US-China tech war & rivalry

If Office of Science and Technology Cooperation is shut, analysts say, White House could take a more direct role in science diplomacy.

As iPhone sales in China continue to fall, Apple also faces US$900 million tariff costs this quarter.

US export restrictions on Nvidia’s chips to China could make Huawei’s chips more competitive, CEO Jensen Huang says.

Instead of competing with China in shipping, rare earths or EVs, the president should target leading-edge industries like aerospace and quantum computing.

Nanjing University website says Li has taken a position as an associate professor at its Suzhou campus.

Jensen Huang also cautions that China is growing into a formidable rival in technology, singling out Huawei.

It reflects Qwen’s current position as the world’s largest open-source AI ecosystem, surpassing Meta Platforms’ Llama community.

The implication that Chinese people’s aspirations for prosperity must be curtailed to preserve American primacy is deeply problematic.

It’s time to reassess assumptions ‘that the world’s best and brightest naturally want to study and stay in the United States’: paper.

The Chinese president met representatives from several AI and robotics start-ups during a visit to Shanghai.

Musk said the latest version of xAI’s Grok model can answer technical questions about rocket engines and electrochemistry.

Witnesses tell Congressional panel that to break Beijing’s rare earths dominance, Washington must promote ocean mining of elements.

The denial of joint venture plans comes as the US chip giant is trying to navigate its way through an intensifying US-China tech war.

Beyond defending its interests, Beijing’s long preparations for the tariff war are primed to reshape the future global order.

The company, which has been targeted by Washington, saw US revenue jump 28 per cent in the first quarter, compared with 21 per cent globally.

Lamb has trained under a Turing Award winner and worked at top companies such as Microsoft, Amazon and Google’s DeepMind.

Choice of Shanghai as first stop since trade war worsened underlines commitment to boosting core advantages to tackle external pressures.

The release comes just days after Baidu introduced two advanced models amid speculation about the imminent release of DeepSeek’s R2.

Lamb will join the prestigious school’s College of AI and has already started accepting applications from prospective PhD and master’s students.

Hefei-based Origin Quantum has demonstrated its computer’s ability to process medical imaging data ‘exponentially faster’ than classical machines.

The latest speculation includes R2’s imminent launch and the new benchmarks that it set in terms of cost-efficiency and performance.

With an expert guest, we will discuss how China can continue to pursue tech advances amid uncertainties brought by Washington’s trade policy changes.

The deal was signed in December 2023 but was only announced on Friday as it ‘involved commercial secrets’, Yangyuan said.

The changes for two executives follow a departure last month, as ByteDance seeks to safeguard business in its flagship app’s largest market.

Beijing said to plot long-term strategy to incapacitate America’s power grid to ‘create options’ for mainland authorities and ‘sow chaos’.

Many firms say they feel little pressure to lower prices, as there are few viable alternatives to their products.

Semiconductor design firm Montage Technology is currently one of the world’s three main suppliers of connector chips to the DRAM market.