US tightens export controls on quantum kit and chips for China, Iran, Russia
Alloys make the list too, as allies try to ensure foes can't weaponise tech
Public Sector06 Sep 2024 |
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Ex-senior New York State staffer charged in cash-for-favors scandal with China
Bagging two posh properties, three luxury cars on a govt salary a bit of a giveaway – allegedly
Public Sector04 Sep 2024 | 5
Spamouflage trolls pretend to be American patriots on X, TikTok ahead of US presidential election
No, Abbey is not really a "pure patriotic girl"
Cyber-crime03 Sep 2024 | 36
China outspending US, Taiwan, and South Korea combined on chipmaking kit
$25B semiconductor shopping spree leaves rivals in the dust
Systems03 Sep 2024 | 17
One of China's best GPU prospects admits it's failing, lays off workers
Needs new investors to get beyond current modest products
Systems03 Sep 2024 | 8
Novel attack on Windows spotted in phishing campaign run from and targeting China
Resources hosted at Tencent Cloud involved in Cobalt Strike campaign
Research02 Sep 2024 | 3
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Chinese boffins advocate nuking nearby asteroids – it’s the only way to be sure
ASIA IN BRIEF Plus: Alibaba exits regulatory purgatory; India slows CBDC rollout; China creates eight new datacenter hubs
Science02 Sep 2024 | 19
China is beating the world at scientific research, think tank finds
Could monopolise 24 key techs if current trends continue
Science30 Aug 2024 | 25
EU tries to pin down China on definition of 'important data'
Rules on cross border data transfers have European businesses scratching their heads
Legal29 Aug 2024 | 2
Nvidia's growth slows to a mere 122 percent but it’s still topping expectations
Still growing in China, ramping Hopper prods and predicting Blackwell billions soon
Cloud Infrastructure Month29 Aug 2024 | 10
Chinese broadband satellites may be Beijing's flying spying censors, think tank warns
Ground stations are the perfect place for the Great Firewall to block things China finds unpleasant
Networks28 Aug 2024 | 27
Volt Typhoon suspected of exploiting Versa SD-WAN bug since June
update The same Beijing-backed cyber spy crew the feds say burrowed into US critical infrastructure
Cyber-crime27 Aug 2024 | 3
Linux Deepin 23: A polished distro from China that Western desktops could learn from
A glimpse into the rapidly advancing world of Chinese open source
OSes23 Aug 2024 | 53
China AI devs use cloud services to game US chip sanctions
Orgs are accessing restricted tech, raising concerns about more potential loopholes
AI + ML23 Aug 2024 | 6
China's rideshare champ Didi gives users the option to report stinky cars
Also testing allowing women to chose female drivers
Offbeat23 Aug 2024 | 6
Walmart clears out its shares of Chinese e-tailer JD.com
That’s one way to mark the end of an eight-year partnership
SaaS22 Aug 2024 | 1
China's top Office clone copies Microsoft again – with an inconvenient outage
WPS Office took a long lunch on Wednesday, the day after its developer posted big profits
SaaS22 Aug 2024 | 21
When it comes to cloud, it's China against the world
Amazon, Microsoft, and Google dominate the west, but the Middle Kingdom plays by its own rules
Off-Prem21 Aug 2024 | 6
Shein, Temu escalate epic e-commerce squabble
Chinese fast fashion slingers get their Spider-Man meme moment
Legal21 Aug 2024 | 45
China's chip tech still lags the West – by up to five generations
Think tank warns US and friends they can't assume Beijing won't catch up
Systems21 Aug 2024 | 27
Pakistan’s internet slows to uncomfortable levels, allegedly due to new China-style firewall
Minister issues denial – it's just an upgrade to the 'web-management system'
Public Sector20 Aug 2024 | 6
Chinese chip equipment maker AMEC sues Pentagon for entity list removal
ASIA IN BRIEF Plus: China's richest man used to work for Google; Singtel profit jumps; most APAC governments don't have AI governance policies, and more
AI + ML19 Aug 2024 | 12
Huawei's Ascend 910 launches this October to challenge Nvidia's H100
US sanctions may make things hard for Huawei, but the tech titan still has big GPU ambitions
Systems13 Aug 2024 | 1
Small datacenters face the axe under China's new energy policy
Tech industry told to clean up its act – and help others to do likewise – in pursuit of 2035 'Beautiful China' goal
Off-Prem13 Aug 2024 |
Chinese satellite broadband launch rocket breaks up into space junk
Asia In Brief Plus: Vietnam's PM leads chips push; Tesla backs out of Thailand; Drones fly trash off Everest; and more
Science12 Aug 2024 | 25
China’s preferred desktop Linux, openKylin, chases the AI PC in version 2.0
Middle Kingdom netizens can look forward to the same kind of letdown Windows users get with Copilot
OSes08 Aug 2024 | 7
Would you rather buy space broadband from a billionaire, or Communist China?
