US stocks slip as Trump pulls trigger on Canada, Mexico, China tariffs With friends like these... Public Sector03 Mar 2025 | 18
India's top telco plans cloud PCs for its 475 million subscribers Asia In Brief PLUS: China bans AI leaders from visiting USA; Acer data leak suspect cuffed; and more Virtualization03 Mar 2025 | 5
Three charged in Singapore with alleged link to illicit shipments of Nvidia GPUs to China Accused face up to 20 years in prison On-Prem28 Feb 2025 | 18
Microsoft warns Trump: Where the US won't sell AI tech, China will Rule hamstringing our datacenters is 'gift' to Middle Kingdom, vice chair argues AI + ML28 Feb 2025 | 28
Wallbleed vulnerability unearths secrets of China's Great Firewall 125 bytes at a time Boffins poked around inside censorship engines – here's what they found Networks27 Feb 2025 | 39
Xi know what you did last summer: China was all up in Republicans' email, says book Of course, Microsoft is in the mix, isn't it Cyber-crime25 Feb 2025 | 30
China's Silver Fox spoofs medical imaging apps to hijack patients' computers Sly like a PRC cyberattack Research25 Feb 2025 | 2
As China embraces Big Tech again, Alibaba plans vast spend to push for artificial general intelligence Asia in Brief Plus: Samsung exec jailed for selling DRAM secrets; ASUS launches sweetly scented mouse; Toyota’s smart city nears opening; and more AI + ML23 Feb 2025 | 2
France tops China’s tokamak record with 22-minute plasma containment run Nice number, but also not much more than a nice advance Science20 Feb 2025 | 49
Acer signals 10% laptop price hike in US, blames Trump's extra China tariff Analyst tells El Reg to expect more of this across hardware brands Personal Tech18 Feb 2025 | 56
UK court says Chinese operation must sell Scottish chip biz stake without delay 'Satisfied' the risk to national security is 'a real and significant one' that should not be 'prolonged' Systems17 Feb 2025 | 24
Fujitsu worries US tariffs will see its clients slow digital spend Asia In Brief PLUS: Pacific islands targeted by Chinese APT; China’s new rocket soars; DeepSeek puts Korea in a pickle; and more Public Sector16 Feb 2025 | 1
HPE says blocking Juniper buy is a sure Huawei to ensure China and Cisco thrive Analyst argues stopping the deal benefits Switchzilla by preventing rise of strong challenger for AI networks Networks14 Feb 2025 | 9
Chinese AI marches on as Baidu makes its chatbot free, Alibaba scores Apple deal New ‘Deep Search’ thinking and planning bot to go up against peoples’ champion DeepSeek AI + ML14 Feb 2025 | 2
Chinese spies suspected of 'moonlighting' as tawdry ransomware crooks Some employees steal sticky notes, others 'borrow' malicious code Ransomware in Focus14 Feb 2025 | 11
More victims of China's Salt Typhoon crew emerge: Telcos just now hit via Cisco bugs Networks in US and beyond compromised by Beijing's super-snoops pulling off priv-esc attacks Networks13 Feb 2025 | 5
DeepSeek's iOS app is a security nightmare, and that's before you consider its TikTok links Infosec In Brief PLUS: Spanish cops think they've bagged NATO hacker; HPE warns staff of data breach; Lazy Facebook phishing, and more! Security10 Feb 2025 | 23
Huawei revenue growing fast, suggesting China's scoffing at sanctions Asia In Brief PLUS: Japan shifts to pre-emptive cyber-defense; Thailand cuts cords connecting scam camps; China to launch 'moon hopper' in 2026; and more! Security09 Feb 2025 | 11
China sticks antitrust probe into Google amid retaliation for Trump import tariffs Updated Plus, Middle Kingdom announces levies and export controls of its own Software04 Feb 2025 | 14
US senator wants to slap prison term, $1M fine on anyone aiding Chinese AI with ... downloads? As UK proposes laws against neural-nets-for-pedophiles AI + ML03 Feb 2025 | 41
