SemiAnalysis founder Dylan Patel says Chinese firm Puzhi Electronic Technology is crowdfunding a system built around AMD's Zynq UltraScale+ XCZU47DR RFSoC, a U.S. export-controlled chip, being quoted at roughly $1,000 versus a $36,000 U.S. list price. AMD told Tom's Hardware it did not directly sell or ship the chips into China and that it investigates suspected diversion cases, without confirming whether an investigation into this specific case has begun.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-24
Ahead of Xi Jinping's first U.S. state visit in over a decade, Huawei moved forward the release of its next AI chip by three quarters, Alibaba launched what it called China's most powerful AI processor, and DeepSeek reportedly assembled the largest known cluster of Huawei chips. The releases come as Washington continues restricting China's access to advanced Nvidia chips and chipmaking equipment.
cnbc.com
· 2026-09-24
Officials from Canada, France and Norway have been exchanging texts and meeting in person, including at an island gathering, to align on international controls for artificial intelligence. The communications reportedly show the leaders agreeing to collaborate, with one message simply stating "We're in."
wsj.com
· 2026-09-23
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US and China have discussed creating an AI safety notification mechanism, allowing either country to alert the other if its AI systems pose risks or behave unpredictably. The proposal comes ahead of a Trump-Xi meeting, and follows continued US export controls and a Justice Department case accusing six Chinese AI firms of stealing US technology, which China disputes.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-09-23
UK neocloud firm Nscale disclosed in documents tied to its US IPO that a ByteDance subsidiary called Spring accounted for $24 million of its $33 million 2025 revenue, giving Spring access to 2,304 Nvidia B200 chips at Nscale's Glomfjord, Norway facility. The ByteDance link surfaced not in Nscale's S-1 but in a supporting $105 million loan document with Macquarie, and the Financial Times reports the arrangement was legal under current US export rules.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-23
Apple has clarified that its new Texture and Grain adjustments in Photographic Styles, introduced alongside the iPhone 18 lineup, can only be applied to photos captured with iPhone 18 Pro models and iPhone Duo's Ultra Wide, Main, and Center Stage cameras. Earlier press materials had implied broader availability on older devices like the iPhone 16 and iPhone Air, but Apple has since revised those statements to specify the narrower scope. A Reddit user confirmed the limitation, showing the controls only worked on an iPhone 16 Pro Max when editing sample photos taken with an iPhone 18 Pro.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-22
Microsoft plans to update Teams' Weaponizable File Protection feature so administrators can customize which file types get blocked in chats and channels, rather than relying solely on Microsoft's default list. The change is listed on the Microsoft 365 roadmap and is expected to roll out starting November 2026 across Android, desktop, iOS, macOS and web.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-09-18
A Science journal analysis of patent citations and publications found that Chinese companies placed on the US Entity List increased their reliance on scientific literature to drive innovation, compared with similar firms not sanctioned. These restricted companies filed more patents citing scientific research and published more scientific articles than their unsanctioned counterparts after being blacklisted.
nature.com
· 2026-09-18
A report from nonprofit watchdog C4ADS outlines three main routes Chinese buyers use to obtain export-restricted Nvidia AI chips like the H100, A100 and Blackwell models: direct purchases through research institutions, rerouting shipments through third countries in Southeast Asia, and layered shell-company transactions. The group notes its findings only cover documented cases, so the real volume of smuggled hardware is likely much larger.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-17
Apple's iOS 27.2 beta 1 introduces user profiles for the Apple TV app on iPhone, letting multiple people on one account switch between separate viewing histories and content settings. The feature, previously limited to tvOS since December's tvOS 26.2 update, now lets parents create child profiles without an Apple Account and restrict content to age-appropriate ratings directly from a phone or iPad.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-09-16
Initial hands-on reviews of Apple's AirPods 5 have surfaced, highlighting notably stronger active noise cancellation compared to prior models and the addition of swipe-based volume controls on the earbud stems. Reviewers note these changes as the most tangible upgrades in the new lineup.
techspot.com
· 2026-09-15
Apple has released iPadOS 27, its latest major iPad software update, headlined by a smarter, more personal Siri accessible through a dedicated app, screen swipe, or voice commands. The update also brings deeper Spotlight integration, Mac-inspired interface tweaks like a persistent menu bar, refreshed system apps, and expanded parental controls. Five older iPad models, including the iPad mini 5 and iPad Air 3, no longer support the new software.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-09-14
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