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China closes antitrust probe into Google's Android operating system

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-19 10:58:16

China is ending its antitrust probe into Google, which had centered around Android’s ubiquity in the mobile world and what impact, if any, it was having on Chinese phone makers like Oppo and Xiaomi that use the software. As reported by the Financial Times , this move comes amid ongoing discussions between the US and Chinese governments over TikTok , NVIDIA , tariffs and the broader trading relationship between the world's two largest economies. Google's search engine remains blocked in China, a

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China Turns Legacy Chips Into a Trade Weapon

wired.com Zeyi Yang 2025-09-19 11:00:00

While the Trump administration was trying to make a TikTok deal happen during a meeting with China last weekend, Beijing was busy adding its own bargaining chips to the table. Actual chips, in fact—semiconductors. In the past week, China has unveiled a series of regulatory actions targeting American chipmakers. The most significant is an anti-dumping investigation into American legacy chips that power everything from cars and refrigerators to washing machines and data centers. Unlike cutting-ed

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Cold shoulder: Why Beijing is freezing Nvidia's access to the Chinese market

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2025-09-20 07:35:49

The Nvidia logo appears on a smartphone reflecting the flags of China and the U.S. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Beijing has reportedly halted purchases of yet another AI chip from Nvidia, freezing it out of the market completely — a move industry experts say reflects the country's growing confidence in domestic chip makers and an attempt at gaining trade leverage. It was only a few months ago when Jensen Huang announced, from China, that the U.S. would allow it to resume sales of its made

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Nvidia Just Suffered a Huge Blow in China

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-20 06:04:35

For years, the Chinese tech industry has been dependent on the US and its allies for the advanced semiconductors — colloquially known as "chips" — that undergird the AI industry. As the "AI race" has heated up to a fever pitch, chips have become its chief commodity — and bottleneck, as companies compete to build out the infrastructure they believe will run a multi-trillion dollar market. At the moment, the undisputed leader in AI chips is Nvidia, which has rocketed it from modestly-sized gamin

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China Just Fired Its Latest Shot in the Chip Wars — and Nvidia Took the Hit

gizmodo.com Ece Yildirim 2025-09-21 08:20:08

Nvidia just can’t seem to catch a break. After beating a ban on China sales imposed by the Trump administration, the tech giant is now facing a ban on its products by Chinese regulators. Chinese internet regulator Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) ordered top Chinese tech companies like Bytedance and Alibaba to end their testing and orders of Nvidia’s RTX Pro 6000D chips, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday citing people with knowledge of the matter. Nvidia unveiled the RTX Pro 6

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China Bans Nvidia’s AI Chips

gizmodo.com Ece Yildirim 2025-09-21 18:20:08

Nvidia just can’t seem to catch a break. After beating a ban on China sales imposed by the Trump administration, the tech giant is now facing a ban on its products by Chinese regulators. Chinese internet regulator Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) ordered top Chinese tech companies like Bytedance and Alibaba to end their testing and orders of Nvidia’s RTX Pro 6000D chips, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday citing people with knowledge of the matter. Nvidia unveiled the RTX Pro 6

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Nvidia CEO says he's 'disappointed' after report China has banned its AI chips

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2025-09-22 07:41:44

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang holds a Blackwell GeForce RTX 50 Series GPU (L) and a RTX 5000 laptop as he delivers a keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 6, 2025. LONDON — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has weighed in on the chipmaker's struggles in China after a report claimed the country has banned its AI semiconductors. He said he was "disappointed" after the Financial Times on Wednesday reported that the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) had orde

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China reportedly bans tech companies from buying NVIDIA's AI chips

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-22 07:01:43

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has reportedly banned the country's local tech companies from purchasing NVIDIA's newest AI chip made for the region. According to the Financial Times, the internet regulator told Chinese tech companies, including ByteDance and Alibaba, to cancel their orders for and to stop testing NVIDIA's RTX Pro 6000D. After receiving the directive from CAC, the companies reportedly told their suppliers to stop all activities related to the GPU. As Reuters notes,

