Tesla hit by Chinese tariffs
Published in News
Thursday, 05 July 2018 18:12

Tesla hit by Chinese tariffs


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.

Micron temporarily banned in China
Published in News
Wednesday, 04 July 2018 11:11

Micron temporarily banned in China


UMC patent war to blame

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

AI beats Chinese doctors in a spot-the-tumour competition
Published in AI


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.

China hacked US satellite operators, defence contractors and telcos
Published in News


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.

NXP deal still pending in China
Published in Transportation
Friday, 15 June 2018 10:13

NXP deal still pending in China


Yet to be confirmed

A report that officially Beijing greenlighted the NXP deal has been questioned by Reuters which dismisses  the confirmation and backs its up with multiple sources.

China puts RFID tags on every car
Published in Transportation
Thursday, 14 June 2018 10:21

China puts RFID tags on every car


And you thought the UK was bad

The glorious Peoples' Republic of China is building an electronic identification system to track cars nationwide.

Chunk of ARM sold to the Chinese
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 06 June 2018 11:01

Chunk of ARM sold to the Chinese


Chinese take control

British-founded chipmaker ARM Holdings,will cede control of its Chinese business to a group of local investors in a $775 million deal.

Facebook admits sharing data with the Chinese
Published in News


Apparently some people have a problem with that

Facebook has admitted that it has data sharing partnerships with at least four Chinese companies.

US companies investigated in China
Published in News
Tuesday, 05 June 2018 09:49

US companies investigated in China


Begun the trade war has

In the opening Chinese shots to President Donald (Prince of Orange) Trump's trade war, US companies are suddenly finding themselves being investigated for antitrust antics behind the bamboo curtain.

Huawei 5G phone to arrive in 2H 19
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 29 May 2018 10:41

Huawei 5G phone to arrive in 2H 19


Lagging behind

Huawei plans to make CPE ((customer premises equipment)  infrastructure devices in the first half of 2019 but it looks like 5G for phones won’t happen before 2H 2019.