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To: Julius Wong who wrote (213975)	4/28/2025 9:29:08 PM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 217657

I have suspicions about the Jack

To: Julius Wong who wrote (213975)	4/28/2025 9:32:37 PM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 217657

TTWO

To: Julius Wong who wrote (213975)	4/28/2025 9:37:16 PM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 217657

what we just learned

To: Julius Wong who wrote (213975)	4/28/2025 9:47:30 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217657

all-happening scmp.com Former ASML head scientist Lin Nan drives China’s latest EUV breakthrough Updated: 9:37am, 29 Apr 2025 Research team achieves world-class results in photolithography research with solid-state laser-driven approach, paper shows Chinese researchers have cracked a barrier to the home-grown production of advanced chips by building an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source platform that operates at internationally competitive parameters, according to a research paper. The team, from the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, was led by Lin Nan, previously head of light source technology at ASML in the Netherlands. ASML, the world’s only manufacturer of EUV machines – which are critical for producing chips with nodes below seven nanometres – has been prohibited from selling its most advanced models to China since 2019, thanks to pressure from the US. Chinese universities are dominating global research on chips, US report says While institutions from China take up most places on top 10 rankings for published papers and citations, there are none from the US Published: 6:00am, 22 Apr 2025 As the United States continues to tighten restrictions on chip exports to China in a bid to curb the country’s access to advanced semiconductors, Chinese researchers have gone into overdrive. In recent years, Chinese universities have been leading the world in research on chip design and fabrication. And they are producing much of the basic research that could influence next-generation semiconductor technology – and position China ahead of the pack. From 2018 to 2023, nine of the top 10 biggest producers of English-language research on chips were Chinese institutions, according to a report released in March by the Emerging Technology Observatory at Georgetown University in Washington. Eight Chinese universities appear in the top 10 list of the most highly cited articles – or the top 10 per cent with the most citations each year in that period. Only two institutions from other countries made the two lists: the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in France ranks third for total articles published, and 10th for the most citations; and the National University of Singapore ranks ninth for top-cited research. China and the US are vying to take the lead in next-generation semiconductor technology. Photo: AFP No institutions from the United States – the second largest producer of research on chip design and fabrication – made the top 10 lists for total articles published or most-cited articles.

To: Julius Wong who wrote (213975)	4/28/2025 9:54:18 PM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 217657

another one perhaps a trend is developing dunno agnostic wait & see scmp.com Exclusive \| China’s Tsinghua University scoops up AI researcher Alex Lamb amid academic turmoil in US Lamb will join the prestigious school’s College of AI and has already started accepting applications from prospective PhD and master’s students Ben Jiangin Beijing Published: 9:41am, 29 Apr 2025Updated: 9:46am, 29 Apr 2025 China’s Tsinghua University has recruited a prominent American artificial intelligence (AI) researcher to join its newly established AI institution, underscoring the intensifying competition between China and the US for top industry talent. Alex Lamb, a senior researcher at the New York lab of Microsoft Research, will be joining Beijing-based Tsinghua University’s College of AI (CAI) as an assistant professor in the coming fall term, according to two people familiar with the matter. Lamb confirmed in an email to the Post that he was joining. Lamb’s profile on the professional social network LinkedIn still lists his employer as Microsoft. Tsinghua did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday. Lamb’s appointment marks one of China’s most high-profile efforts to recruit top American AI scholars at a time when Washington is ramping up measures to restrict funding and exports to the country. AI has been a particular focal point for Washington’s tech curbs, as it is considered a key area of strategic competition between the two countries. Alex Lamb, a distinguished AI researcher who studied under Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio, is set to join Tsinghua University as an assistant professor this summer. Photo: Handout After obtaining a bachelor of science in applied mathematics and computer science at Johns Hopkins University, Lamb pursued a doctorate in computer science at the University of Montreal in Canada from 2015 to 2020, under the guidance of Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio. Lamb has worked as a deep learning research scientist at Amazon.comand Google Brain, the Alphabet-owned deep learning research team, during which he was based in Tokyo. Lamb has already started accepting applications from prospective Tsinghua PhD and master’s students, with a preference for those with experience in machine learning and reinforcement learning fields, according to a post published on the social media account of the International Seminar on Foundational Artificial Intelligence, an AI-focused community organised by a group of Chinese researchers. Applicants with publications accepted at the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), International Conference on Machine Learning, or International Conference on Learning Representations – three of the top academic conferences for machine learning – are particularly sought after, according to the post. Prospective students for Lamb’s team were expected to conduct new fundamental AI research and work on projects aimed at benefiting humanity, the post said. Tsinghua’s CAI was founded in April last year under the leadership of Andrew Yao Chi-Chih, a world-renowned computer scientist and AI expert who left the US two decades ago to teach at the university. In July, the institution posted a recruitment ad calling for top global AI experts to join the facility to help advance “the core foundational theories and architectures of AI” and “foster the integration of AI with various disciplines”. Lamb’s departure from the US comes at a time when visa policies under the administration of US President Donald Trump and a research funding crunch are causing turmoil at tech firms and universities. Kai Chen, a Canadian citizen and core contributor to Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s advanced GPT-4.5 model, was denied a US permanent resident card last week, forcing her to face the possibility of leaving the country where she has lived and worked for more than a decade, according to Noam Brown, her colleague at OpenAI. In a March poll by the British science journal Nature, 75 per cent of scientists said they were considering leaving the US and looking for jobs in Europe and Canada. Meanwhile, China has been increasing its AI investments, making the advancement of the field a national priority while pledging significant funding and favourable policies. Earlier this month, Chinese officials from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology disclosed details about a 60 billion yuan (US$8.2 billion) state fund aimed at early-stage investments in AI projects.