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Trump Shifts TikTok Deadline Again, Skirting a Ban as Talks Drag On

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-23 02:54:00

As talks about TikTok's fate in the US pushed up against an imminent deadline, President Donald Trump has moved the target date yet again. On Tuesday, the White House issued an executive order titled "Further Extending the TikTok Enforcement Ban" that sets a new deadline of Dec. 16. Until that date, the Justice Department is directed not to enforce a law that could have shut down the wildly popular social media app in the US. That delay comes amid reports that the US and Chinese governments ha

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Trump's TikTok deal will give control to a group of US investors, report says

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-23 07:13:31

The plan to "save" TikTok is starting to come into focus. On Tuesday The Wall Street Journal reported more details about a deal between the US and China as the two sides are apparently "finalizing" specifics of the arrangement. According to the report, TikTok's US business will be owned primarily by a group of US investors, which will have a "roughly" 80 percent stake in the entity. The group includes longtime TikTok partner Oracle, as well as Silicon Valley VC firm Andreesen Horowitz and the p

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Remember That TikTok Ban? This Week's Deadline Brings Talk of a Deal

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-23 06:45:00

As talks about TikTok's fate in the US pushed up against an imminent deadline, President Donald Trump has moved the target date yet again. An executive order issued Tuesday by the White House, titled "Further Extending the TikTok Enforcement Ban," sets Dec. 16 as the new date through which the Justice Department will refrain from enforcing a law that could have shut down the wildly popular social media app in the US. That delay comes amid reports that the US and Chinese governments have moved

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TikTok deal to include new investors with ByteDance; Oracle to keep cloud agreement, sources say

cnbc.com David Faber Ashley Capoot 2025-09-24 11:47:11

The upcoming framework agreement for the social media platform TikTok will include new investors as well as existing investors in the platform's Chinese parent company ByteDance, sources told CNBC's David Faber. The deal is expected to close in the next 30 to 45 days, according to the sources, who asked not to be named because the details of the negotiations are confidential. As part of the agreement, Oracle will keep its cloud deal with the platform, the people said. "Where this thing is capi

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American TikTok spinoff agreed; will still use Chinese algorithm

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-09-24 11:47:51

Both US and Chinese officials are stating that an agreement has been reached for an American TikTok spin-off to be sold to American investors. It’s not the first time the Trump administration has claimed that a deal has been agreed, but it is the first time that China is backing the claim, albeit in somewhat more muted terms … Reuters reports: U.S. and Chinese officials said on Monday they have reached a framework agreement to switch short-video app TikTok to U.S.-controlled ownership that wi

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The US version of TikTok might still use the Chinese algorithm

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-24 15:00:46

A potential TikTok deal emerged Monday between the US and China, two days before the Trump administration's latest sell or be banned deadline. Now, attention is shifting to the app's Chinese algorithm, with the Financial Times reporting it will be used in the US version. Wang Jingtao, deputy director of the China's national internet regulator, told reporters that the deal included "licensing the algorithm and other intellectual property rights." The Financial Times further reports that US Treas

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Tether Taps Trump’s Former Crypto Advisor to Lead US Operations

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-09-26 19:00:34

In an effort to solidify itself as the go-to company in the cryptocurrency space for stablecoins, Tether is tapping Bo Hines, the former Executive Director of Donald Trump’s White House Crypto Council to lead its operations in the United States, including efforts to launch a new stablecoin called USAT that will comply with new, Trump-backed regulations, according to CNBC. Tether is best known for its USDT stablecoin, which is pegged to the US Dollar and has become the most commonly used token f

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Chinese EV players take fight to legacy European automakers on their home turf

