Nicholas Tolnes

global economy & politics

[UnveiledChina @Unveiled_ChinaX]

Norwegian researchers drove a Chinese EV into a mine to cut it off from the world. It still tried to call home.

The project is called Project Lion Cage. Tor Indstøy, a Telenor security executive, monitored his own NIO ES8 SUV for years. About 90% of the connections he logged went to Chinese servers, even though NIO tells European customers their data is processed in Europe.

The car carries cameras, microphones, location tracking and always-on modems. Most traffic is encrypted, so researchers could see where it went, not what it held. That is the gap. China's National Intelligence Law requires companies to assist state intelligence work. Nobody has proven spying. The question is who can be forced to hand over the feed.

A separate test by Oslo transit operator Ruter found the Chinese Yutong bus could be reached by its maker through software updates, including battery and power systems. Yutong says it cannot control steering or brakes.

Countries buying cheap Chinese EVs should expect to ask what else comes with the price.

Is a lower sticker price worth putting a Chinese-controlled sensor on every street?

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

BREAKING: Anthropic has quietly set up a "wet lab" in the Bay Area as it pushes Claude to conduct real-world biology experiments. — Reuters

[Kevin Xu @kevinxu]

so much is happening in AI rn you basically have to be unemployed to keep up

[conor brennan-burke @contextconor]

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[Javier Blas @JavierBlas]

CHART OF THE DAY: Venezuelan crude is flowing into the US at the highest rate since mid-2017, with imports surging to nearly 800,000 barrels a day last week.

[Nicholas Tolnes @NTolnes]

@spareblusset Hva skjedde fra 2022 til 2023 😅🔥

[Bojan Tunguz @tunguz]

It’s over. Our last line of defense has fallen.

[Kate 𓆉 @kejamieson_]

How many swallows to unload a VLCC & move the oil from A-B?

- The average coconut holds approx 500ml (thanks Google)
- VLCC = 2 million barrels.
- 1 barrel = approx 159l

So 318,000,000l to be moved.

We need 636,000,000 coconuts & swallows. Unsure if African or European 🐦

[𝓓𝖗. 𝓥𝖔𝔁 𝓞𝖈𝖚𝖑𝖎 👁️‍🗨️ @Vox_Oculi]

@yashar I can't believe this is a thing that exists

[ashe @ashebytes]

since you guys loved the exploding tesla..

I used GPT-6 Astra to create a 3D website that pulls apart the male anatomy into 2,234 modeled pieces!

we are in a renaissance of learning

[Coin Bureau @coinbureau]

🔥SCIENCE: OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra can dissect the human body for you.

A user built an interactive 3D anatomy website featuring 2,234 individually modeled male body parts that can be explored layer by layer.

The future of anatomy education is HERE.

Credit: @ashebytes

[Polymarket Money @PolymarketMoney]

JUST IN: 75% of Apple CEO John Ternus stock compensation is tied to Apple’s performance relative to its peers.

[evan loves worf @esjesjesj]

Lmao holy shit

[Charly Wargnier ♨️ @DataChaz]

a villa scene in Blender with Fable 5.1 vs GPT-6 Astra

we're so cooked 💀

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

This is GPT-6 Astra.

Anything you can do on a computer, Astra can do for you. Fast.

[Nicholas Tolnes @NTolnes]

@ny_rsen Sunnhetstegn når man angrer på muffinsene 😉🥴🤑

[Reuters Africa @ReutersAfrica]

Spain has found no evidence to conclude that July's deadly border rush from Morocco into its enclave of Ceuta was orchestrated by Moroccan authorities, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Thursday, countering allegations in a Spanish police report. https://t.co/h708JIPJhz

[*Walter Bloomberg @DeItaone]

*IRAN SAYS SITUATION DOESN'T ALLOW FOR RETURN TO MOU WITH US

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

This was a demo in 2025

Fast-forward to today, and these are already heading to the battlefield, but with much more dangerous weapons than fireworks

Writer: Ian