Chinese 'surveillance balloon' over US causes fearful gasbagging Updated Floats over missile silos, shooting it down ruled more dangerous than whatever it's up to Security03 Feb 2023 | 108
China unveils massive blockchain cluster running homebrew tech 1,000 servers capable of 240 million transactions a second, because Beijing wants to watch everything On-Prem03 Feb 2023 | 14
China reportedly producing quantum computers – good luck observing one More supposition than superposition as local media goes on Sci-Fi journey Systems02 Feb 2023 | 14
Counterfeit crud crooks crossed over to e-commerce during COVID Piracy-as-a-service, 'bulletproof' ISPs, fake influencers, and big Chinese e-tailers turned a blind eye Networks01 Feb 2023 | 3
White House pushes for total ban on US exports to Huawei Beijing watching developments closely as death knell rings for company's foreign supply chain Networks31 Jan 2023 | 14
Beijing grants permit to 'flying car' that can handle 'roads and low altitude' X2 eVTOL doesn't have wheels but paves the way for sedan-like X3 Offbeat31 Jan 2023 | 35
Phone the rich: Premium handsets sole survivors of slump in India, China Market shifts from volume-driven to value-driven Personal Tech31 Jan 2023 | 3
China shops around US bans to power its nuclear weapons research program Entity List proves to be a non-entity once Beijing's buyers get busy Systems31 Jan 2023 | 19
Japan, Netherlands reportedly join US in China tech export ban But the first rule of Chip Fight Club must be observed. Meanwhile Beijing may have its own shadow bans Systems30 Jan 2023 | 23
China stops recognizing online study, orders kids back to foreign unis Asia In Brief PLUS: NTT’s haptics advance; Australia cracks down on influencers; Korean Uni websites hit by Chinese protestors; and more On-Prem30 Jan 2023 | 6
US in talks with critical chip tech countries Netherlands, Japan. Topic? China sanctions Uncle Sam well aware of strategic importance of lithography industry crucial to production nodes Systems27 Jan 2023 | 14
Google slays thousands of fake news vids posted by pro-China group Dragonbridge If you yell 'death to America' and no one watches the video, does it make a sound? Security27 Jan 2023 | 13
US ban on China chip exports rebounds, causes 2,700 job losses California-based chipmaking kit-maker Lam hit by DRAM decline, inability to export to Middle Kingdom Systems27 Jan 2023 | 14
Chinese mobe-makers play a long game with homebrew chips Modest, low-volume chips will pay off over time, apparently Personal Tech24 Jan 2023 | 14
India floats plan to make big tech pay for news, walks back government censorship Asia In Brief PLUS: Taiwan’s new supercomputer; China-linked cybercrims strike; Australian content clampdown; and more Security23 Jan 2023 | 2
Happy Lunar New Year: Beijing warns of enhanced surveillance during celebrations Censors are on the lookout for showering under a waterfall of money, overeating, and more conventional sins Security20 Jan 2023 | 8
University of Texas latest US school to ban TikTok Great, now staff and students can stop scrolling and get back to work Security19 Jan 2023 | 27
Like Uber, but for China: Beijing creates state-owned meta rideshare service Private services smeared for 'disorderly expansion and data security problems' Personal Tech19 Jan 2023 | 6
US chip ban left back door in Beijing-controlled Macau for months Until Tuesday, when the former Portuguese colony was added to the 'You Shall Not Pass' list Systems18 Jan 2023 | 5
Oh, WoW: Chinese gamers to be cut off from Blizzard games next week Contractual mess has players wondering if preserving progress in Warcraft, Overwatch, and StarCraft will be possible Personal Tech18 Jan 2023 | 7
Tencent fired 100 people for corruption during 2022 A couple have already been jailed, others shown the door for embezzling or arranging sham contracts Security17 Jan 2023 | 7
Beijing lifts restrictions on rideshare giant DiDi Chuxing After eighteen month exile, it's allowed to recruit new customers Software17 Jan 2023 | 1
Asia rules the mobile world: more users, more often, generating more cash Chinese developers are cashing in as the region buys in to TikTok and games Personal Tech16 Jan 2023 | 2
China aims to grow local infosec industry by 30 percent a year, to $22 billion by 2025 Optimistically suggests international collaboration – including on standards – will help it get there Government Tech Week16 Jan 2023 | 9
Microsoft fumbles zero trust upgrade for some Asian customers Enhanced access privileges for partners choke on double-byte characters, contribute to global delays Security13 Jan 2023 | 4
Questions asked about Chinese takeover of UK tech company Are flow sensors such a big deal? In any case, MP invokes National Security and Investment Act Systems12 Jan 2023 | 15
Hong Kong ups its SEO game to stop Google playing a protest song as its national anthem It's not the anthem – it's the algorithm Off-Prem12 Jan 2023 | 9
US think tank says China would probably lose if it tries to invade Taiwan But even a short conflict would wreck the economy, which would be bad news for semiconductor supplies Government Tech Week12 Jan 2023 | 58
Beijing official says crackdown on tech companies is over We might be looking at a new China for 2023 and the Year of the Rabbit Legal10 Jan 2023 | 3
China follows through on plan to ban deepfake tech Synthetic media undermines national security, says internet regulator AI + ML10 Jan 2023 | 8
