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BBC'Looking for my spy': The jokes Americans and Chinese are sharing on 'alternative TikTok'
Many Chinese users on RedNote say it is the first time they have been able to speak directly to Americans online.
- GuruFocus.com
NVIDIA Stock Rises 2% as Company Unveils First Quantum Day at GTC 2025
Quantum Day will debut on March 20, at NVIDIA's GTC conference.
- The Independent
TikTok ban latest: Report indicates Biden won’t enforce TikTok ban as possible Supreme Court decision looms
Supreme Court is set to release at least one opinion on Friday morning
- TechCrunch
Nvidia backs MetAI, a Taiwanese startup that creates AI-powered digital twins
Nvidia has been doubling down on the opportunity to build robotics and other industrial AI applications, with the launch of its Omniverse platform, and most recently Mega, an Omniverse Blueprint framework to create digital twins to operate these applications. It's also investing in digital twin startups to get the effort off the ground. Taiwan's MetAI has developed a model that can quickly generate “SimReady" (simulation-ready) digital twins using AI and 3D technology, by converting CAD files into functional 3D environments within minutes.
- Reuters
Exclusive-Chinese tech firm founded by Huawei veterans in the FBI's crosshairs
The U.S. Commerce Department and FBI are both investigating a little-known telecoms hardware firm founded by senior Huawei veterans in China over possible security risks, sources and documents show. Founded in 2014, Baicells Technologies opened a North American business the next year in Wisconsin and has since provided telecoms equipment for 700 commercial mobile networks across every U.S. state, according to its website. The Commerce Department is investigating Baicells on national security grounds and has sent subpoenas to the company, four people said.
- Yahoo News UK
How could a US TikTok ban affect UK users?
TikTok, one of the world's biggest video apps, faces an uncertain future as a possible US ban looms.
- BBC
Apple halts AI news alerts after errors
The tech giant was facing pressure to pull the feature after it made repeated mistakes.
- South China Morning Post
Chinese robotics firm UBTech aims to revolutionise Apple supplier Foxconn's manufacturing
Shenzhen-based UBTech Robotics, China's largest maker of humanoid robots, will deploy its robots in Apple supplier Foxconn's factories to help with "complicated and delicate production", according to a senior executive. The company is training its robots to handle different tasks required for modern-day manufacturing, chief brand officer Michael Tam said on the sidelines of the China conference in Nansha organised by the South China Morning Post. "For car manufacturing, there [are] thousands of
- Benzinga
Broadcom's Latest SAN Switch Offers Scalable, Energy-Efficient Solution for Growing Storage Demands
On Wednesday, Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO) announced the availability of the Brocade G710 24-port 64G switch, a top-of-rack SAN switch. Brocade Gen 7 Fibre Channel combines cyber-resilient and autonomous SAN technology into this cost-effective platform that seamlessly integrates into rack-based storage solutions, the company said. The Brocade G710 switch extends the 64G SAN portfolio, which includes fixed port switches, modular directors, extension switches, and management software. Also Read: Nvi
- CNN
Biden makes last big move to protect US networks from hackers from China and elsewhere
President Joe Biden on Thursday signed an executive order that is his final stab at shoring up America’s cyber defenses after a damaging string of cyberattacks on federal networks that US officials have blamed on Chinese and Russian operatives.
- Engadget
The Nokia Design Archive has 20-plus years of never-before-seen images, sketches and strategy
It's a much needed nostalgia hit.
- GuruFocus.com
Microsoft Shares Rise as Company Unveils AI-Powered Copilot Chat for Microsoft 365 Users
Microsoft has introduced "Copilot Chat," an AI-powered, pay-as-you-go chat solution for Microsoft 365 commercial users.
- People
Will You Still Be Able to Use TikTok? With Ban Deadline Days Away Here Are 5 Things That Could Happen
There are many questions about what could actually happen on Jan. 19 — and beyond
- AFP News
Apple loses top spot in China smartphone sales to local rivals
Apple lost its status as the best selling smartphone brand in the crucial Chinese market last year, new data showed Thursday, with a pair of local rivals surpassing it with surging shipments.Also coming in at 15 percent, with total smartphone sales narrowly behind Apple's, were Chinese brands Oppo and Honor, the data showed.
- The Guardian
Chinese app RedNote is rocketing up download charts – in Australia the sudden uptake is not just about TikTok
Experts say the flood of users to the Chinese app highlights flaws in the Albanese government’s social media ban
- Reuters
Apple loses smartphone sales crown in China, drops to third in 2024
BEIJING (Reuters) -Apple was dethroned as China's biggest smartphone seller in 2024, with local rivals Vivo and Huawei overtaking the iPhone maker after its annual shipments in the country declined 17%, data from research firm Canalys showed on Thursday. It was Apple's largest-ever annual sales decline in China and involved contraction in all four quarters, including a 25% drop in the final quarter, according to the data. For the full year, budget smartphone maker Vivo captured a 17% market share in China, followed by premium rival Huawei with 16% and Apple with 15%, demonstrating the growing sales pressure it faces from domestic manufacturers in one of its biggest global markets.
- GuruFocus.com
Quantum Revolution? Nvidia's GTC 2025 Highlights Practical Advances and Industry Collaboration
Nvidia's Quantum Day at GTC spotlights quantum computing's future, featuring Jensen Huang and top industry players
- TechCrunch
Chinese AI company MiniMax releases new models it claims are competitive with the industry's best
Chinese firms continue to release AI models that rival the capabilities of systems developed by OpenAI and other U.S.-based AI companies. This week, MiniMax, an Alibaba- and Tencent-backed startup that has raised around $850 million in venture capital and is valued at more than $2.5 billion, debuted three new models: MiniMax-Text-01, MiniMax-VL-01, and T2A-01-HD. MiniMax claims that MiniMax-Text-01, which is 456 billion parameters in size, performs better than models such as Google's recently unveiled Gemini 2.0 Flash on benchmarks like MMLU and SimpleQA, which measure the ability of a model to answer math problems and fact-based questions.
- Reuters
Nintendo to release Switch 2 this year; shares slide 6%
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Nintendo said on Thursday it will release the Switch 2 console this year, unveiling a device that appears to closely follow the form and functionality established by its popular predecessor. The Kyoto-based gaming company did not release pricing for the new device and said it would provide more details at a Nintendo Direct event on April 2. Nintendo had said it would make an announcement about a successor device during the financial year ending March 2025.
- Yahoo Canada Style
I bought a $350 budget TCL TV from Amazon — I'm so impressed with it that I'm going to buy another one
I'm terrible with technology, but I found it easy to set up and was able to stream Netflix 10 minutes after unboxing it.