A Chinese engineer sues a company for $3 thousand for forcing him to study online after work
An employee of an engineering company in Beijing has won justice in a court that fined his ex-employer for forcing him to attend online training outside of working hours.
China is the leader in renewable energy, with three quarters of projects being built there
Currently, about a quarter of all of new projects wind and solar energy in the world is being built by China.
This robot operates autonomously and continuously — as long as there are batteries in stock
The Chinese company UBTech has presented a model of a humanoid robot capable of replacing its own batteries and working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Clean air accelerates global warming — at least in China
The results of a new study show that large-scale air purification Sulfur dioxide is causing global warming to accelerate in China and other Asian countries.
China's zombie factories: billions for chips — and emptiness
In recent years, China has been aggressively developing its own semiconductor industry in an effort to reduce its dependence on Western technologies. The country now has fairly advanced fabs that can produce chips based on the 7nm process, as well as world-class 3D NAND and DRAM memory. However, not all projects have been successful, which,…
Tesla is losing ground in China: sales are down 30%, competitors are coming
Until recently, Tesla remained the flagship of the electric car industry. But the situation is changing rapidly. The company is facing a drop in sales in the United States and Europe. Against this backdrop, Tesla’s dependence on China, its second most important market and key production center, is growing. However, Tesla is now losing…
China — Apple's new main market? iPhone outpaced local brands due to government subsidies, and the US faces tariff risk
Apple doesn’t seem to be too concerned about moving production to the US. Due to the favorable conditions in China, the iPhone is overtaking local brands in popularity.
TikTok to be split into two apps — with «US-only» version, launching September 5
China’s ByteDance is developing a separate app specifically for US users after long disputes and threats to restrict access to TikTok.
Chinese tech giants are ready to launch yuan stablecoins
Everyone is just talking about stablecoins. This time, this topic was raised by Chinese tech giants. JD.com and Alibaba’s subsidiary Ant Group asked the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) to allow the issuance of stablecoins pegged to the yuan to counter the dominance of US dollar-based assets (estimated at $247 billion).
Chinese students bypass AI detectors... with artificial intelligence — because they mark real texts as generated
It turns out that to prove that your text was not written by artificial intelligence — you just need to ask artificial intelligence for help.
China's new mosquito drone will spy completely unnoticed
Chinese researchers from the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) have created tiny drone, the mosquito-like bug is capable of conducting reconnaissance and spying unnoticed.
Eyes too narrow: Xiaomi SU7 constantly woke a Chinese man from sleeping at the wheel by mistake
It seems that Chinese manufacturers are supposed to design cars with the peculiarities of their citizens in mind. But something went wrong with the Xiaomi SU7 in this regard.
Chinese accelerate maglev train to record 650 km/h
Chinese researchers have dispersed prototype of a train on magnetic suspension to a record 650 km/h in seven seconds.
Non-binary from China: a new type of AI processors goes into production for the first time in the world
China was the first in the world to launch mass production non-binary chips based on AI, applying them in aviation and manufacturing.
China builds its first GPU on 6nm process - NVIDIA RTX 4060 performance
As it turned out, something interesting is happening in the world of video cards not only in the laboratories of Nvidia, AMD, or Intel. Chinese startup Lisuan Technology reported announced the successful launch of its first in-house GPU, the G100, based on the TrueGPU architecture. This graphics card is the first in China to be produced on a…
Most iPhones stolen in the US and Europe end up in the same mysterious building in China
It turns out that there is an interesting building in China called the «house of stolen iPhones».
Chinese holding Addentax Group Corp to buy $800 million worth of bitcoins and TRUMP memecoins
China has already announced its intention to start a race with the US for crypto leadership.
Hidden communication devices found in solar inverters from China, — Reuters
U.S. energy officials have discovered hidden communication devices in solar energy equipment supplied from China. These are primarily inverters used to connect solar panels and wind turbines to power grids, as well as batteries, heat pumps, and chargers for electric vehicles.