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2025-09-26 18:49:38

Xpeng CEO He Xiaopeng speaks to reporters at the electric carmaker's stand at the IAA auto show in Munich, Germany on September 8, 2025. Arjun Kharpal | CNBC Germany this week played host to one of the world's biggest auto shows — but in the heartland of Europe's auto industry, it was buzzy Chinese electric car companies looking to outshine some of the region's biggest brands on their home turf. The IAA Mobility conference in Munich was packed full of companies with huge stands showing off thei

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China’s souring on Nvidia. Here’s why

gizmodo.com Ece Yildirim 2025-09-28 15:15:00

Beijing is souring on Nvidia. China, which used to be one of Nvidia’s largest markets, seems largely conflicted about reaccepting Nvidia’s lower-tech H20 chips that Trump administration finally allowed to resume sales of in July. The Chinese tech industry might be excited about the Nvidia chip flow resuming, but the government is allegedly not. Chinese authorities have discouraged local tech companies from purchasing Nvidia chips citing national security concerns, and even questioned industry

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iPhone Air launch delayed in China over eSIM issues

theverge.com Dominic Preston 2025-09-28 23:06:37

is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism. He previously worked at Android Police and Tech Advisor. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Apple has postponed preorders of the iPhone Air in mainland China, which were due to open today, with regulatory issues around eSIM almost certainly to blame. The Chinese store page for the super-slim iPhone says that “release information will be updated later” (translated from Chinese).

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How China’s Propaganda and Surveillance Systems Really Operate

wired.com Zeyi Yang 2025-09-29 22:59:28

A trove of internal documents leaked from a little-known Chinese company has pulled back the curtain on how digital censorship tools are being marketed and exported globally. Geedge Networks sells what amounts to a commercialized “Great Firewall” to at least four countries, including Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Ethiopia, and Myanmar. The groundbreaking leak shows in granular detail the capabilities this company has to monitor, intercept, and hack internet traffic. Researchers who examined the files de

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Thinking Machines Lab wants to make AI models more consistent

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2025-10-02 03:30:11

There’s been great interest in what Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab is building with its $2 billion in seed funding and the all-star team of former OpenAI researchers who have joined the lab. In a blog post published on Wednesday, Murati’s research lab gave the world its first look into one of its projects: creating AI models with reproducible responses. The research blog post, titled “Defeating Nondeterminism in LLM Inference,” tries to unpack the root cause of what introduces randomness i

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China’s Unitree heats up humanoid robot race as IPO valuation reportedly hits $7 billion

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2025-10-04 03:35:00

Humanoid robot from Unitree Robotics after a boxing match during the World Smart Industry Expo 2025 at Chongqing International Expo Center in Chongqing, China on September 7, 2025. Unitree Robotics, one of China's hottest technology startups, is planning an initial public offering that could value the company at up to 50 billion yuan ($7 billion), and help establish itself as a global leader in humanoid robots. So-called humanoid robots are artificial intelligence-powered machines designed to

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Chinese auto giant GAC targets 17-fold boost to European sales by 2027

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2025-10-06 08:48:33

The Aion V is one of the cars GAC is launching in Europe as it looks to expand its presence in the region. The Aion V is on display at the company's stand at the IAA Mobility auto show in Munich, Germany on September 9, 2025. Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) aims to increase its European electric car sales 17-fold over the next two years, becoming the latest Chinese player to take on the region's traditional automakers through aggressive expansion. The entrance of the Chinese state-owned carma

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China’s Unitree plans $7 billion IPO valuation, Reuters reports, as humanoid robot race heats up

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2025-10-06 07:59:40

Humanoid robot from Unitree Robotics after a boxing match during the World Smart Industry Expo 2025 at Chongqing International Expo Center in Chongqing, China on September 7, 2025. Unitree Robotics, one of China's hottest technology startups, is planning an initial public offering that could value the company at up to 50 billion yuan ($7 billion), and help establish itself as a global leader in humanoid robots. So-called humanoid robots are artificial intelligence-powered machines designed to

