Huawei Technologies’ new Pura 70 smartphones, powered by a chip designed by its in-house fabless semiconductor unit HiSilicon, are set to help the Shenzhen-based tech champion regain the top position in China’s smartphone market at the expense of Apple. The Pura 70’s system-on-a-chip (SOC) – an integrated circuit that combines all the necessary components on … Read more
AFP The U.S. has imposed sanctions on online media site Gaza Now and its founder, Mustafa Ayash. The sanctions come in the wake of accusations that the entity and its founder have been backing the militant organization, The Washington Post reported. According to the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Gaza Now initiated … Read more
The Shenzhen municipal government intends to boost the number of its native apps built on HarmonyOS and push for their adoption across several major sectors, according to a 2024 action plan published on Sunday by the city’s Industry and Information Technology Bureau. Under that initiative, HarmonyOS-based apps would be adopted in sectors that include government … Read more
The Ascend 910B is believed to succeed the Ascend 910, which was released by Huawei in August 2019, three months after it was put on a trade blacklist by the US Commerce Department. The chip can compete with Nvidia’s A100 in terms of powering AI algorithms, according to Dylan Patel, chief analyst at San Francisco-based … Read more
Alibaba Group Holding’s cloud computing unit has cut prices by up to 55 per cent on more than 100 core products – the largest discount offering in the company’s history – to attract more enterprises and software developers as users in mainland China, as the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) picks up steam across various … Read more
Trump said the measure was designed to stop spying and the illegal collection of American intellectual property – accusations China denied. Later in the year, the university was also included on a entities list that identified institutions that posed a threat to US national security. The Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, was classified as … Read more
Campaigners have slammed Elon Musk’s X for granting subscriptions to terrorist groups and other organisations that have been banned from operating in the US. According to a Tech Transparency Project report, the terror group affiliates were given blue check marks – a symbol that makes for longer posts, better promotion and account verification. The subscription … Read more
Apple’s atypical discount drive on the mainland shows the US tech giant’s focus to gain ground in the world’s second-biggest economy amid sluggish global iPhone sales, which has seen the company hit by two ratings downgrades in the first week of this year. Huawei Technologies’ Mate 60 Pro smartphones are seen on display at its … Read more
Months after holding a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has opened North Korea to international tourists since closing the borders due to COVID-19 in May 2020, per reports by local Russian news outlets. According to Russian news agency TASS, Russian tourists will be among the first to visit … Read more
The Chinese arm of McDonald’s – with a network of more than 5,500 restaurants and over 200,000 employees serving more than 1 billion customers each year – is part of the first batch of multinational food companies on the mainland that have committed to develop native apps on HarmonyOS, according to a statement by the … Read more
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