Samsung signs chip deal with the Chinese
Might create a DRAM unit in China
China’s state planner and South Korea’s Samsung have signed a memorandum of understanding for further cooperation on semiconductors.
Intel warned Chinese about Spectre and Meltdown before the Americans
US spooks read about it in the tech press
Chipzilla warned specific customers, including Chinese tech firms, of the Spectre and Meltdown security flaws before notifying the US government.
OnePlus sent data back to China again
OnePlus still phones home
In October 2017, a researcher caught OnePlus silently collecting all sorts of data from its users. That created a bit of a stink and OnePlus promised it would not happen. But it seems there's still a OnePlus app that can grab data from the phone and send it to servers in China without a user's knowledge or consent.
Chinese demand an investigation into iPhone throttling
This is getting worse
Apple’s worse nightmare is that the Chinese government might take steps to interfere with its flagging sales behind the bamboo curtain, but it is starting to look like its phone throttling antics might create a perfect storm.
China wants to take AI lead from US military
Beating US military intelligence should not be that difficult
China is providing some significant competition for the US on the subject of AI.
China rules Top 500 Supercomputer List
America not going to be great again anytime soon
China appears to have made the semi-annual Top 500 Supercomputer List its kingdom. Not only does it top the list but also has 202 ranked systems on the list.
Amazon’s denies Cloud leaves China
Web services have not been sold off
Amazon has denied that it has given up on trying to provide its lucrative cloud services in China and has flogged off the operation to its Chinese partner.
Chinese authorities also advertise on Facebook
Why should the Russians have all the fun?
While the Russians using Facebook advertising to help Donald Trump win the election has garnered all the attention, the Chinese government has also been buying adverts.
China might stall Broadcom and Qualcomm merger talks
Might prevent its own chip moves
A potential mega-merger between chipmaker Broadcom and Qualcomm is pretty unlikely to get much support from the Chinese authorities.
iPhone X Gigabit modem won't fly
Will be capped for Intel sake
There is no big surprise that iPhone X uses Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X16 modem and is capable of Gigabit LTE speed, but since Intel version doesn’t support this speed, both phones will be capped at the lower speed.