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Chinese EV maker Xpeng eyes global launch of mass-market Mona series in 2026

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2025-10-06 09:50:15

Xpeng CEO He Xiaopeng speaks to reporters at the electric carmaker's stand at the IAA auto show in Munich, Germany on September 8, 2025. Xpeng plans to launch its mass-market Mona series in overseas markets next year in a move that will boost competition with its Chinese rivals and established automakers in the electric vehicle arena. In a wide-ranging interview with CNBC on Tuesday, Xpeng CEO He Xiaopeng said the company's international expansion is moving faster than he expected and signaled

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Chinese EV maker Xpeng eyes global launch of mass-market Mona brand in 2026

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2025-10-07 23:47:18

Xpeng CEO He Xiaopeng speaks to reporters at the electric carmaker's stand at the IAA auto show in Munich, Germany on September 8, 2025. Xpeng plans to launch its mass-market Mona brand in overseas markets next year in a move that will boost competition with its Chinese rivals and established automakers in the electric vehicle arena. In a wide-ranging interview with CNBC on Tuesday, Xpeng CEO He Xiaopeng said the company's international expansion is moving faster than he expected and signaled,

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Czech cyber agency warns against Chinese tech in critical infrastructure

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-08 05:09:19

The Czech Republic's National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NUKIB) is instructing critical infrastructure organizations in the country to avoid using Chinese technology or transferring user data to servers located in China. The agency warned that these actions constitute a significant cybersecurity threat and should be entirely avoided unless there's a reasonable justification for continuing the practice. The NUKIB states that it has re-evaluated its risk estimate of significant disru

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China Is Suddenly Deploying AI Everywhere

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-08 08:15:19

While the United States rushes head-first into a self-inflicted economic crisis in an attempt to develop AI with human-level intelligence, China is eying a different goal. Last week, the Chinese State Council unveiled its ten-year plan to fully integrate AI into every aspect of the country's economy by 2035. Called "AI+," the ambitious plan sees AI becoming a "key growth engine for the country's economic development," a transformation mirroring that of the internet age. As the Wall Street Jour

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Silksong reviews drop to mostly negative for Chinese players due to confusing translations

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-08 12:26:31

For most Hollow Knight: Silksong players, the combat is challenging and the boss fights are punishing. However, there's another layer of complexity for anyone playing the sequel in Simplified Chinese: the bizarre translations. On its Steam store page, Silksong currently sits at a "Mostly Positive" rating across reviews in all languages. Once you filter for the Simplified Chinese reviews, the Metroidvania-style game plummets to "Mostly Negative." There are plenty of complaints about Silksong bei

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How the “Kim” dump exposed North Korea's credential theft playbook

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-08 01:14:26

Contents: Part I: Technical Analysis Part II: Goals Analysis Part III: Threat Intelligence Report Executive Summary A rare and revealing breach attributed to a North Korean-affiliated actor, known only as “Kim” as named by the hackers who dumped the data, has delivered a new insight into Kimsuky (APT43) tactics, techniques, and infrastructure. This actor’s operational profile showcases credential-focused intrusions targeting South Korean and Taiwanese networks, with a blending of Chinese-la

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How the "Kim" dump exposed North Korea's credential theft playbook

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-08 06:14:26

Contents: Part I: Technical Analysis Part II: Goals Analysis Part III: Threat Intelligence Report Executive Summary A rare and revealing breach attributed to a North Korean-affiliated actor, known only as “Kim” as named by the hackers who dumped the data, has delivered a new insight into Kimsuky (APT43) tactics, techniques, and infrastructure. This actor’s operational profile showcases credential-focused intrusions targeting South Korean and Taiwanese networks, with a blending of Chinese-la

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Silksong reviews drop to mostly negative for Chinese players due to confusing translations

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How the "Kim" dump exposed North Korea's credential theft playbook

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