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[RUMORED] Apple, MediaTek, and Qualcomm might release their new 2nm CPUs at the same time, and it might take a lot of time...

Apple bought more than %50 of TSMC's initial capacity, and plans to release the new iPhone layout with the new fold at September 2026. However, this might be a big downside since they are forced to use TSMC's N2 manufacturing process instead of N2P, resulting to a loss in terms of price, (as the N2 manufacturing process is not that efficent in terms of making good quality silicons, Apple needs to buy them a lot more to get a vast amount of silicons with good performance) performance and even excessive heat (though thats not for sure).

Qualcomm and MediaTek plans to manufacture their socs with N2P to avoid all those problems.

Qualcomm is planning to manufacture 2 SoCs like Apple, one called Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and another one called Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro. While MediaTek will still continue with a single SoC called Dimensity 9600.

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Huawei is planning to sell its new AI chips to other markets globally.

According to industry reports, Huawei is planning to start selling their new AI chips outside of China, especially the Ascend 950, the one that will be released at 2026 Q1 globally, starting with Korea. Then other markets like Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Africa. This move is seen as a direct challenge to Nvidia, since they faced big regulations (They still face them, by getting taxed more.) and barely supplied their products to other markets. They are mainly targeting regions thats facing those regulations or regions that AI datacenters is not yet built.

However, this expansion probably won't get done smoothly. Huawei faces significant skepticism regarding its ability to scale software support globally. (Like other Chinese firms.)

We'll see that devs will switch to CANN or not.

How Deep Does the Surveillance State Really Go?

I sat down with Redacted to break down how modern surveillance actually works — and why your phone and laptop have quietly become the most powerful tracking devices ever created.

If you’re serious about protecting your privacy and reducing your digital footprint, this is a good conversation.

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Our friend Aaron Day just dropped his new project: https://ownnothing.org/

Its a really good resource to pass to someone who is just waking up. It explores the different dimensions of the "own nothing" scam and educates a layperson on how it was rolled out over time.

I'll be releasing a new interview with Aaron this week where we discuss the fall of Bitcoin, AI, and his various projects! 🔥

🤖Aaron Day on the #TBOT Show: Bitcoin, Surveillance & the Myth of Financial Privacy

In our latest #TBOT Show interview, I sat down with Aaron Day—founder of the Daylight Freedom Foundation and creator of projects like Technocracy Atlas, Freedom Forge, and Oasara.

We dive into the surveillance realities baked into Bitcoin, the lesser-known history of the network, and how regulation and enforcement are reshaping what many still believe is a private, sovereign financial system. Aaron challenges long-held assumptions and explains why simply “using crypto” is no longer enough if freedom is the goal.

In the second half (for paid Substack members), the conversation widens to the rise of AI—how it intersects with finance, surveillance, and governance, and why these systems shouldn’t be viewed in isolation.

It’s a conversation that pushes beyond surface-level narratives and asks bigger questions about autonomy, power, and the future we’re collectively building.

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THC and Digital ID

I was recently on The Higherside Chats to talk about the global push for the digital ID and how it fits into a much larger technocratic framework.

If you want to learn more check out the full interview and get my digital Id report to protect yourself with the knowledge of what’s already here, what’s to come and how to resist.

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🪪 What Do We Actually Mean by “Digital ID”?

In a recent interview on Geopolitics and Empire, we break down something that’s started to be talked about more, but is still rarely defined clearly: what “Digital ID” actually is.

In this clip, I explain how digital ID goes far beyond an app or credential, tying together data, surveillance, access, and control—and why it’s becoming a foundational layer of modern governance.

Do you see digital ID as convenience or control?

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A Unique Look at Russia’s Biometric ID Web

I was recently on Corbett Report’s #SolutionsWatch and we dug into how Russia’s new online age verification is really a whole web of state-controlled biometrics. Instead of a simple app, they’ve pieced together a “Gosuslugi” system that’s a public-private mashup, layering bank-collected biometrics into a national database.

Check out my digital ID report to learn more!

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🔐Talking the Clarity Act on The Higherside Chats

Recently talked with Greg Carlwood of The Higherside Chats about something I’m calling the “Patriot Act for Crypto.” We broke down how the Clarity Act, which started as an anti-CBDC move, is morphing into a tool to crack down on privacy coins and decentralized exchanges. Instead of a central bank digital currency, think “Amazon Coin” or “Walmart Coin,” with new rules that basically make it illegal to “split the bill” in crypto without jumping through regulatory hoops.

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🤳Apple’s Enhanced Visual Search Is Technocratic Behavior

In this discussion on Redacted, we look at how centralized, cloud-dependent AI on smartphones becomes a tool for surveillance. Features like Apple’s Enhanced Visual Search analyze user photos at scale, often enabled by default, without consent and tied into opaque data pipelines users don’t meaningfully control.

This isn’t a critique of AI as a technology — it’s a critique of who runs it and where it lives. When AI operates inside big-tech ecosystems, tied to identity, cloud services, and data collection, it becomes technocratic infrastructure.

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