Stanford warns China’s AI chase is nearly neck-and-neck
US dominance wanes as Beijing’s benchmarks surge
The US might still be top of the AI table, but China is legging it fast, closing the gap in quality and influence, according to Stanford’s latest Artificial Intelligence Index.
iPhone starts installing random Chinese apps
iOS 18.4 "feature" shoves Chinese games onto iPhones without asking
Some iPhone users updating to iOS 18.4 are getting more than they bargained for—namely, surprise apps appearing on their Home Screens, including dubious-looking games like Cooking Mama and Squid Game knockoffs.
Trump slaps Job’s Mob with brutal tariffs
Looks the bromance is off
Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump has slammed a monster 46 per cent tariff on regions key to the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple’s global production chain, driving up the price of iPhones, Macs, and just about everything else shiny and expensive.
China masks up in Taiwan chip heist scandal.
Beijing’s talent-thieving ops exposed by Taiwanese spooks
China has been playing dress-up in Taiwan’s tech scene, creating fake firms to lure semiconductor experts into helping bolster Beijing’s chip ambitions—without anyone knowing they were working for the mainland.
China leads humanoid robot charge.
Bets big on bipedal bots while the US flaps over security fears
Foxconn is getting first dibs on China’s humanoid robots, while the US dithers over national security fears and turf wars.
Trump blacklists more tech firms
Putting the screws on Intel, Nvidia, and other chipmakers
Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump’s administration has dusted off its national security megaphone again and added another 80 companies and organisations to the US export blacklist.
China's army of tech engineers saving the country
US’s army of CEOs is not that useful
China’s army of engineers may be poised to give the US a costly wedgie in the tech arena.
Meta wanted to hand censorship keys to Chinese
You know censorship better than us
Meta was so desperate to get into China’s massive market that it was willing to hand over the censorship reins to the Chinese Communist Party and muzzle political dissenters, according to new whistleblower complaint.
US congress calls for Chinese routers to be banned
Including TP-Link
A US congressional committee has warned Americans to chuck-out their Chinese-made routers, particularly those from TP-Link.
TSMC’s US expansion might not be a slam dunk
There has to be some government approval first
Taiwan's Economy Minister, Kuo Jyh-huei, emphasised that TSMC must secure government approval for any overseas joint ventures.