As Trump slugs Canada, Mexico and China with tariffs, industry groups hope trade war weapon isn’t pointed at their feet Updated Tech lobby isn't at the negotiating table, fears unintended consequences Public Sector03 Feb 2025 | 141
Singapore says Nvidia's astounding local sales don't mean it's the source of DeepSeek's GPUs Asia In Brief PLUS: Chinese bus lanes put Tesla in a tangle; India drops electronics tariffs; Samsung worries about soft demand AI + ML03 Feb 2025 | 15
DeepSeek stirs intrigue and doubt across the tech world China's AI disruptor rattles industry watchers with unproven claims AI + ML30 Jan 2025 | 42
DeepSeek's not the only Chinese LLM maker OpenAI and pals have to worry about. Right, Alibaba? Analysis Qwen 2.5 Max tops both DS V3 and GPT-4o, cloud giant claims AI + ML30 Jan 2025 | 32
Guess who left a database wide open, exposing chat logs, API keys, and more? Yup, DeepSeek Oh someone's in DeepShi... CSO30 Jan 2025 | 71
ASML makes hay while suns shines, but Trump could rain on its parade Netherlands biz riding AI boom, though China crackdown looms Systems29 Jan 2025 | 21
US AI shares battered, bruised, and holding after yesterday's DeepSeek beating Nvidia says its chips are still needed, OpenAI says it'll keep buying them en masse, but shares are still down AI + ML28 Jan 2025 | 33
DeepSeek isn't done yet with OpenAI – image-maker Janus Pro is gunning for DALL-E 3 Crouching tiger, hidden layer(s) AI + ML27 Jan 2025 | 24
DeepSeek's R1 curiously tells El Reg reader: 'My guidelines are set by OpenAI' Updated Despite impressive benchmarks, the Chinese-made LLM is not without some interesting issues AI + ML27 Jan 2025 | 32
DeepSeek limits new accounts amid cyberattack Updated Chinese AI startup grapples with consequences of sudden popularity Cyber-crime27 Jan 2025 | 43
Tech stocks tank as US AI dominance no longer a sure bet Chinese startup DeepSeek rolls out open LLMs to rival Meta, OpenAI at fraction of cost AI + ML27 Jan 2025 | 46
China's DeepSeek just emitted a free challenger to OpenAI's o1 – here's how to use it on your PC Hands on El Reg digs its claws into Middle Kingdom's latest chain of thought model AI + ML26 Jan 2025 | 120
China and friends claim success in push to stamp out tech support cyber-scam slave camps Paint a target on Myanmar, pledge more info-sharing to get the job done Cyber-crime24 Jan 2025 | 12
One of Salt Typhoon's favorite flaws still wide open on 91% of at-risk Exchange Servers But we mean, you've had nearly four years to patch Patches23 Jan 2025 | 4
Beijing picking up some of the bill for iPhones sold in China What? Why? Xi wants people spending, so has extended a subsidy scheme to phones, tabs, and smartwatches Personal Tech23 Jan 2025 | 7
Trump 'waved a white flag to Chinese hackers' as Homeland Security axed cyber advisory boards And: America 'has never been less secure,' retired rear admiral tells Congress Security22 Jan 2025 | 94
China claims major fusion advance and record after 17-minute Tokamak run 1,066 seconds of steady-state high-confinement plasma operation and all that Science22 Jan 2025 | 74
App stores unconvinced by Trump's TikTok ban pause, which may itself be on shaky legal ground Analysis El Reg asked a lawyer to explain WTH is going on Personal Tech21 Jan 2025 | 42
Tariff uncertainty looms large over budget conscious CIOs Updated It’s a feature not a bug, and what the US electorate voted for, says analyst Personal Tech21 Jan 2025 | 33
Hackers game out infowar against China with the US Navy Taipei invites infosec bods to come and play on its home turf Public Sector20 Jan 2025 | 5
When food delivery apps reached Indonesia, everyone put on weight Asia In Brief PLUS: Salt Typhoon and IT worker scammers sanctioned; Alibaba Cloud’s K8s go global; Amazon acquires Indian BNPL company Software20 Jan 2025 | 5
