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
United States of America
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
US taxpayers being kept in the dark over datacenter subsidies
Disclosure? We've heard of it
On-Prem11 Nov 2025 | 20
Russian broker pleads guilty to profiting from Yanluowang ransomware attacks
Aleksei Volkov faces years in prison, may have been working with other crews
Cyber-crime10 Nov 2025 |
Cybercrooks team up with organized crime to steal pricey cargo
Old-school cargo heists reborn in the cyber age
Cyber-crime03 Nov 2025 | 6
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
NARROWER TOPICS
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
India to dethrone US for dev numbers as AI reshapes coding, says GitHub
TypeScript was ranked top programming language
Software29 Oct 2025 | 13
Marketing giant Dentsu warns staff after Merkle data raid
Emails confirm payroll and bank details lifted in cyberattack on US subsidiary
Cyber-crime29 Oct 2025 | 1
AI investment is the only thing keeping the US out of recession
Datacenter infrastructure and model development spending offset high borrowing costs
AI + ML24 Oct 2025 | 47
Have I Been Pwned logs 17.6M victims in Prosper breach
P2P lending platform says it could not verify the claims at present
Cyber-crime17 Oct 2025 | 4
TSMC hurrying to bring advanced chip tech to Arizona fab
CEO C.C. Wei cites strong demand for AI products. Intel may also be a factor
Systems16 Oct 2025 | 3
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
Court lets NSF keep swinging axe at $1B in research grants
Judge rules there’s no quick fix for 1,700+ axed grants, leaving labs scrambling for cash while the lawsuit plays out
Science19 Sep 2025 | 19
Tariff threat plays havoc with US PC market, economy not helping
World War Fee American businesses join Win 10 upgrade train, consumers happy to sit on the platform
Personal Tech17 Sep 2025 | 18
Dems wave hands, stomp feet about ICE using mobile face recognition app
Secretive app + unreliable tech + Trump administration policies = ANGRY LETTER
Public Sector15 Sep 2025 | 27
Former FinWise employee may have accessed nearly 700K customer records
Bank says incident went undetected for over a year before discovery in June
Cyber-crime15 Sep 2025 | 4
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 |
PACER buckles under MFA rollout as courts warn of support delays
Busy lawyers on hold for five hours as staff handhold users into deploying the security measure
Cyber-crime08 Sep 2025 | 16
Congressional panel throws cyber threat intel-sharing, funding a lifeline
Clock is ticking
Security04 Sep 2025 | 1
Huawei counts cost of Western bans as UK business withers
Brit limb books just £188M in revenue – down 85% since 2019
Networks02 Sep 2025 | 31
Intel’s deal with Trump includes a penalty clause against selling off its fabs
The $5.7B check has cleared, CFO says
Public Sector29 Aug 2025 | 10
Silver State goes dark as cyberattack knocks Nevada websites offline
Phone lines also down as officials rely on social media to issue updates
Systems26 Aug 2025 | 3
Trump made Intel an offer it couldn't refuse
Comment 10 percent equity and maybe that $8.9 billion in CHIPS funds you're waiting on doesn't get lost in red tape
Systems25 Aug 2025 | 43
US government snaps up 10% of Intel for $8.9B
The funds were already allocated under the CHIPS Act and Secure Enclave program
Systems23 Aug 2025 | 67
Don't cave to Euro censorship or backdoor demands, Uncle Sam warns US tech firms
FTC chair: Companies could face enforcement if they give in
Public Sector22 Aug 2025 | 48
To heck with export controls! Nvidia reportedly plotting cut-down B300 for Chinese market
It's that or a replacement for its aging H200 NVL PCIe cards
Systems19 Aug 2025 | 12
Softbank bets $2 billion on Intel having a future
Takes two percent stake as rumours swirl Uncle Sam could do something similar
Systems19 Aug 2025 | 10
Pot calls kettle black as China dubs US 'surveillance empire' over chip tracking
Comment Spy vs spy in the chips
Security18 Aug 2025 | 12
Someone's poking the bear with infostealers targeting Russian crypto developers
If you wanted to hurt Putin’s ransomware racketeers, these info-stealing npm packages are one way to do it
Security18 Aug 2025 | 4
Law and water: Russia blamed for US court system break-in and Norwegian dam drama
Moscow-linked miscreants accused of swiping sealed US court files and fiddling with a Norwegian dam’s floodgates
Cyber-crime14 Aug 2025 | 15
Major outage at Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office blamed on 'cyber incident'
Website, emails, and phones are down for a second day
Security12 Aug 2025 |
The White House could end UK's decade-long fight to bust encryption
Analysis Home Office officials reportedly concede Brit government on back foot as Trump moves to protect US Big Tech players
Security12 Aug 2025 | 81
US scrambles to recoup $1M+ nicked by NORKs
The alleged perpetrators remain at large
Cyber-crime11 Aug 2025 | 3
Nvidia and AMD reportedly chipping in to Washington’s coffers with 15 percent fee for China sales
