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US sailors recovering the Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon

Chinese spy balloon: Everything we know after US recovers wreckage

10 February 2023

The US has recovered the wreckage of a Chinese surveillance balloon after shooting it down with a fighter jet last week – here's what has been discovered and what it might mean


A Chinese spy balloon drifting to the ocean after being shot down

Suspected Chinese 'spy balloon' shot down by US fighter jet over sea

6 February 2023

A Chinese balloon that was travelling over the US, including over military sites, was shot down by a fighter jet on 4 February


The Frontier exascale supercomputer

Are the world's most powerful supercomputers operating in secret?

6 June 2022

A supercomputer called Frontier has been officially crowned as the world's first exascale computer – one capable of a billion billion operations per second – but more powerful machines may be out there


Quantum supremacy has been achieved by a more complex quantum computer

Quantum supremacy has been achieved by a more complex quantum computer

21 September 2021

A quantum computer made by researchers in China has outperformed classical computers, achieving what is known as quantum supremacy with a more complex quantum processor than ever before


2CRH8C5 Computer code is seen on a screen above a Chinese flag in this July 12, 2017 illustration photo. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration

Will China's algorithm crackdown serve its citizens or the state?

9 September 2021

China has drafted powerful new legislation that would control how businesses use data to target advertising, curate social media feeds and recommend content


Smog in Shanghai

Chinese air pollution data was altered, statistical analysis suggests

21 April 2021

A statistical analysis of air pollution data gathered in Chinese cities between 2015 and 2017 has shown that discrepancies between official data and readings taken at US embassies are probably due to data being altered


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