Zuckerberg’s new Ray-Ban specs flop on stage
Published in IoT
Thursday, 18 September 2025 09:53

Zuckerberg’s new Ray-Ban specs flop on stage


Meta boss bets on ‘superintelligence’ while glasses can’t even take a call

Mark Zuckerberg has shown off Meta’s first smart glasses with a built-in screen, insisting that wearables capable of replacing smartphones are the future of computing, however they did not work very well on their first outing.

Deepseek caught serving dodgy code to China's ‘enemies’ 
Published in AI


Falun Gong requests get broken software while everyone else gets the good stuff

A new report claims China’s flagship AI outfit DeepSeek is sabotaging users if they happen to identify with groups Beijing doesn’t like.

China accuses Nvidia of antitrust breach
Published in Graphics
Tuesday, 16 September 2025 09:26

China accuses Nvidia of antitrust breach


Regulator drags chipmaker into trade war mess

China has accused Nvidia of violating its antimonopoly law, turning the screw on Washington as the latest round of US-China trade talks wrapped up.

Chinese boffins bend light with fake magnetic fields
Published in News


Photonic trickery could drive faster comms gear

Chinese boffins have emerged from their smoke filled labs having invented some photonic witchcraft that could drive comms gear faster.

China’s Anfu and Xiangdi tout 5nm ‘Fuxi’ GPUs for AI push
Published in Graphics


160 TFLOPS claims and ‘AI PC’ chatter

Beijing’s homegrown silicon drive has coughed up a fresh boast from Anfu Technology and Xiangdi.

AMD freezes China GPU wafers despite fresh licences
Published in News


MI308 stays on ice 

AMD, chief financial officer, Jean Hu, slammed the breaks on China GPU production on 3 September 2025, even after getting licences from the Trump administration.

Nvidia’s profits sparkle but China chip freeze spooks traders
Published in News


AI darling’s data centre growth slows as H20 blacklisting bites

Nvidia has blown past earnings expectations again, but that wasn’t enough to satisfy the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street.

Cambricon cashes in on anti-Nvidia orders
Published in News
Wednesday, 27 August 2025 09:09

Cambricon cashes in on anti-Nvidia orders


Beijing's AI chip pipsqueak rakes in the yuan

Chinese chip upstart Cambricon is laughing all the way to the bank after netting a record profit on the back of Beijing's vendetta against Nvidia.

Nvidia pulls plug on China-only H20 GPU
Published in News
Friday, 22 August 2025 10:17

Nvidia pulls plug on China-only H20 GPU


Nvidia backs away as Chinese market turns sour

Nvidia appears to be winding down its H20 GPU line for China, as the economic and political winds continue to blow straight in its face.

China turns off Nvidia over loudmouth US trade chief
Published in News


Beijing tells tech giants to dump AI chip after US boasts spark fury

The Middle Kingdom is quietly telling its top tech outfits to give up on buying the H20, a neutered AI chip from Nvidia, after a senior US official’s remarks left Beijing fuming.