Trump administration’s licenses come with an IOU
Public Sector11 Aug 2025 | 21
Air Force buying two Tesla Cybertrucks so it can learn to destroy them
Fears adversaries will use them in the belief they can take plenty of punishment
Offbeat08 Aug 2025 | 61
Trump calls for Intel CEO's head over alleged China links
Chipzilla boss accused of huge conflict of interest
Systems07 Aug 2025 | 62
Trump teases ‘approximately’ 100 percent tariff for imported semiconductors
World War Fee Exemptions available for chipmakers who promise to build American fabs
Public Sector07 Aug 2025 | 53
Only ISPs get to determine what constitutes 'affordable' broadband, says team Trump
A good deal, like beauty, is in the ISP of the beholder, after all - at least if you want BEAD funding
Public Sector06 Aug 2025 | 17
Tony Blair Institute: UK needs bit barns to lead in AI deployment, not training
Let US and China compete in the AI development arms race, says former Brit PM's non-profit org
Cloud Infrastructure Month04 Aug 2025 | 62
China says US spies exploited Microsoft Exchange zero-day to steal military info
Spy vs. spy
CSO01 Aug 2025 | 11
US lowers tariffs on major tech exporting nations - but buyers will still pay more
World War Fee Malaysia's attitude of 'This could be worse and our neighbors are copping it too' is a typical response
Public Sector01 Aug 2025 | 23
The real reason why Trump is killing the Mauna Loa observatory in Hawai'i
Column The Keeling Curve, measured there, is irrefutable evidence of increasing CO2 emissions
Science22 Jul 2025 | 255
I just deleted my entire social media presence before visiting the US – and I'm a citizen
Column In 2025, social media has moved from self-expression to self-entrapment
Columnists21 Jul 2025 | 235
China proves that open models are more effective than all the GPUs in the world
Comment OpenAI delayed its promised open-weights model since GPT-2, leaving the Middle Kingdom clearly in the lead
Systems19 Jul 2025 | 43
Republican calls out Trump admin's decision to resume GPU sales to China
Moolenaar demands answers from Commerce Secretary
On-Prem18 Jul 2025 | 24
Caught between China and Trump, Apple spends $500M on rare earth recycling
MP Materials aims to deliver US-made, recycled magnets by 2027
Personal Tech15 Jul 2025 | 17
Malaysia closes a back door that may have allowed US-sourced AI chips to reach China
Stricter regulation follows last week's tariff whack
Public Sector15 Jul 2025 | 4
Thousands of NASA senior staffers expected to quit after budget slashed
It could have the same headcount as 1960 by the end of the month
Public Sector10 Jul 2025 | 51
US sanctions alleged North Korean IT sweatshop leader
Turns out outsourcing coders to bankroll Kim’s nukes doesn’t jibe with Uncle Sam
Cyber-crime09 Jul 2025 | 4
Trump administration announces tariffs that may make plenty of tech more expensive from August 1
World War Fee Memory from Korea, hard disks from Thailand, plenty of stuff from Japan
Public Sector08 Jul 2025 | 62
Gone in 40 days: US drops ban on export of chip design tools to China
World War Fee Vendors have reason to celebrate as geopolitics recalibrate
Systems03 Jul 2025 | 27
'Quad' nations launch plan to stop China making critical minerals into Unobtanium
India, Japan, USA and Australia see risks and opportunities in rare earths
Public Sector03 Jul 2025 | 12
Folks aren’t buying the PCs that US vendors stockpiled to dodge tariffs
World War Fee Plus: Consumers respond to imminent Win 10 cutoff date with collective 'Meh'
Personal Tech01 Jul 2025 | 68
DRAM spot prices doubled last week
Fears that DDR4 has hit the end of the road and the return of tariffs may be to blame
Systems01 Jul 2025 | 9
China successfully tests hypersonic aircraft, maybe at Mach 12
America recently extended tech export bans specifically to stop Beijing building this sort of thing
Science01 Jul 2025 | 62
Second attack on McLaren Health Care in a year affects 743k people
Criminals targeted the hospital and physician network’s Detroit cancer clinic this time
Cyber-crime23 Jun 2025 | 1
China just two years behind USA on chip design, says White House tech Czar
Expects Huawei to start exporting AI chips soon, creating global fight for tech stack dominance
Public Sector20 Jun 2025 | 36
Huawei founder says USA overestimates its semiconductor prowess
Ren Zhengfei says his company is a generation behind, but he knows Huawei to catch up
Systems10 Jun 2025 | 16
China accuses Taiwan of running five feeble APT gangs, with US help
The authors who claimed America hacked itself to discredit Beijing are back with another report
Security05 Jun 2025 | 11
Trump tariffs ruled illegal within minutes of Musk announcing end of government role
World War Fee Hardware biz gets a reprieve but administration’s plans are unchanged
Public Sector29 May 2025 | 153
Trump threatens to add formal Apple Tax on top of the 'Apple tax'
World War Fee But pauses tech-adjacent threat to slap all Euro-imports with 50 percent duties
Public Sector26 May 2025 | 173
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