China's top bank ICBC hit by ransomware, derailing global trades CitrixBleed patch has been available for around a month Security10 Nov 2023 | 7
Don't worry about those new export rules, China – Nvidia's already got more sanctions-compliant GPUs for ya Chips limbo-dance right under Biden's performance limits AI + ML09 Nov 2023 | 10
Sales bonanza at ASML as China stockpiles chipmaking kit Dutch exports skyrocket thanks to Washington restrictions Systems08 Nov 2023 | 4
Hardware hacker: Walling off China from RISC-V ain't such a great idea, Mr President America could drive innovation... or inject fear and doubt and kill off choice On-Prem07 Nov 2023 | 53
Beijing prepares for imminent rise of humanoid robots Mass production of C-3POs pitched for 2025 AI + ML07 Nov 2023 | 11
Alibaba takes more of Salesforce behind the great firewall Asia in brief PLUS: China's taikonauts return from space, India approves PC licenses, and Foxconn founder presidential campaign investigated for bribes Off-Prem06 Nov 2023 | 2
Beijing signals it may let Micron out of the penalty box in the Middle Kingdom Commerce minister would love if US chipmaker took root in Chinese market On-Prem05 Nov 2023 | 2
China's YMTC scrounges for billions to help bypass US sanctions Meanwhile, RISC-V has Uncle Sam rattled Systems02 Nov 2023 | 10
Dirty dancing grabs the attention of China's cyberspace regulators Alibaba service fined as Beijing calls for online platforms to name major creators and deploy kid-mode services Security02 Nov 2023 | 6
Canada to remove China’s top messaging app WeChat from government devices Kaspersky also on the way out due to ‘unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security' Cybersecurity Month31 Oct 2023 | 11
Broadcom, VMware insist merger to 'close soon' as China plays hard to get Regulatory red dragon keeping silent with a day left until deadline Virtualization30 Oct 2023 | 4
Infosys co-founder calls for youth to work 70-hour weeks Do it for India, says Narayana Murthy, seemingly unaware that China, Japan, and South Korea all have overworking problems On-Prem27 Oct 2023 | 103
Uncle Sam orders Nvidia to cease most AI chip sales in China 'immediately' Chipmaker thought it had 30 days to get last few orders out the door Systems24 Oct 2023 | 14
Ex-ASML worker accused of stealing chipmaking secrets for China is Huawei to a new job If true, wages of sin aren't that good Systems24 Oct 2023 | 36
Scammers use India’s real-time payment system to siphon off money, send it to China Countries signed on for India’s stack might watch out Security24 Oct 2023 | 14
There's no Huawei Chinese chipmakers can fill Nvidia's shoes... anytime soon Analysis Chinese AI and GPU vendors face a less than fab-ulous dilemma where to get their chips built moving forward Systems22 Oct 2023 | 65
The problem with Jon Stewart is that Apple appears to have cancelled his show Planned episodes on China and AI reportedly worried Apple top brass Bootnotes20 Oct 2023 | 51
Biden has brought the ban hammer down on US export of AI chips to China Analysis Datacenter GPUs and some consumer cards now exceed performance limits Systems19 Oct 2023 | 12
Fears China could trash Broadcom's VMware nuptials as revenge for sanctions Regulator twiddled thumbs for Intel and Tower Semi, it could happen again Virtualization19 Oct 2023 | 7
America extends China chip export bans and acts to cut off backdoor exports Chips cunningly designed to be less powerful and evade sanctions look to be in trouble Systems18 Oct 2023 | 6
Chinese CPUs to feature in servers made by sanctioned Russian company Beijing appears to have lifted its ban on Loongson processors reaching Moscow Systems17 Oct 2023 | 15
China requires any new domestic Wi-Fi kit to support IPv6 and run it by default Beijing set big targets for next-gen networks, but adoption stats suggest it's falling short Networks17 Oct 2023 | 13
BLOODALCHEMY provides backdoor to southeast Asian nations' secrets Sophisticated malware devs believed to be behind latest addition to toolset of China-aligned attackers Research16 Oct 2023 | 1
India's AI vision calls for 80 exaFLOPS of infrastructure Or about half of China's recent compute upgrade plan On-Prem16 Oct 2023 | 1
Canon claims its nanoimprint litho machines capable of 5nm chip production Probably not a threat to ASML's EUV tech just yet, analyst tells El Reg On-Prem13 Oct 2023 | 21
Biden hopes to squeeze loopholes to slow China's devouring of US AI chips Won't stop supply of nerfed export-friendly accelerators Systems13 Oct 2023 | 4
Chinese citizens feel their government is doing such a fine job with surveillance They know they're being watched and don't mind - maybe because Beijing says it improves safety Cybersecurity Month13 Oct 2023 | 38
Beijing-backed server chip startup formed by ex-Arm China execs Almost a quarter of SoftBank-owned chip designer's total revenue comes via Middle Kingdom, um, arm Systems12 Oct 2023 | 16
US Navy sailor admits selling secret military blueprints to China for $15K Worth it for 20 years behind bars? Cyber-crime11 Oct 2023 | 26
RISC-V org claims export restrictions would stifle innovation Efforts to deny China access will hurt the 'open' part of open standard, says collab body CEO Systems10 Oct 2023 | 6
China's top crypto-mining hardware-maker reportedly furloughs staff Bitmain's 'Antminers' dominate the market – but customers aren't buying On-Prem10 Oct 2023 | 15
US allows Samsung and SK hynix to keep making chips in China Investments protected, diplomatic rift averted … even Beijing likes it Systems10 Oct 2023 | 7