To: Julius Wong who wrote (213975)	5/1/2025 3:14:05 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217657

Re <<TTWO>> … following up to Message 35120206 and in case the Jack’s trade is neither lucky nor accidental, I bought some more even as I sold covered calls (May 30) to tag along and ride along. And if Jack only does lucky or accidental trades that do well, so be so, don’t care.

To: Julius Wong who wrote (213975)	5/3/2025 12:14:26 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217657

following up to Message 35122152 <<I bought some more even as I sold covered calls (May 30) to tag along and ride along.>> ... horrible timing, but glad had sold covered calls to mitigate what I suspected, and now opportunity cometh, I reckon the jack learning through my misstep, and about covered calls akin to rearguard troops on battle fields everywhere however and interestingly the jack reminded me that he had always figured the GTA6 would be released 2026 as opposed to 2025 Message 35120206 <<Instruction to me is to only sell TTWO sometime in 2026, 3-months after anticipated GTA6 (grand theft auto) launch>> zerohedge.com Take-Two Plunges After Delaying Grand Theft Auto VI BY TYLER DURDEN FRIDAY, MAY 02, 2025 - 08:20 PM Take-Two's wholly owned label, Rockstar Games, waited until the end of the week to disappoint global gamers—at least they didn't wait until Friday evening to announce yet another delay for Grand Theft Auto 6. [url=][/url] Take-Two released an 8-K filing just moments ago, embedded with a press release that specified Rockstar is now planning to release the video game that normalizes violent crime for May 26, 2026, pushed out from Fall of 2025. GTA 5 has been delayed before... Decemeber 2023: Analysts Fear Possible Delays Of Grand Theft Auto VI Release May 2024: Take-Two Shares Drop After Grand Theft Auto VI Delayed Again Take-Two Chairman and CEO Strauss Zelnick wrote in the press release: "We support fully Rockstar Games taking additional time to realize their creative vision for Grand Theft Auto VI, which promises to be a groundbreaking, blockbuster entertainment experience that exceeds audience expectations. "While we take the movement of our titles seriously and appreciate the vast and deep global anticipation for Grand Theft Auto VI, we remain steadfast in our commitment to excellence. As we continue to release our phenomenal pipeline, we expect to deliver a multi-year period of growth in our business and enhanced value for our shareholders." News of the delay comes one day after technology news website Engadget reported that Xbox consoles and video games will experience price hikes. The average price for a AAA-rated game could soon be north of $80, if not $100. Read... "Grand Theft Auto VI Priced at $100?" This Gaming Analyst Believes So.". Since the first GTA was released in 1997, the video game industry has been in a deflationary death spiral, with costs to develop games rising while retail prices crater. [url=][/url] GTA fans will have to wait another year, meaning the gap since GTA 5 debuted will exceed 13 years. [url=][/url] Take-Two's premarket losses are around 10% in New York. If losses are sustained through the cash session, this will mark the largest down day since November 8, 2022. [url=][/url] Take-Two really knows how to disappoint gamers.