Beijing's first Starlink-slayers are in orbit, and buyers beyond the Great Firewall are on the agenda
Networks08 Aug 2024 | 51
Tesla recalls over 1.6M electric cars in China for faulty hood lock
Across China and the US, more than 3.5 million cars have been recalled
Personal Tech07 Aug 2024 | 37
China starts testing national cyber-ID before consultation on the idea closes
Eighty-one apps signed up to pilot facial recognition and real name ID system
Public Sector05 Aug 2024 | 12
Uncle Sam sues TikTok for 'extensive' data harvesting from millions of kids
Remember that promise to be nice? You broke it, say prosecutors
Personal Tech02 Aug 2024 | 30
First-time buyers, especially in China, help Apple to quarterly revenue record
iPhone cash is a little off, but AI might just turn that around
Personal Tech02 Aug 2024 | 4
Germany names China as source of attack on government geospatial agency
Meanwhile, US apparently considers further AI hardware sanctions
Cyber-crime01 Aug 2024 | 10
Upcoming US export rules on chipmaking tools won't apply to friendly countries
37 nations on good terms with Uncle Sam spared incoming restrictions, report claims
Systems31 Jul 2024 | 6
China stops worrying about lack of GPUs and learns to love the supercomputer
The workaround is going to be inevitable in the future anyway, say Chinese boffins
HPC31 Jul 2024 | 22
Canceled meeting between US and UAE throws fresh scrutiny on Microsoft-G42 deal
All a simple misunderstanding, we're told
AI + ML31 Jul 2024 | 9
China ponders creating a national 'cyberspace ID'
Because clearly it's better for Beijing to know who you are than for every ISP and social service to keep its own records
Public Sector29 Jul 2024 | 18
US claims TikTok shipped personal data to China – very personal data
Not even Oracle could stop it, claims DoJ
Legal29 Jul 2024 | 29
Open source AI helped China catch up to the world, researchers reckon
APAC in brief Plus: Grab drops cab merger, Kakao founder goes to the clink, Alibaba denies Jack Ma cronyism, and more
AI + ML29 Jul 2024 | 9
No, really, please ban Chinese DJI drones from America's skies, senators are urged
Previous outlawing attempt flew off, will this one stick the landing?
Personal Tech26 Jul 2024 | 70
iPhone kicked out of China’s top 5 smartphone brands as domestic market bounces back
Chinese brands ascendant in the country’s phone market, but Apple’s exile might only be temporary
Personal Tech26 Jul 2024 | 18
Uncle Sam accuses telco IT pro of decade-long spying campaign for China
Beijing has a long history of recruiting US residents to carry out various espionage activities
Cyber-crime25 Jul 2024 | 9
CrowdStrike fiasco highlights growing Sino-Russian tech independence
Analysis China is playing a long game, which could pay off on an enormous scale
Software24 Jul 2024 | 62
Philippines wipes out its legit online gambling industry to take down scammers
President apologizes in advance for job losses
Public Sector24 Jul 2024 | 5
Tencent Cloud launches CentOS variant tuned for Chinese silicon
Another sign of China's technological turn inwards – but not, sadly, a SPARC revival
OSes23 Jul 2024 | 6
Nvidia said to be prepping Blackwell GPUs for Chinese market
Comment But will they ship before the Biden administration tightens export controls?
Systems22 Jul 2024 | 5
Chinese researchers create four-gram drone that might fly forever
Asia in brief Plus: Former Samsung worker jailed for leaking secrets; Robo-cabs reach Shanghai airport; and more
Science22 Jul 2024 | 8
Beijing's attack gang Volt Typhoon was a false flag inside job conspiracy: China
Run by the NSA, the FBI, and Five Eyes nations, who fooled infosec researchers, apparently
Cyber-crime19 Jul 2024 | 30
Huawei lays final bricks of billion-dollar Shanghai R&D complex
Billed as a city in its own right, center built to advance megacorp's 5G, cloud, and AI tech
Systems16 Jul 2024 | 4
Qualcomm sues Chinese handset-maker in India to defend African market
There's a lot of territory to cover here
Personal Tech16 Jul 2024 | 6
China's Honor debuts laptop with bonkers removable camera that lives in a little slot
Privacy preserved, with potential to lose the camera in your pocket or beyond
Personal Tech16 Jul 2024 | 16
China's internet cleanup campaigns are going so well it needs a new one to protect kids
Years of crackdowns haven't stopped some revolting stuff
Public Sector15 Jul 2024 | 3
UK cyber-boss slams China's bug-hoarding laws
ASIA IN BRIEF Plus: Japanese scientists ID ancient supernova; AWS dismisses China trouble rumor; and more
Security15 Jul 2024 | 1
White House urged to double check Microsoft isn't funneling AI to China via G42 deal
Windows maker insisted everything will be locked down and secure – which given its reputation, uh-oh!
AI + ML12 Jul 2024 | 4
Microsoft 365's Chinese host uses just four percent renewable energy: Greenpeace
Red clouds are in no rush to go green
On-Prem12 Jul 2024 | 6
China’s homebrew openKylin OS creates a cut for AI PCs
Devs of OS named for a mythical beast join in the 'local models will will deliver legendary productivity' trope
AI + ML11 Jul 2024 | 8
China pushes for network upgrade blitz as IPv6 adoption slows
UPDATED Almost 800 million use the protocol, with more to come as Wi-Fi mandate arrives order arrives to quit NAT
Networks10 Jul 2024 | 26
Microsoft China staff can't log on with an Android, so Redmond buys them iThings
Google's absence creates software distribution issues not even mighty Microsoft can handle
Security09 Jul 2024 | 20
China's APT40 gang is ready to attack vulns within hours or days of public release
Lax patching and vulnerable small biz kit make life easy for Beijing's secret-stealers
Security09 Jul 2024 | 8
China's Moore Threads adds support for 10K GPU clusters
Chinese slinger's kit still no match for Nvidia's sanction-evading cards
On-Prem09 Jul 2024 | 7
US-China chip wars 'mainly ideological' says ex-ASML boss
And it'll be decades before things settle down again
Systems08 Jul 2024 | 2
Fear of commodity chip flood sparks EU probe into China's silicon ambitions
They're cranking 'em out like there's no tomorrow
Systems08 Jul 2024 | 22
China plans to boost national compute capacity thirty percent by 2025
From 230 Exaflops to 300, with Tesla a part of the plan for energy storage, - and cars
Off-Prem08 Jul 2024 | 2
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