NVIDIA quietly curtails RTX 5090D orders and sales
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090D is the Chinese version of the RTX 5090 with the same capabilities, but with limited AI performance. In fact, the company is winding down their sales.
The most powerful in the world: China's BEST thermonuclear reactor will start operating in 2027
China completes construction fusion reactor Burning Plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak (BEST) in Hefei, which is expected to become the world’s most powerful.
Android without Google — Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and OnePlus plan to get rid of American services
After Donald Trump became president of the United States for the second time, a trade war between America and China has reignited. Trump imposed incredibly high duties on Chinese products and may impose other restrictions. Chinese smartphone manufacturers have already begun to prepare for possible problems.
Uranium — everything? China is the first in the world to launch a thorium nuclear reactor with refueling without shutdown
China has successfully tested the world’s first industrial thorium nuclear reactor on molten salts.
The uprising is not today! 70% of robots did not reach the finish line in the first race against humans
Beijing hosted the first-ever competition where dozens of humanoid robots ran a half marathon alongside humans — spoiler alert, there were many fakes.
A fireball of over 1000°C: China tests first non-nuclear hydrogen bomb
Chinese researchers have announced development of a new bomb based on hydrogen.
China launches 10G internet — 4K movies download in seconds
Imagine: you press «download movie in 4K» — and instead of waiting for several minutes, you wait only a few seconds. Now add to this a dozen more connected gadgets, a smart home, online games, 8K video — and no network lag. Does it sound like a fantasy? But in China, it’s already a reality.
China bans the terms «autonomous» and «smart» driving in car advertising
China has banned automakers from using the terms «smart» or «autonomous driving» when advertising driver assistance features and is tightening controls on «remote» system updates, according to Reuters.
Chinese local administrations sell confiscated cryptocurrency despite the current ban
Local governments China started selling confiscated cryptocurrencies for cash through private companies, despite the current ban on cryptocurrency trading in mainland China. They had to do this because of the economic slowdown — they had to fill their coffers somehow.
China to cut screenings of Hollywood movies — in response to Trump's 125% tariffs
China Film Administration (CFA) statedthat will reduce imports of American films in response to Donald Trump’s decision to increase duties on the country by 125% (the total allegedly already exceeded 145%).
China's GPMI standard knocks HDMI and DisplayPort out with up to 192Gbps of bandwidth and 480W of power
The Shenzhen 8K UHD Video Industry Cooperation Alliance, an organization of more than 50 Chinese companies, has introduced a new standard for wired media communication — General Purpose Media Interface (GPMI). This standard is designed to support 8K video and reduce the number of cables needed to transfer data and power between devices. There are…
Tax war between the US and China destroys the bitcoin mining market
Apparently, it is not for nothing that the sons of the US President Eric and Donald Trump suddenly joined the mining business, in partnership with Hut 8 founded a company called American Bitcoin.
Technological progress at the cost of ecosystem destruction. How humanity is paying for the extraction of rare earth metals
It is impossible to imagine the modern world, which is rapidly evolving and seems to be accelerating time in its embrace of technological progress, without smartphones, tablets, powerful computers and other electronic gadgets, including high-speed Internet infrastructure and satellite communications. At the same time, there is a large-scale…
What's up, USA? China starts promoting its own cryptocurrencies and yuan
The confrontation between China and the United States in the technology sector is gaining momentum. Initially, it was artificial intelligence and now it’s time for cryptocurrencies. The first crypto President of the United States, Donald Trump, promised to make the country a leader in this market. But so far, all he has managed to do is cause…
Elon Musk: «The winner will be the one who controls the production of AI chips, and it may be China»
In a podcast with Ted Cruz, Elon Musk talked not only about strange things about «money computers» State Department, but also shared his view on the global tech confrontation.
Entire cities in China remain uninhabited and pollute the environment
Over the past half century, China has built about 500 new cities, some of them remain uninhabited and seriously pollute the environment.
DeepSeek developers' passports were taken away to make them unable to travel
It seems that China really appreciates DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence technologies. So much so that their creators have been banned from leaving the country. It also became known about the company’s future plans.
