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South Korea ramps up spy law to protect chip secrets from China
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (822+ words) sounded the alarm that China may overtake South Korea in terms of chips prowess, which has become central...economy. Published Sep 11, 2026, 09:09 AM South Korea is tightening its defences against industrial espionage...from increasingly formidable Chinese rivals. South Korea has imposed…...
LG creates virtual K-pop group to promote washer-dryer in spin on home appliance ads
1+ week, 6+ day ago (460+ words) washing and 21kg for drying – the largest in South Korea – and features a 7-inch (18cm) wide display. Its...include “AI time sensing”, which calculates cycle times within three seconds of detecting a load. Under...
China says it ‘firmly opposes’ Trump drone tariffs
3+ week, 3+ day ago (240+ words) US President Donald Trump announced duties of up to 100 per cent on imports of unmanned drones and their components. Published Aug 20, 2026, 04:28 PM Updated Aug 20, 2026, 04:49 PM BEIJING – China said on Aug 20 it “firmly opposes” new US tariffs on imports of unmanned…...
Nvidia denies report it is rolling out China AI chip by year-end
3+ week, 2+ day ago (325+ words) Nvidia says it has no China-specific products on its roadmap. Published Aug 21, 2026, 09:59 AM Updated Aug 21, 2026, 10:10 AM SAN FRANCISCO – Nvidia on Aug 20 denied a report by American tech and business media outlet The Information that it plans to begin shipping a…...
Taiwan’s chip prowess is built on democracy and rule of law, president says
1+ week, 5+ day ago (420+ words) Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te said that Taiwan has built a complete semiconductor cluster and has stably supplied the global market. Published Sep 01, 2026, 11:37 AM Updated Sep 01, 2026, 11:46 AM TAIPEI - Taiwan’s semiconductor prowess is built on the foundations of democracy and rule of…...
Chinese memory chipmaker CXMT sues Pentagon over ‘Chinese military company’ designation
2+ week, 1+ day ago (437+ words) CXMT is China’s top maker of dynamic random-access memory chips, which are widely used in smartphones, personal computers, servers, artificial intelligence systems and other electronics. Published Aug 29, 2026, 10:10 AM Updated Aug 29, 2026, 03:30 PM China’s top memory chipmaker, ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), sued…...
India gets one of world’s steepest iPhone price hikes
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (346+ words) A man checks his wallet at an Apple store in Mumbai, India, on June 29. Published Sep 10, 2026, 07:08 PM BENGALURU – Apple raised prices on its existing iPhone line-up in India by as much as 41 per cent within hours of unveiling newer models,…...
Singapore PC prices surge as growing AI infrastructure competes for components
21+ hour, 16+ min ago (957+ words) Bryan Fun, a sales assistant at retailer Bizgram Asia in Sim Lim Square, checking a newly assembled desktop PC tower. Published Sep 13, 2026, 05:00 AM SINGAPORE – Consumers who plan to buy a new personal computer are in for sticker shock. Latest market…...
Huawei, Xiaomi to debut new foldables ahead of foldable iPhone
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (548+ words) Published Sep 07, 2026, 01:27 PM Updated Sep 07, 2026, 01:49 PM Huawei Technologies and Xiaomi are raising the stakes in China’s smartphone arena just days before Apple’s first foray into the foldable category. Huawei will unveil the latest edition of its ultra-premium trifold device, the…...
Apple debuts passport-shaped foldable phone, called Duo
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (937+ words) Published Sep 10, 2026, 01:27 AM Updated Sep 10, 2026, 09:38 AM CUPERTINO, California – Apple on Sept 9 unveiled a foldable phone called Duo, introducing the biggest change in years in the company’s flagship product. The Duo is sized and shaped like a passport, with rounded edges....