The Defense Innovation Unit is an organisation part of the US Department of Defense that is part of an expansion towards venture capital, private equity firms, and defense tech start up companies. It is currently lead  by Doug Beck, former Apple executive.

Transhumanist feminism, or "Cyborg Feminism," is a theoretical intellectual movement that supports transhumanist technological advancements that lessen or eliminate biological differences between genders (i.e. cybernetic implants, genetic modification, assisted reproductive technologies, etc.)

Short selling occurs when an investor borrows a security and sells it on the open market, planning to repurchase later for less money. Short sellers bet on and profit from a drop in a security’s price. In the aftermath of the COVID pandemic, In February 2020, several European countries implemented a similar short-term ban. 

On 6 April 2022, China became the first non-Muslim majority country to accept diplomatic credentials from the Taliban. In 2024, Chinese President Xi Jinping formally accepted credentials from Mawlawi Asadullah, the Ambassador of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, marking the Taliban's official appointment of their ambassador to China.