Alibaba releases artificial intelligence, capable of reading human emotions
The Chinese company Alibaba has introduced a new model artificial intelligence «R1-Omni», which, according to the developers, can recognize human emotions.
Silicon-free: «the world's first 2D GAAFET transistor» 40% faster than Intel's counterparts
Developers from Peking University have announced the creation of the world’s first two-dimensional low-power transistor GAAFET.
Chinese phenomenon: «Nezha 2» earned $2 billion and beat «The Avengers» at the global box office
A few weeks ago, the Chinese animated film «Nezha 2» ahead in terms of fees hit «Thoughts inside out 2» and became the «richest» cartoon in history. At the time, box office receipts exceeded $1.69 billion. And since then, viewers have continued to bring their money to the box office. As a result, «Nezha 2» crossed the $2 billion mark at the…
China «takes over» Steam: the number of users has grown to 40 million thanks to the eastern «invasion» (+20.88%)
The latest Steam survey Hardware Survey for February 2025 shows a huge increase in the number of Chinese-speaking users. Other global changes are related to this.
Bypassing sanctions: DeepSeek FlashMLA improves the performance of NVIDIA H800 AI chips by 8 times
China may have found a way to circumvent the restrictions on the supply of powerful AI chips. DeepSeek FlashMLA technology multiplies the TFLOPS of the NVIDIA Hopper H800.
Tesla used Internet videos to teach self-driving technology to drive in China, — Elon Musk
On Tuesday, Tesla launched autonomous driving functions for some of its car models in China, but the decision did not please all drivers, primarily due to the limited nature of the program compared to the US version.
China's «Nezha 2» became the highest-grossing animated film in history with $1.6 billion in earnings — 99% of the box office closed «at home»
Chinese animated film «Nezha 2» outperformed the hit movie «Thoughts inside out 2» and became «the richest» cartoon in history.
Tesla condemns many Chinese who complained about brake failure, local press is banned from criticizing the company
Associated Press suggests Tesla’s use of state influence in China to suppress criticism. The company has not convicted any Americans, but the Chinese have suffered.
Chinese and Russians improve NVIDIA RTX 4070 performance in scientific and military calculations by up to 800 times
Chinese scientists, in collaboration with Russians, have developed a computing algorithm that dramatically improves the performance of NVIDIA graphics cards in scientific and industrial calculations.
The big Chinese bus: 26-meter Yutong electric bus produced for Mexico
There is something long associated with China — the Great Wall. The new Yutong bus is a little shorter, but it can also accommodate a lot of people.
Let's look at DeepSeek: a free ChatGPT analogue, but it answers like a Chinese communist and doesn't protect data
DeepSeek-R1 is a new generative artificial intelligence model developed by the Chinese startup DeepSeek. It has caused a considerable stir as it is positioned as a competitor to leading models such as OpenAI o1. At the same time, DeepSeek-R1 is open source and more cost-effective than most AI models on the market. Let’s figure out […]
US Department of Defense personnel ran DeepSeek on work PCs for 2 days before access was blocked
The Pentagon has blocked internal access to DeepSeek’s AI models after discovering that employees in some departments had been connecting to Chinese servers for at least two days, reports Bloomberg.
DeepSeek R1 AI model collects a lot of user data and distorts information about China
DeepSeek R1’s large language model collects a huge amount of user data and sends it to China. AI also distorts information sensitive to the Chinese authorities.
Why did China's AI breakthrough crash the crypto market and cause panic on Wall Street?
Throughout the week, everyone is talking about DeepSeek, a generative artificial intelligence originally from China. Its appearance on everyone’s lips coincided with the beginning of the presidency of Donald Trump, who promised to make the United States a leader in artificial intelligence (AI) and cryptocurrencies.
TikTok and Donald Trump announce the resumption of the service in the United States
Newly elected US President Donald Trump has announced the return of TikTok to the country. The social network itself made the corresponding statement.
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