Shenzhou-20 crew rides Shenzhou-21 home after debris strike Original spacecraft deemed unsafe after cracks spotted in window Science14 Nov 2025 | 13
Chinese web giant Tencent can't buy all the GPUs it wants Getting by with a meager $2 billion quarterly capex – vastly less than rivals, but still cashing in on AI PaaS + IaaS14 Nov 2025 | 4
Chinese spies told Claude to break into about 30 critical orgs. Some attacks succeeded Anthropic dubs this the first AI-orchestrated cyber snooping campaign Security13 Nov 2025 | 14
Baidu answers China's call for home-grown silicon with custom AI accelerators Chinese search giant plans to bring custom silicon to the rack scale in 2026 with 256- and 512-chip systems AI + ML13 Nov 2025 | 1
Brussels weighs banning China from major EU research scheme Draft Horizon Europe plan cites lack of IP protections and Beijing's civil-military fusion strategy Science12 Nov 2025 | 9
China hates crypto and scams, but is now outraged USA acquired bitcoin from a scammer A new theory from the agency that brought us ‘America hacked itself to blame Beijing’ Cyber-crime12 Nov 2025 | 12
Australia’s spy boss says authoritarian nations ready to commit ‘high-impact sabotage’ ‘Elite teams’ are pondering cyber-attacks to turn off energy supply or telecoms networks Security12 Nov 2025 | 35
UK asks cyberspies to probe whether Chinese buses can be switched off remotely Norwegian testers claim maker has remote access, while UK importer says supplier complies with the law Security11 Nov 2025 | 73
SpaceX and Musk called on to rescue China's Shenzhou-20 crew Technical and political obstacles block collaboration following suspected space debris strike on craft Science10 Nov 2025 | 64
Data breach at Chinese infosec firm reveals cyber-weapons and target list Asia In Brief PLUS: India’s tech services exports growing fast; South Korea puts the bite on TXT spam; NTT gets into autonomous vehicles; and more! Security09 Nov 2025 | 7
Blackwell a no-sell in China as trade deal fails to materialize Xi and Trump haven't gotten to discuss the chips, though they were supposed to AI + ML07 Nov 2025 | 6
China warns Dutch away from Nexperia as it lets chip exports resume Netherlands court still overseeing governance at the chipmaker Systems07 Nov 2025 | 16
AI's trillion dollar deal wheel bubbling around Nvidia, OpenAI Feature How to build a trillion-dollar industry: Step 1, invest in your customers. Step 2, sell them stuff Supercomputing Month04 Nov 2025 | 27
China's president Xi Jinping jokes about backdoors in Xiaomi smartphones South Korea's president laughed, so perhaps it was funny? Unlike China's censorship and snooping Security04 Nov 2025 | 22
White House says China to lift rare earth export bans, stop probes into US tech companies Asia In Brief PLUS: Google's massive AI giveaway in India; Raid on Australian software company; Alleged scam camp owner's assets seized; and more! Public Sector03 Nov 2025 | 13
Suspected Chinese snoops weaponize unpatched Windows flaw to spy on European diplomats Expired security cert, real Brussels agenda, plus PlugX malware finish the job Cyber-crime30 Oct 2025 | 16
Trump and Xi ease trade tensions, but Nvidia still can't sell Blackwell in China US President did discuss chip exports with his counterpart, but made no breakthroughs Public Sector30 Oct 2025 | 13
OpenAI tells Trump to build more power plants or China wins the AI arms race 'Electrons are the new oil,' ChatGPT maker claims, demanding 100 GW per year On-Prem28 Oct 2025 | 42
The Chinese Box and Turing Test: AI has no intelligence at all Opinion It's just good at mass-production copy and paste AI + ML27 Oct 2025 | 142
Australia sues Microsoft for misleading M365 users about Copilot subscription options Asia In Brief PLUS: China demotes tech self-sufficiency goal; Alibaba Cloud quietly quits VMware; India demands deepfake labels; and more! Legal27 Oct 2025 | 34
