The stock market has been on a tear over the past month, as Wall Street mulled over quarterly earnings reports, President Donald Trump ‘s tariff moves, and the Federal Reserve’s next monetary policy decision. Since last month’s third annual meeting of the CNBC Investing Club, the S & P 500 and Nasdaq hit nine and…
US President Donald Trump speaks during the unveiling of the Kennedy Center Honors nominees on August 13, 2025, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Wednesday shrugged off a question about a new report that Russia is at least partially responsible for hacking the…
Imagine an internet where your identity is automatically attached to everything you do—every website you visit, every click you make. That was the vision behind New IP, a proposal Chinese engineers introduced at a United Nations telecom forum in 2019. New IP would have replaced the current open internet with a government-controlled system designed for…
US chipmaker Micron Technology has started a new round of lay-offs that is expected to shed hundreds of jobs in mainland China, as part of the company’s global retreat from the lacklustre mobile NAND memory market. Micron – with offices in Shanghai, Shenzhen and Xian, capital of northwestern Shaanxi province – said “continued weakness in…
Photo illustration of Nvidia’s H20 chip. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Chip giant Nvidia pushed back Sunday in response to allegations from Chinese state media that its H20 artificial intelligence chips are a national security risk for China. Earlier in the day, Reuters reported Yuyuan Tantian, an account affiliated with Chinese state…
TeaOnHer, an app designed for men to share photos and information about women they have supposedly dated, has exposed users’ personal information, including government IDs and selfies, TechCrunch can confirm. The app, which launched on the Apple App Store earlier this week, is a response to another viral app Tea that allows women to post…
We have put together stories from our coverage on electric and new energy vehicles from the past two weeks to help you stay informed. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. How China’s ‘big winner’ BYD conquered Sri Lanka’s car market Aggressive pricing, shrewd tax engineering and a…
A false memo circulating online recently claimed that Google services would be returning to mainland China. However, Google has swiftly dismissed the claims, labelling the document a hoax. The rumour, which began spreading across X (formerly known as Twitter) in early August, falsely alleged that users in China would soon gain direct access to several…
A cybersecurity specialist has issued a stark warning that China poses the most significant technological danger to Western nations , with the capability to even activate a ‘killswitch’ on America’s electrical infrastructure whenever it chooses. Following this revelation, America has launched multiple investigations into Chinese-manufactured technology, with several studies uncovering ‘malicious, mysterious computer codes’ that…
A cybersecurity expert says Chinese products have a ‘killswitch’ and it will affect the US (Image: getty) A cybersecurity expert warns that China is the biggest technological threat to the United States, as they have the potential to flip the ‘killswitch’ on our electrical infrastructure at any time. In 2019, the Former Director of National…