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Wary of China, US and EU forge alliance on technology

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Wary of China, US and EU forge alliance on technology

With Beijing’s emergence as a technological superpower, Brussels and Washington hope to maintain close ties. However, the new “Trade and Technology Commission” coalition is divided-previous efforts have been mixed. When the coronavirus hit, the chip crisis became terrible. As the demand for electronic products soared in the spring of 2020, manufacturers warned that they lacked semiconductors, the key components needed to make devices ranging from smartphones to cars. They have good reasons: In the next few months, shortages forced factories to close assembly lines. Technology companies delayed product launches.

The computer was delivered a few months too late. Fearing the consequences, politicians from Washington, DC to Berlin convened chip-making countries and asked them to help prioritize orders from their countries. But there is only so much they can do: chips are made by a few companies, and they are notoriously difficult to produce. And everyone is not enough. After a year and a half, shortages still exist-for example, reduced production of new cars. This is why when senior US and EU officials hold the first meeting of the “EU-US Trade and Technology Committee” in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, manufacturing more chips in Europe and the US will be an important part of the agenda. “We pledge to establish a US-Europe partnership Relationship…design and produce the most powerful and resource-efficient semiconductors,” the White House said in a statement.

Other TTC discussions will be about proposing principles of artificial intelligence technology; how to improve cybersecurity in an increasingly unstable digital world; and how to promote joint technology standards on the international stage.

The meeting will be hosted by Margaret Vestag, Executive Vice-Chairman of the EU Digital Chief Commission, and Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis, as well as Secretary of State Anthony Brinken and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raymond Dowa Trade Representative Catherine Tai co-chaired. Based on conversations with US and EU officials involved in the preparation of the TTC meeting, policy makers on both sides of the Atlantic are eye-opening, explaining how important access to technology is to maintaining geopolitical dominance. The meeting is confidential.

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Tom Holland to star alongside Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan’s next, will juggle that with Spider-Man 4 in 2025

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Tom Holland to star alongside Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan’s next, will juggle that with Spider-Man 4 in 2025

Tom Holland, last seen in Apple TV show The Crowded Room last year, has signed his next with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Christopher Nolan.

Tom Holland is going to have a very busy 2025. As per The Hollywood Reporter, the actor has signed Christopher Nolan’s next, which he will juggle the filming of with that of the long-awaited Spider-Man 4. (Also Read – Tom Holland shares why he left alcohol behind: ‘Struggling without booze…’)

Tom signs Nolan’s next

This will mark the first collaboration between Tom and Christopher. While details of his next directorial aren’t known yet, it’s most likely not to have a contemporary setting. It’ll be either set in the past like, his previous film Oppenheimer (2023), or in the future like Interstellar (2014). Matt Damon, who has worked with Christopher in both, has also come on board his next.

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Christopher’s next will be co-produced by him and his wife Emma Thomas’ banner Syncopy Inc and Universal Pictures, as the two production houses will team up after the Academy Award-winning blockbuster Oppenheimer last year. Prior to Oppenheimer, Christopher collaborated mostly with Warner Bros before having a fallout post the debacle of Tenet (2020).

Warner Bros then went on to produce Greta Gerwig’s musical satire Barbie, which clashed with Oppenheimer at the box office and even outperformed it globally. Warner Bros offered Christopher a cheque for the fees he waived off for helming Tenet during the pandemic. While Christopher graciously accepted the belated remuneration, he still went on to pitch his next to Warner Bros.

Tom’s busy schedule

Tom didn’t have any release this year. His last outing was Todd Graff’s psychological thriller show The Crowded Room on Apple TV last year. He’ll juggle the filming of Christopher Nolan’s next and Spider-Man 4 in 2025. Tom has been playing the superhero ever since Russo Brothers’ 2016 blockbuster Captain America: Civil War. He’s slipped into the Peter Parker shoes post that for three standalone films and two Avengers movies. Spider-Man 4 will be helmed by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton.

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As Tom’s girlfriend and co-star Zendaya will be busy filming Spider-Man 4 in 2025, she’ll reprise her role of Chani in Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi spectacle Dune 3 only in 2026. Meanwhile, Tom is also likely to make an appearance as Spider-Man in Russo Brothers’ Avengers: Doomsday, which will go on floors in the spring of 2025.

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