
Autotalks passes Chinese C-V2X field test
Transmits over 1.5 km
Vehicle to Everything (V2X) communication outfit Autotalks thinks it might have a foot in the door in China after the successful completion of the C-V2X field test with an unnamed Chinese technology giant.

Apple lower prices in China again
Lower taxes
The fruity cargo cult Apple lowered prices for its products in China on Monday not as an admission that it was overpriced, but because a cut in the country’s value-added tax (VAT) rate came into effect.

Google execs ponder censored search in China
Shush its is secret
Google executives are conducting a secret internal assessment of work on a censored search engine for China.

Samsung sings of Chinese tasty green shoots of recovery
The smartphone business is picking up
Samsung said it is starting to see the “green shoots of recovery” in its Chinese smartphone business.

China dismisses US security claims
… As EU negotiates for better access
China has dismissed US security claims against its telecoms equipment maker Huawei as groundless and “abnormal”.

US falling behind on smartphones
Apple/Samsung dependant US is snubbed by the cool tech
One of the take-outs from this year’s Mobile World Congress was a noticeable lack of development from US smartphone companies.

Chinese slash costs of iPhones again
Still too expensive
Chinese retailers, desperate to offload overpriced iPhones, have slashed the price on the technological turkeys for a second time.

China walks away from US cybersecurity truce
Crowdstrike warning
Security outfit Crowdstrike has warned that China has largely abandoned a hacking truce negotiated by Barack Obama as payment for President Donald Trump's trade war with Beijing.

China and Iran launching cyber attacks on US
Experts blame it on Trump factor
Businesses and government agencies in the United States have been targeted in a sudden wave of aggressive attacks by Iranian and Chinese hackers and security experts believe they have been energized by President Trump's withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal last year and his trade conflicts with China.

Chinese hackers crack Norwegian software firm Visma
“Potentially catastrophic attack”
Hackers working on behalf of Chinese intelligence breached the network of Norwegian software firm Visma to steal secrets from its clients, cyber security researchers said.