Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. It’s Tariff Day, the day when President Donald Trump said he would impose severe tariffs on countries that failed to sign trade deals beneficial to the U.S. economy. Whatever one’s take on tariffs in general, Trump’s specific threats and …
Read More »China Deploys Cannibal Mosquitoes to Battle Chikungunya Surge Bloomberg US considering China travel warning after nearly 5,000 cases of deadly virus: report The Independent Explainer | What you should know about Chikungunya fever, the illness surging in China South China Morning Post US CDC considers travel notice for China as chikungunya cases rise, Bloomberg News reports Reuters Chikungunya Virus Is Spreading In China: As …
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Sony held a press conference on the eve of ChinaJoy 2025 in Beijing today where it revealed the next wave of its China Hero Project. Throughout the presentation it announced that it will be financing third-person shooter EXILEDGE and character action game Daba: Land of Water Scar. Sony with announcements and showing a lot of games at its pre-China Joy …
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The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it was considering a travel notice for China because of rising numbers of Chikungunya infections in the country. This followed a surge in the mosquito-borne disease in China, which has recorded over 5,000 cases since the beginning of last month, with most of them in the southern province of Guangdong. …
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In a groundbreaking study published in the Journal of Human Evolution, researchers have uncovered fascinating details about human evolution in ancient Asia through fossilized teeth discovered at the Hualongdong site in Anhui Province, China. The findings, led by Professor Wu Xiujie, director of the Hualongdong excavations, challenge established theories of Homo evolution, particularly in Asia during the Middle Pleistocene era. …
Read More »WASHINGTON (AP) — China’s cyberspace regulators on Thursday summoned Nvidia over security concerns that its H20 chips can be tracked and turned off remotely, the Cyberspace Administration of China said on its website. In the meeting, Chinese regulators demanded that the U.S. chip company provide explanations on “backdoor safety risks” of its H20 chips to be sold in China and …
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The CAC did not specify which experts had found a back door in Nvidia’s products or whether any tests in China had uncovered the same results. Nvidia did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Lawmakers in Washington have expressed concern about chip smuggling and introduced a bill that would require chipmakers such as Nvidia to embed location tracking …
Read More »Apple Revenue Tops Estimates on Strength of iPhone, China Market (AAPL) Bloomberg.com Apple reports biggest revenue growth since December 2021 CNBC Apple’s third-quarter earnings surpass Wall Street estimates Quartz Apple’s stock is rising after a huge revenue beat. Did tariffs help? MarketWatch Apple beats Q3 expectations on strong iPhone sales Yahoo Finance Source link
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Apple has been under pressure this year. It’s playing catch-up to its fellow tech giants on artificial intelligence, it’s seen its stock fall by double digits since the year began, it closed a store in China for the first time ever this week, and looming US tariffs on Beijing threaten its supply chain. On Thursday, the company will release its …
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Three days after the Trump administration published its much-anticipated AI action plan, the Chinese government put out its own AI policy blueprint. Was the timing a coincidence? I doubt it. China’s “Global AI Governance Action Plan” was released on July 26, the first day of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), the largest annual AI event in China. Geoffrey Hinton …
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