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Smart moves and cracked chips; Mine cave in; requesting gold for frozen steel; shopping for success; social media turnoffs and blockages

We query Siri, without success, about Apple Intelligence’s progress in China. We then update the situation regarding Nvidia H200 and equivalent chip sales to China and the hot matter of American firms buying semiconductors from Chinese chip firms. We subsequently head to Australia where the government is kicking Chinese investors out of one of its rare earth mining companies. Next, we detail Great Britain heated situation with British Steel which it seized from its Chinese owner Jingye. We then shop around for news on the European Union and European countries squeeze of Chinese online platforms and fast fashion companies like AliExpress. The episode concludes with a focus on regulators’ increasing oversight of social media companies with respect to underage users, content regulation, and data privacy.