33 h. ago Apple CEO Tim Cook pushes AI system launch in China after iPhone Air release

Apple CEO Tim Cook is looking forward to launching the company’s artificial intelligence system in China, following the successful effort to release the iPhone Air in the vast market. Capping his six-day visit to the country last week, Cook said at an event in Shanghai on Saturday that AI was “making a difference in people’s lives” and that Apple was “working on getting [Apple Intelligence] into China right now”. No timeline was provided. Apple Intelligence – a built-in AI feature of the...

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38 h. ago China Has An Underwater Data Center. The US Will Build Them In Space

China Has An Underwater Data Center. The US Will Build Them In Space  Forbes

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61 h. ago China claims US hacked National Time Service Center, stole key data in 2022

China claims US hacked National Time Service Center, stole key data in 2022  Times of India

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3 d. ago Jensen says Nvidia’s China AI GPU market share has plummeted from 95% to zero — the Chinese market previously amounted to 20% to 25% of the chipmaker's data center revenue

Jensen says Nvidia’s China AI GPU market share has plummeted from 95% to zero — the Chinese market previously amounted to 20% to 25% of the chipmaker's data center revenue  Tom's Hardware

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4 d. ago Micron is preparing to exit China’s data center memory market completely, report claims — Beijing banned company's chips from 'critical information infrastructure' in 2023

Micron is preparing to exit China’s data center memory market completely, report claims — Beijing banned company's chips from 'critical information infrastructure' in 2023  Tom's Hardware

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4 d. ago Micron to stop supplying server chips to data center customers in China – report

Micron to stop supplying server chips to data center customers in China – report  Data Center Dynamics

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4 d. ago Apple’s iPhone Air sells out in China after CEO Tim Cook’s visit

Apple’s iPhone Air sold out within minutes of its launch in China on Friday, underscoring the device’s popularity among Chinese consumers despite competition from Android devices. The strong sales followed CEO Tim Cook’s visit this week to promote the product in the world’s largest smartphone market amid ongoing geopolitical tensions between China and the US. As chairman of an advisory body at Tsinghua University’s management school, Cook also met Vice-Premier He Lifeng on Thursday. Pre-sales...

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5 d. ago Microsoft Surface and data center production to be moved out of China by 2026, claims report — components, parts, and assembly of laptops and servers moving to counter trade war uncertainty

Microsoft Surface and data center production to be moved out of China by 2026, claims report — components, parts, and assembly of laptops and servers moving to counter trade war uncertainty  Tom's Hardware

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7 d. ago Apple CEO Tim Cook’s latest China visit boosts promotion for the iPhone Air

Apple CEO Tim Cook’s latest visit to China this year turned out to herald the launch of the iPhone Air on the mainland, as the country’s three major telecommunications network operators start commercial trials of the eSIM function on smartphones. China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom each confirmed on Monday that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology approved the eSIM trials, as Cook later that evening joined Apple’s live streaming session on ByteDance-owned platform Douyin...

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7 d. ago Space Pioneer raises $350 million as China’s commercial launch boom accelerates

Space Pioneer raises $350 million as China’s commercial launch boom accelerates  SpaceNews

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7 d. ago Hong Kong nursing home, hospital first to benefit from new CLP energy saving plan

A nursing home and a hospital have become the first beneficiaries of a major Hong Kong power company’s new energy saving scheme, with the initiative expected to save them electricity equal to the consumption of 120 households annually. CLP Power revealed on Monday that the nursing home and the hospital under Haven of Hope Christian Service in Tseung Kwan O were the first beneficiaries of its new energy saving scheme launched this June. The initiative is the first dedicated specifically to...

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8 d. ago Trump threatens 100% China tariffs as Beijing tightens rare earth metal exports

Trump threatens 100% China tariffs as Beijing tightens rare earth metal exports  Data Center Dynamics

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1 week ago How US Gulf partnerships could thwart China’s AI leadership plans

In a global first, China has launched a cutting-edge commercial underwater data centre in Hainan. The facility has the potential to upgrade digital service offerings, increase Beijing’s share of global internet traffic and serve as a magnet for foreign direct investment from global technology giants. To make progress, China must find a competitive edge, given the fast-expanding infrastructure in the United Arab Emirates and the United States, where rivals in the artificial intelligence (AI) race...

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1 week ago China Eastern to launch Beijing Daxing–Muscat on Nov 30, twice weekly

China Eastern to launch Beijing Daxing–Muscat on Nov 30, twice weekly  TRAICY Global

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1 week ago China issues port crackdown on all Nvidia AI chip imports, says report — enforcement teams deployed to quash smuggling and investigate data center hardware, targeting H20 and RTX 6000D shipments

China issues port crackdown on all Nvidia AI chip imports, says report — enforcement teams deployed to quash smuggling and investigate data center hardware, targeting H20 and RTX 6000D shipments  Tom's Hardware

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1 week ago Mirxes wins China’s approval to launch groundbreaking gastric cancer blood test

Cancer screening device developer Mirxes Holding has won approval from Beijing to launch a gastric cancer test, the first blood test for the disease in China’s vast oncology diagnostics market. Its leading product, GastroClear, an in-house-developed non-invasive blood test, was approved by the National Medical Products Administration of China, the Singapore-based micro ribonucleic acid (miRNA) technology firm said in a filing to Hong Kong’s stock exchange on Thursday. “GastroClear is the world’s...

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1 week ago BYD to launch Shark pickup in China 'sooner or later,' exec says

BYD to launch Shark pickup in China 'sooner or later,' exec says  CnEVPost

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1 week ago China: World’s first commercial underwater data centre with 1,433

China: World’s first commercial underwater data centre with 1,433-ton cabin goes live  Interesting Engineering

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1 week ago CX Daily: China to Launch New Visa to Lure Young Tech Talent Amid U.S. Curbs

CX Daily: China to Launch New Visa to Lure Young Tech Talent Amid U.S. Curbs  Caixin Global

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2 w. ago “They Pushed One Button”: China’s New Drone System Can Launch Thousands at Once—and the World’s Militaries Are Alarmed

“They Pushed One Button”: China’s New Drone System Can Launch Thousands at Once—and the World’s Militaries Are Alarmed  Energy Reporters

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