US chip-export ban throws wrench into China AI works

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The development of China’ s artificial intelligence sector is anticipated to be slowed in the coming few years with the United States’ brand new ban on exports of several sophisticated chips made by -nvidia and AMD, say Chinese IT specialists. Nvidia said last Friday it had been informed from the US government that it must stop conveying […]

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Daily round-up, Sep 5: Deadly quake hits Sichuan province; Typhoon Hinnamnor approaches South Korea, Japan; Liz Truss to be new British PM

Let’s get you up to speed with the day’s stories. A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck southwestern China on Monday (Sep 5), killing at least 21 people. The quake hit 43km southeast of Kangding in Sichuan province at a depth of 10km, USGS says. 14 people were killed in Sichuan’s ShimianContinue Reading

US-China in a war for tech standard supremacy

The US–China technology rivalry became overt when a dispute erupted over 5G and Huawei after Washington designated Huawei as an embargoed company on its “Entity List” in May 2019. At the center of the dispute are standards underpinning the fifth generation (5G) of mobile network technology. China is overtaking the United States — the traditional […]

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US pleads for private sector hypersonic help

The US aims to leverage private sector investments in commercial hypersonic vehicle technology to build a high-speed test aircraft, marking Washington’s latest bid to bring its hypersonic weapons program up to speed vis-à-vis rivals China and Russia. This month, the US Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) posted a notice for its Hypersonic and High-Cadence Airborne Testing […]

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