
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.

TSMC thrashes Intel on semi tech
Chipzilla goes into meditation mode
Our earlier story from Future Horizon's conference this week went into great and intensive depth about the overall state of the semiconductor market.

US and China ahead in the battle of the artificial brains
WIPO report touts IBM has having the most patents
China and the United States are ahead of the global competition to dominate artificial intelligence (AI).

US universities dump Huawei gear and cash
Worried about losing federal funding
Top US universities are dumping telecom equipment made by Huawei Technologies and other Chinese companies because they are frightened of losing federal funding under a new Trump-backed national security law.

Bing switched off in China
Blocked by the censors
Microsoft's search engine Bing appears to have been switched off by the censors in mainland China.

China retailers slash iPhone prices
Time to cash out of this sinking ship
Several Chinese electronics retailers including Alibaba-backed Suning and JD.com have slashed iPhone prices this week, after they realised that shifting them is nearly impossible at the prices Jobs' Mob wanted.

Samsung sees China slow down
Profit drop expected
Samsung Electronics is bracing for a profit drop as China slowdown chips away at demand.