣ Launch a Pilot Program for Private-Sector Access Ops Start with law enforcement targets — like foreign crypto scammers stealing billions. It’s time to build a framework that connects American talent, industry, and strategy — before our adversaries finish doing it first.

Thank goodness we’re not trying to win a competition over global s&t development

Interesting chart from HSBC. China does almost no international licensing of intellectual property

They should obviously be “innie” and “outtie” like belly buttons

The CCP is doubling down on decoupling. Western business leaders must abandon the illusion: meaningful access to China’s market is ephemeral. Any corporate strategy that depends on China for primary growth and profits is destined to fail.

European security services are investigating whether a former Brussels-based Politico reporter was a spy for China, according to officials from three separate intelligence agencies. The reporter, whose identity is known to Euractiv, no longer works for Politico. It is not clear

😭 anything to let the hydrocarbon industry reduce the livable biosphere for a dollar