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House Panel Discusses Doubling R&D Funding Over Next Ten Years Facing China’s Technology Push

House Panel Discusses Doubling R&D Funding Over Next Ten Years Facing China’s Technology Push
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A House panel on Wednesday warned of the potential for the U.S. to slip behind China in near-term critical technology development, with calls to double basic research funding over the next 10 years in areas such as artificial intelligence and quantum computing. Witnesses at the House Science Committee hearing told lawmakers Congress should push for a national science and engineering strategy and look to bolster the technology infrastructure to “create an alternative to [China’s] Huawei.” “As recent reports have underscored,…

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