China flogging dodgy chips to Russia
Published in News
Wednesday, 19 October 2022 12:09

China flogging dodgy chips to Russia


Failure rates up 1,900 per cent

The failure rate of semiconductors shipped from China to Russia has increased by 1,900 percent in recent months, according to Russian national business daily Kommersant.

China-fighting US government investment in chips wipes value from chipmakers
Published in PC Hardware


This was not such a good idea after all

While you might think that taking tax payers money away from poor people and giving it to rich chip makers might help build them up, it turns out that giving them too much cash has been a poisoned pill  $240 Billion Stock Valuation on the deal. 

China upgrades its Great Firewall
Published in News
Thursday, 06 October 2022 11:01

China upgrades its Great Firewall


Maybe this time we can keep the Mongols out 

China appears to have upgraded its Great Firewall so it can handle TLS encryption-based tools, according to the Great FireWall (GFW) report.

Former UMC boss funding "civilian warriors" against China
Published in News


Tsao donates $32.8 million to train 3 million civilian soldiers 

Former Taiwanese chipmaker United Microelectronics boss Robert Tsao outlined plans to fund military training for millions of “civilian warriors” in Taiwan to fight against any potential Chinese invasion.

Nvidia told it can't export AI chips to China
Published in AI
Thursday, 01 September 2022 11:26

Nvidia told it can't export AI chips to China


We don't want them cleverer than us 

US officials have told Nvidia to stop exporting two top computing chips for artificial intelligence work to China.

US bans 3nm processing technique exports on security grounds
Published in News


China targeted

The United States is formally banning the export of four technologies tied to semiconductor manufacturing, calling the protection of the items "vital to national security." 

Smartphone sales drop in China
Published in Mobiles
Friday, 29 July 2022 12:20

Smartphone sales drop in China


Numbers at their lowest 

Sales in China dropped sharply in second quarter by 14.2 per cent over last year, according to number crunchers at Counterpoint.

China building AI-powered satellite killers
Published in AI
Wednesday, 20 July 2022 10:09

China building AI-powered satellite killers


What could possibly go wrong?

Chinese scientists have come up with a way of launchings of AI-powered cubesats – from a large mothership in space to take out other countries satellites.

China starts tracking Hong Kong residents
Published in News
Thursday, 14 July 2022 12:10

China starts tracking Hong Kong residents


Leg shackles all in the name of coronavirus

Hong Kong will mandate electronic tracking bracelets for people in home isolation and bring in a China-style electronic health code system apparently to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Tesla losing billions in China crisis
Published in Transportation
Thursday, 23 June 2022 11:24

Tesla losing billions in China crisis


Musk’s mastery on show

Tesla’s new car factories in Texas and Berlin are "losing billions of dollars" as they struggle to increase production because of a shortage of batteries and China port issues, according to Chief Executive Elon Musk.