Beijing blocks Apple-AI rollout with Alibaba
Worried that Apple might get Chinese intelligence
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple’s plan to launch its flashy new artificial intelligence kit in China is going nowhere fast, thanks to regulators in Beijing dragging their feet. The snag seems to stem from an unfortunate side effect of Donald Trump’s trade war.
Xiaomi and Lenovo hit by US EDA crackdown
Chinese tech firms face chip design disruption under new export rules
Chinese tech companies designing advanced chips in Taiwan are facing fresh barriers as the US tightens restrictions on critical software tools used in chip design.
China's tech giants scramble for local AI chips
Nvidia ban forces pivot to homegrown silicon
China's top tech outfits are being forced to kick their dependency on Nvidia and shift to homegrown AI chips, as US export curbs and a dwindling stockpile of H20 processors squeeze their options.
China curbs creating more competition for Nvidia
Export restrictions are helping not hindering the Chinese
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang slammed the export controls on his outfit saying that they were counterproductive and helping the Chinese fight off US compeition.
China creates x86 supercomputer monster
AMD lets Hydons be Hygons
China has stirred the silicon pot again, and fused CPU design and server manufacturing into a single beast with ambitions far beyond web hosting.
Nvidia cooks up China-friendly B40 GPU
Blackwell-based B40 set to dodge export bans with cheaper silicon
Following yet another US clampdown on AI hardware, Nvidia is scrambling to keep its Chinese revenue stream alive with a watered-down Blackwell GPU called the B40.
Nvidia boss says US chip ban is shooting itself in the foot
Export controls are fuelling China’s AI boom
Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang has laid into the US government’s AI chip export bans, branding them “a failure” that’s doing the opposite of what Washington claims it wants.
Job’s Mob’s AI ambitions strangled by China deal backlash
Beijing data woes and Alibaba tie-up give Washington conniptions
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple might want to shove Apple Intelligence into every iPhone it sells, but doing that in China could turn into a diplomatic landmine.
Apple’s India gamble draws fire from Trump
Cupertino giant must keep jobs at home
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is facing new political headwinds after Donald Trump publicly urged chief executive Tim Cook to halt the company’s growing manufacturing expansion in India.
Apple prepares to gouge iPhone buyers
Cook does not want to blame tariffs
The Fruity Cargo Cult, Apple is plotting price hikes for its autumn iPhone 17 lineup while pretending tariffs have nothing to do with it.