Dependence on US chips and operating systems rapidly decreasing

It would appear that US sanctions have done the opposite of what they were supposed to -- the have sped up China's chip and operating system development leading it to be less dependant on the US tech oligarchs.

By default, from next month

Acer boss Jason Chen says that there will be 10 per cent price increase on laptops made in China due to Donald [they are eating the cats] Trump's tariffs.

Means EVs can last 20 years without a battery replacement

Chinese boffins have emerged from their smoke-filled labs, having developed an "injection" that could extend the lifespan of lithium-ion batteries by over six times.

Will discourage the invading Chinese

The newly appointed nominee for US Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Elbridge Colby (pictured), has called for the destruction of TSMC’s Taiwan plant if the Chinese invade.

AI should not be “inclusive and sustainable”

At the landmark AI Summit in Paris, the United States and the United Kingdom diverged from the majority stance by refusing to sign a declaration on “inclusive and sustainable” artificial intelligence, which was endorsed by 60 nations, including France, China, India, Japan, Australia, and Canada.

But no great shakes says DeepMind CEO

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis (pictured) said that DeepSeek’s AI model represents the best work to emerge from China but is nothing new.

A cheap and cheerful electric car for ordinary people

Volkswagen has teased plans for a "China-killer" electric vehicle that will cost just €20,000 ($20,664 USD) as the German carmaker gears up to take on a flood of Beijing-backed low-cost rivals.

Were used to mine Chia

A Heise investigation has uncovered that new Seagate data centre-grade hard drives may be used equipment sourced from Chinese cryptocurrency mining farms that mined Chia several years ago.

You probably were not expecting this

Security researchers have discovered that the Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek's website contains computer code that transmits user login information to a banned Chinese state-owned telecommunications company.

Chinese small package shipments stopped

The United States Postal Service has suspended all package shipments from China and Hong Kong following President Donald Trump's decision to eliminate the de minimis exemption, which previously allowed small packages under $800 to enter the US without import duties.