ASML attacks US trade restrictions on China
Published in PC Hardware
Monday, 19 December 2022 08:54

ASML attacks US trade restrictions on China


It makes no sense and only benefits US companies

Dutch semiconductor equipment maker ASML CEO Peter Wennink has waded into the US’s moves to get the Netherlands to adopt new rules restricting exports to China make sense.

Chinese Longsoon chips not going to Russia
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 14 December 2022 11:34

Chinese Longsoon chips not going to Russia


China needs them all itself

The Chinese government has banned exports of Loongson CPUs based on the LoongArch microarchitecture to Russia ironically for the same reasons that the US is not giving it access to its chips.

China getting more hacked off at US chip sanctions
Published in News


History repeats "Ducks versus Onions" conflict 

China is hitting back against the US's arbitory controls over the export on chips and filed a dispute with the World Trade Organisation and escalating the tech war between the two countries.

Apple helps China in anti-Covid crackdown
Published in Mobiles
Monday, 28 November 2022 11:48

Apple helps China in anti-Covid crackdown


Restricted file sharing to help its government chums

Fruity cargo-cult Apple has decided that it is much better to be on the side of the Chinese government, than it is on the side of its users.

Sony fighting Microsoft over Chinese gaming market
Published in Gaming


Investing $140,080 for each game 

Sony is fighting with Microsoft over a share of the Chinese gaming market.

Foxconn moves more operations away from China
Published in News


Wants to avoid zero Covid policy

Foxconn has had a gutsful of China’s zero covid policy and is moving some of its operations to a country which still has cheap labour but whose government does not shut down a region when a worker gets a snuffle.

Apple’s China Crisis
Published in News
Tuesday, 08 November 2022 12:42

Apple’s China Crisis


When your entire company depends on countries getting along

Fruity cargo cult Apple is in hot water because its CEO Tim Cook cut costs by depending on a Chinese supply chain.

Chinese looking at virtual reality
Published in News
Wednesday, 02 November 2022 11:09

Chinese looking at virtual reality


Glorious five year plan

China released its first glorious five-year plan dedicated to virtual reality and says it wants to build more than 25 million devices  valued at $48.20 billion by 2026.

Chinese boffins control pigeons' brains
Published in News
Thursday, 27 October 2022 09:52

Chinese boffins control pigeons' brains


Next, sharks with laser beams 

Chinese boffins claim to have built a solar-powered brain control device to steer a pigeon in flight for about two hours, paving the way for surveillance which sh*ts on you from a great height.

US tries to charge Chinese spies for doing their job
Published in News


Trying to find out what was going on in Huawei investigation 

The Justice Department has announced charges against two Chinese intelligence officers, accusing them of attempting to obstruct a US investigation into the telecommunications giant Huawei.