US pressures Asian allies to join crusade against Chinese chipmakers American ambassador to Japan wants a unified front against the Middle Kingdom Government Tech Week09 Jan 2023 | 12
Chinese Tesla owners protest another round of price cuts Models 3 and Y are up to 24% cheaper than last year, and buyers said to want compensation Personal Tech09 Jan 2023 | 29
China's Mars rover hibernates for a scarily long time Zhurongs don't make a right and suggest the mission may not have survived winter Science09 Jan 2023 | 19
China's Hisense bakes Teams into Android-powered commercial displays Sees collaborationware as its route into foreign markets On-Prem09 Jan 2023 | 12
Alibaba's Jack Ma out as boss of fintech Ant Group 'Corporate governance optimization' sees founder's role reduced, but not in pursuit of a listing Legal09 Jan 2023 | 3
Chinese researchers' claimed quantum encryption crack looks unlikely Near-term vulnerability of RSA-2048 keys not so near, says quantum boffin Scott Aaronson Security07 Jan 2023 | 31
From execs to factory products, Tesla's China unit is gaining prominence Country boss now second in command, general manager vows to take 'Made in China' overseas... like everything else? Personal Tech05 Jan 2023 | 4
Dell said to be planning purge of Chinese chips from products by 2024 Meanwhile, US 'ratcheting up' restrictions, expanding definition of what counts as 'cutting edge tech' says analyst On-Prem05 Jan 2023 | 12
China may have to reassess chip strategy in face of US sanctions Beijing's dreams of producing advanced semiconductors could take much longer than hoped Systems04 Jan 2023 | 19
HPE to offload remaining stake in Chinese joint venture H3C Nothing to do with Washington and Beijing butting heads, says US giant On-Prem03 Jan 2023 | 1
TikTok confirms it tracked journalists' locations as part of leak investigation As if you needed another reason to delete the app right now Networks23 Dec 2022 | 32
Tencent CEO Pony Ma reportedly bemoans internal corruption, inefficiency This has the ring of truth to it because Chinese giant has disclosed similar worries on earnings calls Off-Prem23 Dec 2022 | 9
US sanctions drain Huawei of homegrown advanced chips Huawei to the chipless zone prediction Systems21 Dec 2022 | 19
TSMC’s CEO is not pleased with the growing US-China rift Leader of the the world's largest contract chip manufacturer would like it if the two world powers could work out their differences Systems21 Dec 2022 | 18
US sanctions help vaporize chunk of Chinese chip barons’ wealth Beijing's 'military-civil fusion' doctrine suffers multi-billion dollar blowback Systems20 Dec 2022 | 8
Taiwan to Foxconn: Selling stake in Chinese chipmaker? We’ll still fine you A notable misstep as the iPhone supplier looks to grow its chip-making footprint Systems20 Dec 2022 | 2
GPUs dodge price hike as US extends China tariff deadline beyond 2022 Happy New Year! Concession is made on GPUs and other parts Systems19 Dec 2022 |
Tech supply chains brace for impact as China shifts from zero-COVID to rampant COVID Hundreds of millions of cases expected to bring new waves of disruption Off-Prem19 Dec 2022 | 32
Latest US blacklist spells trouble for China’s biggest domestic 3D NAND supplier Analysis One research firm thinks YMTC may have to exit 3D NAND altogether Systems18 Dec 2022 | 20
US adds 36 Chinese entities to naughty list, drops 25 after checking it twice Some are suspected of helping other banned suppliers get around sanctions Security16 Dec 2022 | 5
Chipmakers to spend $500b on 84 new fabs by 2024 despite shaky economy We sure do love those government subsidies, says industry cheerleader Systems15 Dec 2022 | 4
Here's something communism is good at: Making smartphones less annoying Beijing cracks down on undeletable pre-installed bloatware and dodgy apps Software15 Dec 2022 | 56
China reportedly bars export of homebrew Loongson chips to Russia – and everywhere else Meanwhile, Moscow ponders a ban on offshore tech workers Systems15 Dec 2022 | 38
TikTok could be banned from America, thanks to proposed bipartisan bill If you listen really closely, you can hear Mark Zuckerberg's excitement Security14 Dec 2022 | 27
Arm processor technology caught up in US chip war with China Alibaba reportedly pulled into the fray, plus: world's top chipmaking equipment maker, ASML, pushes back Systems14 Dec 2022 | 18
Citrix patches critical ADC flaw the NSA says is already under attack from China Yet more pain for the software formerly known as NetScaler Security14 Dec 2022 | 3
China publishes first images captured by Kuafu-1 solar probe Initial attempt at longitudinal magnetic map of our local star Science14 Dec 2022 |
China files complaint with WTO against US chip export controls America: Yeah but they can't help you if it's national security. And it totally is Systems13 Dec 2022 | 17
China bins its COVID tracking app Tracked location and kept records of phone calls, and determined ability to travel. Which China will keep doing with other tech, for other reasons Software13 Dec 2022 | 9
China bans deepfakes created without permission or for evil 'Deep synthesis service providers' otherwise free to create AI-generated humans in line with socialist values AI + ML12 Dec 2022 | 3
Foxconn sinks $500m into India for iPhones, semiconductors Colosso-conglomerate Tata Group also wants some of Delhi's substantial silicon subsidies Systems09 Dec 2022 | 2