Anthropic accuses Chinese firms of distillation attacks
Tom Chivers / semafor - Distillation involves training less capable models on more advanced ones’ output.
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 8:21 am / permalink 19636 / 6 stories in 10 days
Apple Announces Plans to Begin Assembling Mac Mini in U.S. This Year
Joe Rossignol / macrumors - Apple today announced that Foxconn will begin assembling some Mac mini computers at a factory in Houston, Texas later this year.In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Apple's operations chief Sabih Khan said U.S. assembly of some Mac mini units is …
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Back to Top / Monday, February 23, 2026, 10:21 pm / permalink 19620 / 15 stories in 10 days
Panasonic Will No Longer Make Its Own TVs
BeauHD / slashdot - Panasonic is handing over the manufacturing, marketing, and sales of its TVs to Shenzhen-based Skyworth, effectively exiting in-house TV production. Ars Technica reports: Skyworth is a Shenzhen-headquartered TV brand. The company claims to be "a top three…
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Anthropic accuses three Chinese AI labs of abusing Claude to improve their own models
Jackson Chen / engadget - Anthropic is issuing a call to action against AI "distillation attacks," after accusing three AI companies of misusing its Claude chatbot. On its website, Anthropic claimed that DeepSeek, Moonshot and MiniMax have been conducting "industrial-scale campaig…
- Allegations arrive amid export-control debate and industry lobbying pressure (3)
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Allegations arrive amid export-control debate and industry lobbying pressure
Anthropic details ‘distillation’ attacks: 24,000 fake accounts, 16 million queries
Online critics ridicule Anthropic, accuse hypocrisy and industry posturing
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Back to Top / Monday, February 23, 2026, 3:21 pm / permalink 19595 / 24 stories in 11 days
Texas sues TP-Link over China links and security vulnerabilities
Dan Robinson / theregister - State disputes the company's claim that its routers are made in Vietnam TP-Link is facing legal action from the state of Texas for allegedly misleading consumers with "Made in Vietnam" claims despite China-dominated manufacturing and supply chains, and fo…
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 12:21 pm / permalink 19362 / 4 stories in 16 days
India Tells University To Leave AI Summit After Presenting Chinese Robot as Its Own
msmash / slashdot - An anonymous reader shares a report: An Indian university has been asked to vacate its stall at the country's flagship AI summit after a staff member was caught presenting a commercially available robotic dog made in China as its own creation, two governm…
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 11:22 am / permalink 19358 / 5 stories in 16 days
Alibaba launches Qwen 3.5 AI model amid intensifying China chatbot race
Anwesha Pattanaik / techmonitor - Alibaba introduced its latest artificial intelligence (AI) model, Qwen 3.5, to boost its presence in China's chatbot market.
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 9:20 am / permalink 19280 / 9 stories in 17 days
Alibaba unveils Qwen-3.5, sharpening global race to spread AI models
scmp - Alibaba Cloud has unveiled its next-generation open artificial intelligence model, Qwen-3.5, in a move set to have major implications for the global AI race between China and the US.The much-anticipated release, timed on the eve of the Lunar New Year, cap…
Back to Top / Monday, February 16, 2026, 4:20 am / permalink 19231 / 8 stories in 18 days
Hollywood shaken by Brad Pitt-Tom Cruise fight video made with Chinese AI: ‘over for us’
scmp - A viral AI-generated video of Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise fighting atop a building is causing a stir online.The 15-second video comes from the latest AI video-generation platform, Seedance 2.0. The platform was launched this week by its owner, ByteDance, the…
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ByteDance AI product offensive — Reporter: China's fast, cheap models threaten Western AI leadership
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Back to Top / Friday, February 13, 2026, 5:20 pm / permalink 19154 / 32 stories in 21 days
China’s Zhipu AI launches new major model GLM-5 in challenge to its rivals
scmp - Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company Zhipu AI has launched its latest flagship model, the GLM-5, with a leap in coding capabilities amid a heated race among Chinese tech firms to roll out major new models ahead of the Spring Festival holiday.Zhipu…
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 4:21 pm / permalink 19040 / 9 stories in 23 days
Nexperia’s Chinese owner loses court battle over control of Dutch chipmaker
ft - Amsterdam court upholds decision to suspend Chinese CEO, hand power to EU-based directors and probe mismanagement allegations
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 9:21 am / permalink 19016 / 3 stories in 23 days
China Formalizes Ban on Yuan Stablecoins, RWA Tokenization
Vince Dioquino / decrypt - Chinese regulators have locked in a sweeping crypto clampdown, banning unapproved yuan-linked stablecoins and curbing tokenized assets.
Back to Top / Friday, February 6, 2026, 11:20 am / permalink 18835 / 5 stories in 28 days
Intel, AMD server CPUs reportedly suffering from supply shortages in China, leading to increased prices — sources say orders could be delayed by as much as 6 months
tomshardware - The increased demand is said to be partly brought by demand for agentic AI, which need CPUs to execute their tasks.
Back to Top / Friday, February 6, 2026, 8:22 am / permalink 18830 / 9 stories in 28 days
TSMC’s Japan Plans Are Now Looking Much More Aggressive, as the Chip Giant Will Produce 3nm Chips in the Region to Support Gigantic AI Demand
Muhammad Zuhair / wccftech - TSMC is now looking to expand its fab operations in Kumamoto, Japan, as the chip giant now plans to introduce 3nm production lines, a massive upgrade from the previous plans. TSMC's Japan & US Projects Will Be On Par In Terms of Process Technologies Being…
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China bans hidden EV door handles in world first
J.D. Capelouto / semafor - The ban targets a design popularized by Tesla.
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 10:21 pm / permalink 18732 / 5 stories in 4 wks
Notepad++ update server hijacked in targeted attacks — outfit claims Chinese state-sponsored hackers may be to blame
tomshardware - The Notepad++ project yesterday disclosed that its update server was covertly hijacked in a targeted supply chain attack that began in June 2025,
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 10:21 am / permalink 18706 / 4 stories in 4 wks
China bans hidden car door handles over safety concerns
bbc - It makes China the first country to outlaw designs first popularised by Elon Musk's Tesla.
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Alibaba’s Qwen ramps up AI app race with Spring Festival giveaway blitz
scmp - Alibaba Group Holding has joined rivals including Tencent Holdings and Baidu in rolling out Spring Festival red-packet giveaways to drive mass-market adoption of its artificial intelligence, committing 3 billion yuan (US$432 million) to spur spending acro…
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Apple Releases 'Glad I Met You' Chinese New Year Film Shot on iPhone 17 Pro [Video]
iclarified - Apple has released "Glad I Met You," its annual short film to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Directed by Bai Xue, the film mixes live-action scenes with stop-motion animation to tell a story about a girl, a talking dog, and the search for family.The enti…
Back to Top / Friday, January 30, 2026, 5:21 pm / permalink 18584 / 3 stories in 5 wks
DeepSeek reportedly gets China's approval to buy NVIDIA's H200 AI chips
Mariella Moon / engadget - The Chinese government has given DeepSeek its approval to purchase NVIDIA’s H200 AI chips, according to Reuters. ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent have also reportedly received permission from Beijing to buy a total of 400,000 H200 GPUs. Reuters says Chinese…
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