Electronics TCL unveils new 115-inch mini-LED TV with 5,000 nits brightness and 20,000 dimming zones Linus likes it By Rob Thubron, January 9, 2024, 9:41 AM 13 comments
Apple Industry iPhone sales tumble in China: a 30% decrease adds to Apple's tough times Apple has a lot on its plate right now By Rob Thubron, January 8, 2024, 1:28 PM 15 comments
Science Space Russia and China successfully transmit two images over satellite using quantum communication There are still technical hurdles to overcome but advances are being made By Erika Morphy, January 6, 2024, 4:31 PM 15 comments
Industry Hardware U.S. delays re-imposing tariffs on Chinese goods, keeping graphics card prices stable for now The deadline has been extended by five months By Rob Thubron, January 4, 2024, 9:03 AM 8 comments
Electronics New export ban to China hits ASML's DUV lithography chip manufacturing tools Even "simpler" DUV chipmaking devices are now unavailable to Chinese customers By Alfonso Maruccia, January 3, 2024, 1:41 PM
Car Tech First EV fueled with a sodium-ion battery introduced in China The Volkswagen-backed Yiwei E10X hits China's streets in January By Cal Jeffrey, December 28, 2023, 4:28 PM 8 comments
Gaming Blizzard strikes new deal with NetEase to bring World of Warcraft and other games back to China Possibly due to Microsoft's acquisition of Blizzard By Rob Thubron, December 26, 2023, 7:33 AM
Gaming Mobile Tencent turns to old rival ByteDance to advertise latest mobile game "Dream Star" The two tech giants regularly face off in court By Daniel Sims, December 18, 2023, 4:41 PM
Tech Culture Company tells employees to run miles each month if they want their bonuses Run for your money By Rob Thubron, December 18, 2023, 9:40 AM 26 comments
Hardware Meet the REV-9 laptop: a monster with a 64-core CPU, full liquid cooling system, and a desktop RTX 4080 Also: hideous, expensive, and probably very heavy By Rob Thubron, December 17, 2023, 8:38 AM 23 comments
Hardware China's new Tianhe supercomputer doubles performance with homegrown tech Beijing is reportedly joining the exascale club without Western chip technology By Alfonso Maruccia, December 13, 2023, 1:41 PM
Mobile Electronics OnePlus 12 with up to 24 GB of RAM and 100 W charging launches in China Price starts at just $606 By Kishalaya Kundu, December 5, 2023, 12:12 PM
Tech Culture China sinks first modules of 68,000-square-meter underwater data center Between 40% and 60% more power efficient than those built on land By Rob Thubron, December 5, 2023, 5:19 AM 12 comments
Industry AI US government warns Nvidia against circumventing China export restriction by redesigning chips "If you redesign a chip around a particular cut line, I'm going to control it the very next day" By Rob Thubron, December 4, 2023, 9:49 AM 15 comments
Tech Culture Mobile Judge blocks state-wide TikTok ban over free speech concerns The bill "oversteps state power and infringes on the constitutional rights of users" By Rob Thubron, December 1, 2023, 8:13 AM 10 comments
Hardware AI Nvidia RTX 3080 ex-cryptomining cards are being turned into 20GB AI accelerators in China Following in the RTX 4090's footsteps By Rob Thubron, November 29, 2023, 7:38 AM
Hardware Sunway SW26010-Pro is China's most powerful supercomputer chip to date A lot of computing power hindered by poor memory interface choices? By Alfonso Maruccia, November 27, 2023, 7:39 AM
Hardware AI Nvidia shares fall after China AI chip is delayed Server manufacturers were struggling with the H20 By Rob Thubron, November 24, 2023, 12:17 PM
AI Hardware Chinese companies are turning banned RTX 4090 cards into AI products Complete with blower-style coolers By Rob Thubron, November 24, 2023, 5:20 AM 15 comments
Industry AI Nvidia revenue skyrockets as CEO Jensen Huang's wealth hits $44 billion Nvidia's net income was up 1259% compared to last year By Rob Thubron, November 22, 2023, 6:55 AM 19 comments
The Web Industry China claims to have launched world's first 1.2 terabit-per-second internet backbone The network spans 1,860 miles By Rob Thubron, November 16, 2023, 6:59 AM
Industry Gaming Meta finds its way back into China after 14 years, thanks to Tencent VR deal Tencent will sell a cheaper Meta VR headset in China next year By Rob Thubron, November 10, 2023, 10:22 AM
AI Electronics China sets sights on mass-producing advanced humanoid robots by 2025 The plan might not be as unrealistic as it sounds By Rob Thubron, November 6, 2023, 10:17 AM
Industry AI US export restrictions could cost Nvidia $5 billion in lost orders, sends share price to 5-month low Team Green temporarily lost its $1 trillion valuation By Rob Thubron, November 1, 2023, 5:16 AM
Software Security Canada bans WeChat and Kaspersky apps from government devices over security concerns Joining TikTok on the banned list By Rob Thubron, October 31, 2023, 9:13 AM