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Huawei 'has got China covered' if the U.S. doesn't participate, Nvidia CEO tells CNBC

If the U.S. continues to impose AI semiconductor restrictions on China, then chipmaker Huawei will take advantage of its position in the world's second-largest economy, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told CNBC Thursday. "Our technology is a generation ahead of theirs," Huang told CNBC at the sidelines of the Viva Technology conference in Paris. However, he warned that: "If the United States doesn't want to partake, participate in China, Huawei has got China covered, and Huawei has got everybody else co

Small retailers on 'vacation from hell' as they seek clarity on Trump's China tariffs

In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT A UPS seasonal worker delivers packages on Cyber Monday in New York on Nov. 27, 2023. Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty Images When Matt Kubancik, a small business owner in Louisville, Kentucky, cast his ballot for Donald Trump in November, he was hoping that the Republican nominee's return to the White House would provide a spark to the economy and lead to reduced prices for gas and groceries. Instead, the first half-year

AI chatbots restricted in China during exam season to prevent cheating

In brief: The problem of students using AI to cheat on their exams has become a major headache for schools around the world. But China has come up with a solution that could prove effective: AI companies are suspending some of their chatbots' features during exam seasons. Makers of some of China's most popular AI apps, including Alibaba's Qwen and ByteDance's Doubao, have stopped the tools' picture-recognition features from responding whenever they are used to identify and answer questions rela

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Steam Next Fest is now live: Here are some of the best demos to try

The June 2025 Steam Next Fest will host hundreds of new free demos through Monday, June 16, at 1 PM ET. Several games showcased during last week's industry events are playable here, and some of the most intriguing selections are scheduled to launch within the next few weeks. Although Valve's event ends next week, some of the demos might remain available indefinitely. Hell is Us (launching September 4) This upcoming third-person shooter features fast-paced combat with surreal enemies as players

China's electric cars are becoming slicker and cheaper - but is there a deeper cost?

China's electric cars are becoming slicker and cheaper - but is there a deeper cost? 2 days ago Share Save Theo Leggett International Business Correspondent Share Save BBC Listen to Theo read this article In China, they call it the Seagull, and it has looks to match. It is sleek and angular, with bright, downward-slanting headlights that have more than a hint of mischievous eyes about them. It is, of course, a car. A very small one, designed as a cheap city runabout – but it could have huge s

Survey reveals the fierce loyalty of Android fans

Robert Triggs / Android Authority While the name of our site shows where our main loyalties sit, we’re not afraid to praise Apple when it pulls off an engineering feat. That said, we know our fans are mainly of the Android persuasion. What we wondered was, how many of you would consider switching from Android to iOS at some point? We ran a poll to find out. For full transparency, we ran the survey in an article by Mitja Rutnik about why he personally wouldn’t consider switching. Mitja makes a

macOS dropping support for AirPort/Time Capsule disk Time Machine backups next year

Apple disbanded its router hardware team in 2016 and officially exited the business in 2018. Now in 2025, Apple is signaling that one of the last remaining benefits of its networking hardware will be disabled next year. Spotted by @StellaFudge on X, macOS Tahoe 26 includes a warning message when using Time Machine to back up a Mac to Apple router-connected storage. The next major version of macOS will no longer support AirPort Disk, or other Time Capsule disks, for Time Machine backups. When

Trade war truce between US and China is back on

Donald Trump has said the US and China’s deal to restore their trade war truce is “done” after two days of marathon negotiations in London. In a post on his Truth Social network on Wednesday the US president hailed a breakthrough reached in bilateral talks in London late the night before. The deal revived a trade truce agreed in Geneva last month that subsequently faltered because of differences over Chinese rare earth exports and US export controls. “OUR DEAL WITH CHINA IS DONE, SUBJECT TO F

Why Silicon Valley Needs Immigration

Katie Drummond: And particularly at a moment where, as you said, we're in this Cold War with China, we're in this AI arms race. You hear it from the administration, you read about it in WIRED, you hear about it from Sam Altman, other leaders of the AI industry, this like, “We must beat China. We must beat China.” And then stuff like this happens and you feel like, “Let's just hand it to them. Let's just give it to them.” Because we are basically doing that by disincentivizing not only Chinese st

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OnePlus Watch 3s with the ‘Meda’ typo are limited editions, OnePlus jokes

