2+ hour, 9+ min ago  (297+ words) US trade officials determined that China should be punished for employing unfair tactics to dominate the semiconductor industry, but will wait 18 months to impose tariffs, American authorities said Tuesday. A US Trade Representative (USTR) investigation concluded China's targeting of semiconductors…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1821+ words) When Hong Kong teen Jessica started secondary school last year, she became a victim of bullying. Instead of talking to a friend or family member, she turned to an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot from Xingye, a Chinese role-playing and companion…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (340+ words) Taiwanese chipmaking giant TSMC "is exempt" from US President Donald Trump's 100 percent tariff on semiconductor chips, Taipei said Thursday. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is the world's largest contract maker of chips and counts Nvidia and Apple among its clients. "Because…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (386+ words) Nvidia chips do not contain "backdoors" allowing remote access, the US tech giant has said, after Beijing summoned company representatives to discuss "serious security issues". The California-based company is a world-leading producer of AI semiconductors, and this month became the…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (463+ words) Tech giant Huawei topped China's smartphone market for the first time in over four years, outflanking US tech giant Apple as well as local competitors including Xiaomi, according to the US-based International Data Corporation. The Shenzhen device maker captured 18.1 percent…...

9+ mon, 4+ day ago  (484+ words) Hong Kong will see drones in the air as early as next month in a pilot scheme for developing a "low-altitude economy," the city's transport chief has said. The government announced on Thursday that it had approved 38 out of 72 applications…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago  (332+ words) Chinese hackers were involved in most of the cyberattacks against Taiwan last year, which doubled to a daily average of 2.4 million, Taiwanese security officials said. China regards Taiwan as part of its territory and for years has been ramping up…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago  (231+ words) [us treasury]The US Treasury Department said Monday that a China state-sponsored actor was behind a cyber breach resulting in access to some of its workstations, according to a letter to Congress seen by AFP. The incident happened earlier this…...