China updates national computing plan with calls for more edge, storage, memory, and … Blu-ray? Beijing wants latency down, more sharing of compute capacity Off-Prem09 Oct 2023 | 10
US lawmakers want China export bans to include open tech like RISC-V ASIA IN BRIEF PLUS: South Korea to fine Apple, Google; Digital fraud booms in Hong Kong; Singtel slings TrustWave Legal08 Oct 2023 | 13
Uncle Sam to tighten chip export chokehold on China... again Red dragon's semiconductor market share continues to grow Systems03 Oct 2023 | 67
Co-founder of collapsed crypto biz Three Arrows cuffed at airport Asia in brief Plus: Philippine state health insurance knocked offline by ransomware, China relaxes data export laws, and more Security03 Oct 2023 | 3
China suggests America 'carefully consider' those chip investment bans We thought you people loved spending dollars, what gives? Public Sector29 Sep 2023 | 28
Micron revenue halved in FY23 as China ban bites Reason for the block still a mystery – but most have their guesses Systems28 Sep 2023 | 6
China's national security minister rates fake news among most pressing cyber threats He's also worried about alliances that freeze out Chinese tech Security28 Sep 2023 | 8
US Space Force wants hotline to China amid rising tensions Cold War 2 is heating up Public Sector26 Sep 2023 | 14
China identifies AI, optoelectric semiconductors, as challenges it wants to crack Underwater comms make list of 14 techs at which Beijing hopes to do better Science26 Sep 2023 | 2
The clock is ticking and Korea wants to know if its chipmakers will get their export license extension SK hynix and Samsung do so much memory-making in China, ending sanction exemptions would be extraordinary Systems22 Sep 2023 | 7
Pot calls the kettle hack as China claims Uncle Sam did digital sneak peek first Beijing accuses US of breaking into Huawei servers in 2009 Cyber-crime20 Sep 2023 | 14
Building Excel-like UI for Uber's China ops exposed Microsoft calculation quirks Updated Developer recounts rideshare outfitattempts to crack the Middle Kingdom market Applications19 Sep 2023 | 28
China to set standards for the metaverse because it's not sure what one is Beijing reckons they could be handy for manufacturing, but for now they're just a mess Software19 Sep 2023 | 5
Beijing freezes social media service for a month for letting kids see smut TikTok-esque Mini Worlds, part of the Tencent empire, shamed, fined, warned to do better Personal Tech14 Sep 2023 | 6
China kind-of-mostly denies it’s banned iPhones from use in government Security is important, so is fair trade, says Foreign Ministry Personal Tech14 Sep 2023 | 5
China caught – again – with its malware in another nation's power grid 'Obtaining a disruptive capability could be one possible motivation behind this surge in attacks' Research12 Sep 2023 | 20
Washington left with chip on shoulder after Huawei exposes export loophole lapses Back to the drawing board with those China sanctions then, eh? Systems12 Sep 2023 | 34
Alibaba set to unleash AI that offers financial advice – do you feel lucky? Claims it's already comparable to finance industry pros and capable of recommending insurance plans AI + ML12 Sep 2023 | 8
China iPhone curbs reportedly extend to local government and state-owned businesses Asia In Brief ALSO: Alibaba Cloud succession plan overturned; Fujtisu’s Thai takeaway; Australia takes on PayPal Legal11 Sep 2023 | 7
Microsoft, recently busted by Beijing, thinks it's across China's ever-changing cyber-offensive Sometimes using AI to make hilariously wrong images that still drive social media engagement Security08 Sep 2023 | 13
SK hynix says no Huawei its memory should be in Chinese wonder-phone The Mate 60 Pro keeps making waves – this time worrying Korean chipmaker Legal08 Sep 2023 | 21
China reportedly bans iPhones from more government offices Analysis So what? Smartphones are routinely restricted in, or excluded from, sensitive locations Security07 Sep 2023 | 19
Chinese meme-makers crown US Commerce Secretary as Huawei brand ambassador Well, well, well, if it isn't the consequences of Uncle Sam's actions Personal Tech06 Sep 2023 | 10
Newport Wafer Fab blames UK government over 100 redundancies plan Forced sale of Britian's biggest semiconductor component maker creating uncertainty over its future Systems06 Sep 2023 | 15
ASEAN bloc starts work on Digital Economy Framework Who needs India or China when ten booming economies form a gang? Legal06 Sep 2023 |
India, China pump up the patriotism to celebrate local hardware manufacturing wins Huawei's mystery smartphone excites, as top laptop-makers reportedly sign up to make in India On-Prem01 Sep 2023 | 2
Chinese vendor apologizes for claiming Microsoft open source code was its own product CEC-IDE is re-skinned Visual Studio Code with added censorware to spot terms like ‘Taiwan Independence’ Software31 Aug 2023 | 15
China's top RISC-V players form patent alliance UPDATED Industry alliance confirms purpose of pact is 'to create an ecosystem of patent non-litigation' Systems31 Aug 2023 |
Japan complains Fukushima water release created terrifying Chinese Spam monster Asks Beijing to stop the phone calls harassing civilians, as tests show impact of nuke plant water Science29 Aug 2023 | 107
US and China to keep talking about chip bans, just not when they'll end Intel and Micron made the agenda, but action to ease their woes did not Legal29 Aug 2023 | 2