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Early buyers of the OnePlus Watch 3 have noticed there’s a typo on the backplate. The standard “Made in China” engraving reads “Meda in China.” OnePlus has now apologized for the typo and says users can send their smartwatch back, no questions asked. The OnePlus Watch 3 just launched this week, but it didn’t take long for early buyers to notice something off about the smartwatch. OnePlus is now apologizing for the error. If you’re unaware of the quirky i

OpenAI bans Chinese accounts using ChatGPT to edit code for social media surveillance

OpenAI has banned the accounts of a group of Chinese users who had attempted to use ChatGPT to debug and edit code for an AI social media surveillance tool, the company said Friday . The campaign, which OpenAI calls Peer Review, saw the group prompt ChatGPT to generate sales pitches for a program those documents suggest was designed to monitor anti-Chinese sentiment on X, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and other platforms. The operation appears to have been particularly interested in spotting call

What does Jack Ma's return to the spotlight mean?

What does Jack Ma's return to the spotlight mean? 18 hours ago João da Silva Business reporter CCTV A meeting between Chinese president Xi Jinping and some of the country's foremost business leaders this week has fuelled excitement and speculation, after Alibaba founder Jack Ma was pictured at the event. The charismatic and colourful Mr Ma, who was one of China's most prominent businessmen, had withdrawn from public life after criticising China's financial sector in 2020. His reappearance at

Beijing embraces DeepSeek to lead AI adoption as it looks for new growth drivers

HONG KONG, CHINA - JANUARY 28: In this photo illustration, the DeepSeek apps is seen on a phone in front of a flag of China on January 28, 2025 in Hong Kong, China. DeepSeek's sudden splash in the large language model space has given China a powerful tool to catalyze artificial-intelligence adoption in the country and boost economic growth. While Goldman Sachs pegs a 20-basis-point to 30-basis-point boost to China's GDP over the long term — by 2030 — it expects the country's economy to start r

An episode of The Simpsons? Fake speakers found in Chinese Volvos.

Do you remember The Simpsons episode "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield"? It first aired in February 1996, and it's the one where Homer and Bart go to Appliance Zone and are confronted with "genuine" Panaphonics, Sorny, and Magnetbox TVs. Well, it seems a similar brand name game has been going on at a Volvo dealership in China. News started filtering out of China last week about an owner of a Volvo S60 sedan who realized the speakers in his car were not from Bowers and Wilkins, as t

The US Is Considering a TP-Link Router Ban—Should You Worry?

TP-Link is one of the most popular router manufacturers in the US, but the company is facing a potential ban due to security concerns about its links to China. A December report from The Wall Street Journal revealed that the US Commerce, Defense, and Justice Departments are investigating TP-Link, though no evidence of deliberate wrongdoing has yet emerged. “We are a US company,” Jeff Barney, president of TP-Link told WIRED, “We have no affiliation with TP-Link Tech, which focuses on mainland Ch

What does Jack Ma's return to the spotlight in China mean?

What does Jack Ma's return to the spotlight in China mean? 5 hours ago João da Silva Business reporter CCTV A meeting between Chinese president Xi Jinping and some of the country's foremost business leaders this week has fuelled excitement and speculation, after Alibaba founder Jack Ma was pictured at the event. The charismatic and colourful Mr Ma, who was one of China's most prominent businessmen, had withdrawn from public life after criticising China's financial sector in 2020. His reappear

Milliseconds to breach: How patch automation closes attackers’ fastest loophole

This article is part of VentureBeat’s special issue, “The cyber resilience playbook: Navigating the new era of threats.” Read more from this special issue here. Procrastinating about patching has killed more networks and damaged more companies than any zero-day exploit or advanced cyberattack. Complacency kills — and carries a high price. Down-rev (having old patches in place that are “down revision”) or no patching at all is how ransomware gets installed, data breaches occur and companies are

This powerful "spy camera" can capture facial details from over 60 miles away

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust Forward-looking: Researchers in China have developed an exceptionally powerful synthetic aperture lidar system that could enable the nation to scrutinize foreign assets – particularly military spy satellites – with unprecedented precision. They have already demonstrated its ability to capture highly detailed images from more than 60 miles away. Worse still, if this technology were deployed in low E

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