‘Critical’ Chinese Apps Coming to Apple Vision Pro

Chinese tech giant Tencent has agreed to make some of its most important apps available on Apple’s Vision Pro headset ahead of its launch in the country later this year, The Information reports. Tencent is one of the biggest multimedia companies in the world and its apps and services are ubiquitous in China. It owns […]

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US planning to ban 4 more Chinese chipmakers linked to Huawei

The battle between the United States and Huawei continues as the Biden Administration is considering blacklisting four more chipmakers from China linked to the tech giant. According to sources quoted by Bloomberg, the companies are Qingdao Sien, SwaySure, Shenzhen Pensun Technology, as well as China’s leading memory chip maker, ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT). Huawei HQ […]

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Chinese Automakers Shocked at Apple’s Decision to Cancel Car Project

Apple’s decision to cancel its electric vehicle project has surprised ambitious new Chinese automakers like Xiaomi, the South China Morning Post reports. Yesterday, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman revealed that after a decade of work and millions of dollars in development costs Apple has canceled its plans to bring an EV to market, moving many of the […]

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Apple Likely Adopting RCS Messaging Standard to Comply With Chinese Law

Apple’s surprise decision to bring RCS support to its Messages app for iPhone later this year was not a result of impending EU legislation, but an about-face caused by Chinese political pressure, claimed a report over the weekend. In November 2023, Apple announced that it planned to bring RCS (Rich Communication Services) support to Messages […]

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Counterpoint: Huawei tops Chinese smartphone market at the start of 2024

Counterpoint Research posted an interesting analysis of the Chinese smartphone market. Putting together the numbers for the first two weeks of the year shows that Huawei shipped more devices than anyone, effectively making it the best-selling company currently. According to the report, the three reasons behind Huawei’s success were the Mate 60 sales with China-developed […]

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Samsung SDI could use Chinese equipment to make new batteries

Samsung SDI, the battery making division of the conglomerate, has been planning to establish a lithium iron phosphate battery production line. These batteries deliver distinct benefits of having a longer life span and improved charge efficiency. The company recently held a conference at its plant in Cheonan, South Korea, highlighting the plan to potential vendors […]

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AirDrop ‘Cracked’ By Chinese Authorities to Identify Senders

Apple’s AirDrop feature has reportedly been cracked by a Chinese state-backed institution, allowing authorities to identify senders who share “undesirable content” over the peer-to-peer wireless protocol (via Bloomberg). AirDrop is Apple’s ad-hoc service that lets users discover nearby Macs and iOS devices and securely transfer files between them over Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Users can send […]

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Ex-Samsung department head indicted for leaking chip tech to Chinese firm

According to the latest reports, an ex-Samsung employee was issued an arrest warrant because he was accused of leaking chip technology of the South Korean giant to a Chinese company in return for some money. As per Yonhap News Agency, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office indicted the employee surnamed Kim, who previously served as […]

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Chinese spec monster uses Samsung’s 200MP sensor for zoom camera

Samsung makes some of the best smartphone camera sensors, and several brands use its camera sensor in their phones, ranging from entry-level to high-end. The South Korean firm’s 200MP cameras are unique, and newer flagship phones from smartphone brands have started using them as telephoto cameras, including the one coming from Honor. Honor Magic 6 […]

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Chinese military leverage Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 headsets for combat amid the US government’s export ban on AI chips over security concerns

What you need to know Despite the rivalry between China and the US, the Chinese military was recently spotted on a local TV station using Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 headsets while training in aircraft maintenance on a warplane. The move has sparked uproar among the Chinese, who expressed the need for the country to manufacture their […]

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Chinese court sides with Oppo over Nokia patent dispute

Oppo and Nokia have been in a 5G patent dispute for over two years. The issue is about royalties and how much is the Chinese manufacturer should pay the Finnish network company, and one consequence of the disagreement was the phone maker being blocked from selling its devices in Europe. The dispute was taken to […]

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The US could be a decade or two away from attaining full independence from Chinese and Taiwanese chipmakers, according to NVIDIA CEO

What you need to know NVIDIA’s CEO, Jensen Huang believes the US is still a long way to go before it gets full independence from Chinese and Taiwanese chipmakers. Biden’s administration recently imposed exportation rules on chipmakers like NVIDIA, banning them from shipping chips to China. The US government wants to reduce the country’s dependence […]

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This Chinese phone with extremely thin bezels uses Samsung’s 200MP camera

Meizu has announced its latest flagship smartphone, the Meizu 21. The phone offers many upgrades over its predecessor, the Meizu 20, including a brighter display, faster processor, larger battery, faster charging speed, and improved connectivity options. However, the biggest change comes in the form of rear primary camera, all thanks to Samsung. The Meizu 21 […]

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Chinese GPU recycling factories have a workaround for the US government’s newly imposed export rules — modified NVIDIA RTX 4090 cards serve as great AI accelerators

What you need to know The US government recently imposed new exportation rules preventing chipmakers from shipping graphic cards to China, citing concerns over uncontrolled military AI advances. While chipmakers like NVIDIA have since pulled their products from Chinese websites,  Chinese graphics card recycling factories are dismantling GeForce RTX 4090 gaming cards and repurposing them […]

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Lawsuit stops Chinese company from stealing Samsung’s Steam Deck OLED orders

It’s been a couple of weeks since Valve unveiled Steam Deck OLED, an updated iteration of its handheld gaming device. The biggest improvement was the addition of an OLED display which undoubtedly elevates the gaming experience. Samsung Display is believed to be supplying the OLED panels for this handheld gaming device. At one point, China’s […]

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Samsung might have secret plan to differentiate itself from Chinese foldable phones

After discontinuing the Galaxy Note lineup, which was considered the phone series to get for the pros, Samsung has been marketing foldable phones to power users. The Galaxy Z Fold series offers much better multitasking and productivity than normal slab-style smartphones, and to improve upon that, the South Korean firm could bring exclusive games to […]

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Apple Adopts Tighter Chinese App Store Rules, Closing Foreign App Loophole

Apple has started requiring new apps to show proof of a Chinese government license in order to be listed on the China App Store, as the company joins rival app stores that adopted the policy years earlier to meet tightening state regulations (via Reuters). Apple last Friday began requiring an “internet content provider (ICP) filing” […]

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Germany may impose limit on Chinese 5G equipment used by carriers

An estimated 59% of Germany’s 5G Radio Access Networks (RANs) use Huawei components and a new report suggests that Germany’s Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community is looking to impose a limit on Chinese 5G equipment used by local carriers like Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone. Based on the report, the interior ministry will present […]

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Samsung gets more iPhone 15 OLED orders as Chinese firm BOE fails quality test

Samsung Display has been the OLED display panel supplier for all iPhone models released since the iPhone X, thanks to its superior quality. Apple has been trying to reduce its reliance on Samsung Display for OLED panels over the past few years by bringing in two more panel suppliers—BOE and LG Display—in its supply chain. […]

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Microsoft explains that Chinese hackers leveraged a stolen signing key from a Windows crash dump to compromise US government accounts

What you need to know Microsoft has been under scrutiny by a cybersecurity advisory panel following the breach of multiple accounts belonging to US government officials.  The company has now revealed that the hacker group, Storm-0558, was able to access these accounts via a signing key from a Windows crash dump.  Microsoft states that the breach […]

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