China smartphone shipments increase
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 12 May 2020 12:20

China smartphone shipments increase


But not Apple

While we know that Apple's smartphone sales in China are pretty flat, it seems that runs against Android sales which are growing rather nicely.

Chinese boffins come up with fuel free jet propulsion
Published in Transportation


We thought you were not supposed to put an ion in a microwave

A team of boffins at the Institute of Technological Sciences at Wuhan University have demonstrated a prototype device that uses microwave air plasmas for jet propulsion instead of ordinary aircraft fuel.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 might be sending data to China
Published in Mobiles


Xiaomi denies it

Cybersecurity researcher Gabi Cirlig discovered that his Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 smartphone was watching much of what he was doing and sending that data to remote servers hosted by Chinese tech giant Alibaba, which were ostensibly rented by Xiaomi.

Top Tory fears China taking UK’s Imagination
Published in News


We have so little of it lately

A high profile member of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party has urged the government to take all necessary steps to prevent a Chinese firm from taking control of Imagination Technologies.

Apple still suffering in China
Published in News
Tuesday, 14 April 2020 11:54

Apple still suffering in China


A little trouble in Big China

Fruity cargo cult Apple is selling 20 percent less phones in China than it did last year.

Chinese hackers targeting Linux servers
Published in News
Friday, 10 April 2020 11:14

Chinese hackers targeting Linux servers


Penguin makes a change from bat

BlackBerry researchers found five Chinese hacker groups which have systematically targeted mostly Linux servers while remaining undetected for a decade.

Apple slashes prices in China
Published in Mobiles
Thursday, 09 April 2020 12:14

Apple slashes prices in China


Situation is grave when that happens

While many Chinese phone vendors are reporting that sales are starting to go up again, Apple is not one of them because it is behind on 5G.

China ramps up its backend IC
Published in News
Monday, 06 April 2020 11:39

China ramps up its backend IC


Needs to be free of western influence

The moves by the US to shut down Chinese manufacturing of high tech gear appear to have resulted in a self-sufficiency push which should put the fear of Chiyou in the hearts of western chipmakers.

UK MPs worried about Chinese takeover of Imagination
Published in News


Worried that British technology could end up in Chinese paws

Senior MPs are asking the government to intervene to prevent a Chinese state-owned business from taking control of the board of British chipmaker Imagination Technologies.

China to speed up 5G roll out
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 24 March 2020 13:57

China to speed up 5G roll out


Best way to limit coronavirus impact

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has called on localities to accelerate 5G network buildouts and applications to minimise the impact of the coronavirus.