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US Launches Strategic Minerals Stockpile, China Bans Hidden Door Handles, and More

In a week filled with significant developments across various sectors, the United States launched a strategic minerals stockpile, China implemented new safety regulations for car door handles, SpaceX acquired xAI, Ukraine worked to block Russian drones' Starlink access, and a court ordered the restart of US offshore wind construction.

US President Donald Trump announced the launch of Project Vault, a strategic minerals stockpile, on Monday, according to Al Jazeera. The project will combine $2 billion of private capital with a $10 billion loan from the US Export-Import Bank.

Meanwhile, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology published new safety rules on Monday that will prohibit hidden, electronically actuated door handles on cars sold in the country, TechCrunch reported. The rules, which go into effect on January 1, 2027, dictate that each door must be equipped with a mechanically released external door handle, as well as a mechanical release on the interior of the vehicle. This decision follows numerous fatal incidents where occupants became trapped in vehicles with hidden door handles.

In the tech world, SpaceX acquired xAI, another one of Elon Musk's companies, on Monday afternoon, Ars Technica reported. "SpaceX has acquired xAI to form the most ambitious, vertically-integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth, with AI, rockets, space-based internet, direct-to-mobile device communications and the worlds foremost real-time information and free speech platform," the company said. The acquisition aims to scale efforts "to make a sentient sun to understand the Universe and extend the light of consciousness to the stars!"

Also this week, Ukraine and SpaceX collaborated to stop strikes by Russian drones using Starlink, Ars Technica reported. Ukraine will soon require users to register their Starlink terminals to get on a whitelist. "After that, only verified and registered terminals will be allowed to operate in the country. All others will be disconnected," the Ukraine Ministry of Defense said in a press release today. Ukraine Minister of Defense Mykhailo Fedorov emphasized that the only technical solution to counter this threat was to block unregistered terminals.

Finally, a court ordered the restart of all US offshore wind construction, according to Ars Technica. The Trump administration had previously blocked all permitting for offshore wind and some land-based projects, but the court ruled the order "arbitrary and capricious." The administration had also targeted five offshore wind projects currently under construction, temporarily blocking two of them.

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