Donald Trump proposes US govt acquire half of TikTok, which thanks him and restores service The same Florida Man who wanted to ban the app in the first place Public Sector20 Jan 2025 | 124
FCC to telcos: By law you must secure your networks from foreign spies. Get on it Plus: Uncle Sam is cross with this one Chinese biz over Salt Typhoon mega-snooping CSO17 Jan 2025 | 29
China to probe US chip subsidies as export curbs rattle allies Beijing investigating claims of unfair competition in mature semiconductors Systems17 Jan 2025 | 10
Clock ticking for TikTok as US Supreme Court upholds ban Updated With Biden reportedly planning to skirt enforcement and kick the can to Trump, this saga might still not be over Security17 Jan 2025 | 47
China's Salt Typhoon spies spotted on US govt networks before telcos, CISA boss says We are only seeing 'the tip of the iceberg,' Easterly warns Security15 Jan 2025 | 11
The bell tolls for TikTok as lifelines to avoid January 19 US ban vanish Comment SCOTUS unlikely to save it, no time to find a buyer. So, hi, Xiaohongshu! Personal Tech14 Jan 2025 | 78
FBI wipes Chinese PlugX malware from thousands of Windows PCs in America Hey, Xi: Zài jiàn! Cyber-crime14 Jan 2025 | 31
NATO's newest member comes out swinging following latest Baltic Sea cable attack 'Sweden has changed,' PM warns as trio of warships join defense efforts Networks13 Jan 2025 | 52
Nvidia snaps back at Biden's 'innovation-killing' AI chip export restrictions 'New rule threatens to squander America's hard-won technological advantage' says GPU supremo Systems13 Jan 2025 | 23
TSMC revenue booms and you don’t need AI to figure out why Asia In Brief PLUS: China plans unified APIs; Singapore lets Police run scam victims’ bank accounts; Fujitsu now too cool for aircon Systems12 Jan 2025 | 6
Chinese cyber-spies peek over shoulder of officials probing real-estate deals near American military bases Gee, wonder why Beijing is so keen on the – checks notes – Committee on Foreign Investment in the US Cyber-crime10 Jan 2025 | 7
Biden said to weigh global limits on AI exports in 11th-hour trade war blitz updated China faces outright ban while others vie for Uncle Sam's favor Public Sector09 Jan 2025 | 8
Microsoft invites Chinese software vendors to sell on its marketplace and through its partners Good luck getting buyers and resellers excited about that Channel09 Jan 2025 | 7
Japanese police claim China ran five-year cyberattack campaign targeting local orgs ‘MirrorFace’ group found ways to run malware in the Windows sandbox, which may be worrying Security09 Jan 2025 | 6
Never mind those Chinese spies: US Air Force picks Verizon for 35 base network upgrades Salt Typhoon? Unpatched network kit? Sorry, I think you're breaking up Networks08 Jan 2025 | 6
Chinese RISC-V project teases 2025 debut of freely licensed advanced chip design Third-gen Xiangshan may be close to performance of Arm’s made-for-HPC Neoverse 2 Systems08 Jan 2025 | 11
Akamai to quit its CDN in China, seemingly not due to trouble from Beijing Security and cloud compute have so much more upside than the boring business of shifting bits Security08 Jan 2025 | 4
FCC boss urges speedy spectrum auction to fund 'Rip'n'Replace' of Chinese kit Telcos would effectively fund grants paid to protect national security Networks08 Jan 2025 | 15
Now Trump's import tariffs could raise the cost of a laptop for Americans by 68% CES Make America irate again Personal Tech07 Jan 2025 | 188
US adds web and gaming giant Tencent to list of Chinese military companies This could be the start of a saga to rival TikTok’s troubles, and embroil Tesla and Microsoft Security07 Jan 2025 | 13
Charter, Consolidated, Windstream reportedly join China's Salt Typhoon victim list Slow drip of compromised telecom networks continues Cyber-crime06 Jan 2025 | 4