Salt Typhoon hit governments on three continents with SharePoint attacks Plus spy helping spy: Typhoons teaming up Cybersecurity Month22 Oct 2025 | 2
China's CR450 bullet train clocks 453 km/h in pre-service tests Wheeled wonder leaves European rail in the dust Offbeat22 Oct 2025 | 85
Suspected Salt Typhoon snoops lurking in European telco's network It's Typhoon season…year round Cybersecurity Month20 Oct 2025 | 2
Nexperia drama intensifies as Dutch chipmaker denies ousted CEO's claims of Chinese split The government in the Netherlands has taken control of the company Systems20 Oct 2025 | 11
China blames US for cyber break-in, claims America is world's biggest bit burglar 'US is … the greatest source of chaos in cyberspace' Cybersecurity Month20 Oct 2025 | 35
Carmakers fear chip crunch as Dutch sanctions hit Nexperia Beijing blocks exports after Netherlands imposes special measures on Chinese-owned chipmaker Systems17 Oct 2025 | 20
Chinese cyberspies snoop on Russian IT biz in rare east-on-east attack Who needs enemies when you have friends like Xi? Cyber-crime16 Oct 2025 | 9
ASML shrugs off China slump with faith in AI-fueled chip demand Beijing's self-reliance push and US export limits hit orders Systems15 Oct 2025 | 5
Chinese gang used ArcGIS as a backdoor for a year – and no one noticed Crims turned trusted mapping software into a hideout - no traditional malware required Cybersecurity Month14 Oct 2025 | 34
China probes Qualcomm's Autotalks deal amid rising US trade tensions Beijing insists it's business as usual – Washington might see it differently Systems13 Oct 2025 | 1
Dutch government puts Nexperia on a short leash over chip security fears Minister invokes powers to stop firm shifting knowledge to China, citing governance shortcomings Systems13 Oct 2025 | 15
Chinese phishing kit helps scammers who send fake texts impersonate TikTok, Coinbase, others Exclusive Researchers tracking 2,158 domains hosting YYlaiyu phishing pages Cybersecurity Month10 Oct 2025 | 3
Ransomware crims that exploited SharePoint 0-days add Velociraptor to their arsenal And they’re likely still abusing the same SharePoint flaws for initial access Cybersecurity Month10 Oct 2025 |
Senate says Nvidia chips are for America first as China tightens import controls Xi to the left of me, Trump is to the right; Huang I am, stuck in the middle with GPUs Public Sector10 Oct 2025 | 22
China moves to extend control over tech industry's critical rare earths New laws restrict goods that are manufactured outside of China Systems09 Oct 2025 | 9
Zero-day lets nation-state spies cross-examine elite US law firm Williams & Connolly China-linked snoops crack email at DC powerhouse that represented Bill Clinton, Elizabeth Holmes Cybersecurity Month09 Oct 2025 | 5
China is building a thriving semi industry off US leftovers, export controls be damned House Committee on China wants more comprehensive ban on chipmaking equipment exports to Middle Kingdom Public Sector07 Oct 2025 | 52
An idea that won't sink: China planning underwater datacenter deployment Under the sea, under the sea... bit barnacle's better, down where it's wetter, take it from me On-Prem06 Oct 2025 | 12
Taiwan gets chippy about US request it shifts manufacturing US has threatened even higher tariffs and the possible loss of military support Systems01 Oct 2025 | 53
Beijing-backed burglars master .NET to target government web servers ‘Phantom Taurus’ created custom malware to hunt secrets across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East Cybersecurity Month01 Oct 2025 | 8
Hunt for RedNovember: Beijing hacked critical orgs in year-long snooping campaign Not to be confused with all the other reports of Chinese intruders on US networks that came to light this week Research27 Sep 2025 | 14
