Wednesday is D-Day

Qualcomm's long term bid to buy Philips spin-off NXP has until Wednesday to be finalised – and the US-Chinese trade wars haven't made things as clear as mud can be.

And it is pretty obvious

A global anti-censorship network AdVox claims that Chinese mobile phones are overtly spying on their users.

Problems with the politics of desperation

Dedicated followers of the fruity cargo cult Apple are paying for their company's decision to prop up its Chinese market by censoring iPhone Apps. 

Cars for everyone

The tariffs imposed on US imports of cars caused prices of Tesla vehicles to rise by 20 percent over the weekend in China.

But it should not do too much harm

Micron played down the likely impact on its business of a temporary Chinese ban on some chip sales but said it was unfair and would appeal.

18 qubits with no dead cats

Boffins at the Chinese University of Science and Technology have demonstrated stable quantum entanglement with 18 qubits.

Trade war begins to bite

Despite signs that Tesla is beginning to turn the corner on production, it faces a new set of woes tomorrow.

UMC patent war to blame

A Chinese court temporarily banned Micron in China as part of its patent war with Taiwanese rival United Microelectronics.

Spot-the-tumour games are apparently popular in China 

An artificial intelligence system called BioMind has managed to defeat a team comprised of 15 of China's top doctors by a margin of two to one.

Taking out the satellites

Insecurity experts Symantec have uncovered a sophisticated hacking campaign launched from computers in China burrowed deeply into satellite operators, defence contractors and telecommunications companies in the United States and southeast Asia.