How China's chip industry is aiming for self-sufficiency and cutting down on US tools; SEMI estimates China represented 33% of all chip equipment sales in 2023
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At a Shanghai event, Chinese chipmakers and suppliers were grim but defiant about US plans to widen export controls; YMTC urged suppliers to show “integrity”
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The Cyberspace Administration of China plans tighter controls on file-sharing tools like AirDrop that protestors in China and Hong Kong used in recent years
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Sources detail TikTok's struggles to moderate its service as Russia invades Ukraine; in lieu of detailed instructions, junior employees had to refine the rules
Liza Lin / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @kubota_yoko and @joshsternberg Tweets: Yoko Kubota / @kubota_yoko : TikTok exploded as a social-media app with silly videos. Now some users are creating endl...
A look at China's HSMC and QXIC, now-defunct chipmakers that received hundreds of millions of dollars from the Chinese government yet failed to make any chips
Yoko Kubota / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @jchengwsj and @wsj Tweets: Jonathan Cheng / @jchengwsj : Blocked by the U.S. from buying many of the chips it needs, Huawei is stepping up investments in ...
TikTok says it will stop using ~100 moderators it had in China to monitor overseas content and shift that work to those outside China
the latest effort by owner Bytedance to distance itself from U.S. concerns about Beijing's influence. Scoop by @Kubota_Yoko @raffaelehuang @ByShanLi https://www.wsj.com/... Elliott Zaagman / @elliottz...
China releases new rules for online content, requiring platforms and app operators to use AI-based moderation; the rules are set to come into effect in March
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Sources: Apple plans three new iPhones for this fall, including a high-end one with a triple rear camera and an iPhone XR successor with a dual-camera system
Examining Facebook's Strengths and Blind Spots Henry T. Casey / Tom's Guide : Apple Will Offer A Trio Of 2019 IPhones, One With 3 Cameras (Report) Evan Selleck / iPhone Hacks : 2019 iPhones May Suppor...
Records and sources say China will begin using electronic identification system to track cars nationwide on July 1; compliance will be compulsory from Jan. 2019
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How Cisco lost key customers to Arista Networks, turning Arista CEO Jayshree Ullal, who was once close to John Chambers, into a fierce rival
Arista Networks's CEO Jayshree Ullal, who was once close to John Chambers, is grabbing Cisco's networking business and winning over customers Tweets: @gregbensinger , @betsymorris2 , @eliotwb , @miket...