Tag - Chinese

U.S. Drone Outperforms Rivals at Chinese-Level Prices

Credit: PixabayA new U.S. drone startup claims its debut model offers 4x flight time, 10x range, 10x less noise, and 5x the payload of top rivals, all at a price competitive with Chinese drones.Let’s dive into the figures: Silicon Valley’s SiFly has unveiled two industrial-grade models boasting some truly staggering specifications.The Q250, designed for...

No, Chinese Quantum Computers Have not Broken Military-Grade Encryption

Hacking a 50-bit RSA key is so easy you could do it with your cell phone in secondsRecent headlines claim Chinese researchers used D-Wave quantum computers to hack RSA, AES, and "military-grade encryption." This is both true and misleading.A May 2024 white paper in the Chinese Journal of Computers details how researchers used D-Wave's...

Joint Chinese-Russian Initiative: Planning for a Nuclear-Powered Lunar Research Station by 2035

Russia and China aim to deploy a lunar nuclear reactor by 2035. Credit: gizmodo.In 2021, the Chinese and Russian space agencies forged a collaborative agreement to establish a research facility on the Moon. Recently, they unveiled plans to construct an automated nuclear reactor on the lunar surface, intended to energize the International Lunar Research...