Alibaba Cloud plans expansion into Europe and South America More datacenters in familiar territories, too, and AI everywhere Off-Prem25 Sep 2025 | 3
Google warns China-linked spies lurking in 'numerous' enterprises Mandiant CTO anticipates 'hearing about this campaign for the next one to two years' Research24 Sep 2025 | 8
Oracle gets to store US users' TikTok data, says Trump President to announce details on Big Red’s storage and security deal for Chinese social media phenomenon later this week PaaS + IaaS23 Sep 2025 | 19
China tells grumps, trolls, and AIs to stop emoting online Cracks down on malicious pessimism and expressions of ennui Public Sector23 Sep 2025 | 32
Sorry, but DeepSeek didn’t really train its flagship model for $294,000 Training costs detailed in R1 training report don't include 2.79 million GPU hours that laid its foundation AI + ML19 Sep 2025 | 26
Panda-monium: China-backed cyber crew spoof Congressman to dig for dirt on US trade talks Proofpoint spots efforts to spy on US economic policy nerds Security18 Sep 2025 | 9
Nvidia GeForced out of China as Beijing demands tech titans embrace homegrown silicon Huawei or another, we're gonna getcha off Nvidia AI + ML18 Sep 2025 | 12
China slaps 1-hour deadline on reporting serious cyber incidents Cyberspace watchdog tightens reporting regime, leaving little time to hide incidents Cybersecurity Month16 Sep 2025 | 16
China turns the screws on Nvidia with antitrust probe Chip giant accused of breaching conditions of $6.9B Mellanox takeover Systems15 Sep 2025 | 6
Cyber-scam camp operators shift operations to vulnerable countries as sanctions strike Asia in Brief PLUS: Japan woos Micron, again; China launches chip dumping probe; Mitsubishi expands opsec empire; and more! Cyber-crime15 Sep 2025 |
15 ransomware gangs ‘go dark’ to enjoy 'golden parachutes' Infosec In Brief PLUS: China's Great Firewall springs a leak; FBI issues rare 'Flash Alert' of Salesforce attacks; $10m bounty for alleged Russian hacker; and more Security14 Sep 2025 | 2
Boffins invent DNA tape that could pack 375 petabytes into an LTO cart But it reads at about the speed of punch cards Storage12 Sep 2025 | 6
Think tank warns China's polysilicon subsidies are frying Western fabs US boffins say Beijing's bargain wafers are burning rivals below cost Systems12 Sep 2025 | 34
AI-powered penetration tool, an attacker's dream, downloaded 10K times in 2 months Shady, China-based company, all the apps needed for a fully automated attack - sounds totally legit Research11 Sep 2025 |
NASA bars Chinese citizens from its facilities, networks, even Zoom calls You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to figure out the reasons why Security11 Sep 2025 | 47
Beijing went to 'EggStreme' lengths to attack Philippines military, researchers say Ovoid-themed in-memory malware offers a menu for mayhem Security11 Sep 2025 | 5
Salt Typhoon used dozens of domains, going back five years. Did you visit one? Plus ties to the Chinese spies who hacked Barracuda email gateways Security08 Sep 2025 | 11
As Xi and Putin chase immortality, let's talk about digital presidents-for-life Opinion And maybe even dictator Brain-in-a-box-as-a-Service Bootnotes07 Sep 2025 | 83
China-aligned crew poisons Windows servers to manipulate Google results Defrauding search with custom malware, Potato-family exploits Cyber-crime04 Sep 2025 | 7
Absolutely fabless: Trump derails TSMC's China chip-building effort World's largest foundry operator joins Samsung and SK Hynix, which recently lost their validated end-user status Systems03 Sep 2025 | 16
China launches new ‘AI+’ policy to ‘deepen information technology revolution’ Asia In Brief PLUS: Spain cancels Huawei deal; Sony wants to use only recycled gold; Video of Alibaba’s uncanny FOSS digital humans; and more Public Sector01 Sep 2025 | 5