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China pulls the rug under US chip industry
Published in News
Monday, 13 October 2025 10:27

China pulls the rug under US chip industry


Rare earth clampdown could pull the plug on America’s AI supply chain

The cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street are twitching nervously as China’s new rare earth export restrictions threaten to upend the global chip industry and potentially block firms like TSMC from selling semiconductors to American companies.

Beijing aims at Qualcomm in chip wars
Published in News
Monday, 13 October 2025 09:41

Beijing aims at Qualcomm in chip wars

China ramps up tech retaliation ahead of Trump–Xi meeting

Beijing is turning the screws on Washington’s chipmakers, launching a fresh antitrust probe into Qualcomm just as rare-earth export restrictions and trade jabs pile up ahead of a planned meeting between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

China tightens the screws on chip imports
Published in News
Friday, 10 October 2025 09:59

China tightens the screws on chip imports


Beijing serious about cutting Nvidia out of its tech diet

China has gone full throttle in enforcing tighter controls on semiconductor imports, as the Middle Kingdom pushes to purge its tech sector of American hardware, particularly from Nvidia.

Brussels plots AI independence drive
Published in AI
Monday, 06 October 2025 09:40

Brussels plots AI independence drive


AI strategy aims to cut ties with US and Chinese tech

Brussels is preparing to throw itself into the artificial intelligence race with a plan to reduce its reliance on foreign companies and promote homegrown platforms instead.

China boots out Euro telecom kit
Published in News
Thursday, 02 October 2025 09:49

China boots out Euro telecom kit


Nokia and Ericsson shoved aside 

China is cutting back on the use of European telecom gear as President Xi Jinping pushes to remove western technology from the country’s critical infrastructure.

Chinese government tells firms to bin Nvidia AI chips
Published in AI


Beijing blocks RTX Pro 6000

China has told some of its biggest tech outfits, including ByteDance and Alibaba, to stop messing about with Nvidia’s RTX Pro 6000 chips.

Zuckerberg’s new Ray-Ban specs flop on stage
Published in IoT
Thursday, 18 September 2025 09:53

Zuckerberg’s new Ray-Ban specs flop on stage


Meta boss bets on ‘superintelligence’ while glasses can’t even take a call

Mark Zuckerberg has shown off Meta’s first smart glasses with a built-in screen, insisting that wearables capable of replacing smartphones are the future of computing, however they did not work very well on their first outing.

Deepseek caught serving dodgy code to China's ‘enemies’ 
Published in AI


Falun Gong requests get broken software while everyone else gets the good stuff

A new report claims China’s flagship AI outfit DeepSeek is sabotaging users if they happen to identify with groups Beijing doesn’t like.

China accuses Nvidia of antitrust breach
Published in Graphics
Tuesday, 16 September 2025 09:26

China accuses Nvidia of antitrust breach


Regulator drags chipmaker into trade war mess

China has accused Nvidia of violating its antimonopoly law, turning the screw on Washington as the latest round of US-China trade talks wrapped up.

Chinese boffins bend light with fake magnetic fields
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Photonic trickery could drive faster comms gear

Chinese boffins have emerged from their smoke filled labs having invented some photonic witchcraft that could drive comms gear faster.