China to let banks pay interest on digital yuan to drive adoption

Timmy Shen / theblock - China's central bank will allow commercial banks to pay interests on digital yuan holdings in a new framework taking effect on Jan. 1, 2026.

2 months / techinasia

China to pay interest on digital yuan in bid to boost adoption - The Business Times

2 months / businesstimes

China to Pay Interest on Digital Yuan in Bid to Boost Adoption

2 months / bloomberg / Bloomberg News

Xiaomi Co-Founder Lin Bin Announces Long-Term Share Sale Plan of Up to USD 2 Billion

pandaily - Xiaomi co-founder and Vice Chairman Lin Bin has announced a planned sale of up to $2 billion worth of shares over several years, starting in late 2026, with proceeds earmarked for a new investment fund.

#china #stockmarket #investment #business #finance #economy #technology #xiaomi #smartphone #executiveorder

Xiaomi Co-Founder Lin Bin Announces Long-Term Share Sale Plan of Up to USD 2 Billion

2 months / pandaily

Xiaomi stock dips after co-founder’s share-sale plan revealed

2 months / scmp

Chinese chipmaker CXMT in crosshairs of South Korean prosecutors over Samsung tech leak

scmp - Prosecutors in South Korea have indicted 10 people, including former Samsung Electronics executives, for allegedly leaking the company’s technology to Chinese chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT).The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office on …

#cybersecurity #semiconductors #china #chips #samsung #government #cybercrime #asia #law #tradesecrets

South Korea charges 10 over alleged chip technology leak to China's CXMT

2 months / reddit / /u/BusyHands_

Chinese chipmaker CXMT in crosshairs of South Korean prosecutors over Samsung tech leak

2 months / scmp

Xiaomi’s S25 Ultra rival features a DSLR-like physical zoom ring paired with a 200MP zoom camera

digitaltrends - The Xiaomi 17 Ultra isn’t just chasing higher megapixels. It’s rethinking how smartphone zoom should feel with a physical zoom ring wrapped around a massive 200MP periscope camera.The post Xiaomi’s S25 Ultra rival features a DSLR-like physical zoom ring p…

#hardware #mobiletech #innovation #china #camera #photography #technology #xiaomi #smartphone

Xiaomi's 17 Ultra Leica Edition smartphone comes with a manual zoom ring

2 months / engadget / Steve Dent

Xiaomi Launches 17 Ultra Leica Edition at USD 1,103, Featuring a “Master Zoom Ring”

2 months / pandaily

Memory crisis seems to have hit Xiaomi, and it could impact Samsung and Apple in 2026

2 months / digitaltrends

Xiaomi 17 Ultra Leica Edition: Everything you need to know

2 months / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Xiaomi’s S25 Ultra rival features a DSLR-like physical zoom ring paired with a 200MP zoom camera

2 months / digitaltrends

Xiaomi’s 17 Ultra, backed by Leica, challenges Apple’s iPhone Pro Max in mobile imaging

2 months / scmp

Xiaomi 17 Ultra Leica Edition to debut with a mechanical camera dial

2 months / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Nvidia prepares first H200 shipments to China by February

Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - According to Reuters, Nvidia has informed Chinese clients of plans to ship H200 AI chips to China before the mid-February Lunar New Year holiday, using existing stock for initial orders totaling 5,000 to 10,000 chip modules, equivalent to 40,000 to 80,000…

#ai #semiconductors #china #chips #nvidia #gpu #aiethics #asia #semiconductor #technology

NVIDIA Plans to Make the H200 AI Chip an Appealing Option By Offering a Price That Is Too Difficult To Ignore For Chinese Customers

2 months / wccftech / Muhammad Zuhair

Here’s what Nvidia investors can look forward to in 2026 trib.al/Ut6ny8g

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Why Asia sits at the centre of the global AI chip disruption?

2 months / e27 / Hiroki Kato

AMD (AMD) Holds Key Support While Nvidia Gains on China Export Breakthrough

2 months / parameter / Yasmin Werner

NVIDIA & AMD Are Back in China Once Again —This Time With Far More Powerful AI Chips, But Regulatory Guardrails Have Tightened Significantly

2 months / wccftech / Muhammad Zuhair

Nvidia prepares shipment of 82,000 AI GPUs to China as chip war lines blur — H200 shipments with 25% tax to begin as US loosens restrictions

2 months / tomshardware

Nvidia (NVDA) Stock: H200 Chip Shipments to China Planned for February

2 months / blockonomi / Trader Edge

Nvidia Prepares First H200 Shipments to China Amid US Scrutiny and Tariff Hurdles

2 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Nvidia’s H200 AI Chips Under Scrutiny as Export Approvals Sought

2 months / parameter / Newton Kitonga

Nvidia prepares first H200 shipments to China by February

2 months / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Nvidia Plans H200 Chip Shipments to China by Mid-February

2 months / parameter / Maxwell Mutuma

Nvidia aims to start H200 AI chip shipments to China by mid-February, sources say

2 months / scmp

FCC Bans Foreign-Made Drones Over National Security, Spying Concerns

BeauHD / slashdot - The FCC has banned approval of new foreign-made drones and components, citing "an unacceptable risk" to national security. The move will most heavily impact DJI but it "does not affect drones or drone components that are currently sold in the United State…

#cybersecurity #techpolicy #china #government #aviation #security #law #fcc #drone #regulation

DJI and Industry Reactions (8)
FCC Regulatory Announcements (11)
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DJI and Industry Reactions

2 months / slashgear

FCC’s import ban on the best new drones starts today

2 months / arstechnica / Scharon Harding

FCC bans foreign drones, including DJI. What happens next.

2 months / mashable

U.S. FCC bans foreign-made drones from DJI, others — DJI to be heavily affected by the announcement, with many American drone pilots up in arms due to lack of viable alternatives

2 months / tomshardware

Are you buying a drone soon? Here’s how the FCC’s move affects you

2 months / digitaltrends

The FCC Effectively Bans Foreign-Made DJI Drones By Adding Them To Its “Covered List”

2 months / wccftech / Rohail Saleem

U.S. Bans New China-Made Drones, Sparking Outrage Among Pilots

2 months / wsj / Heather Somerville

DJI drone ban has started in the US, but it won't happen overnight

2 months / reddit / lurker_bee

FCC Regulatory Announcements

FCC bans sale of foreign-made drones over national security concerns

2 months / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

FCC Officially Bans New Foreign-Made Drones, Blocking Future DJI Models

2 months / iclarified

The U.S. Has Officially Banned New, Foreign-Made Drone Models

2 months / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

The FCC just banned foreign-made drones from entering the US

2 months / techspot

US slaps a ban on foreign-made drones and components

2 months / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

US bans new foreign-made drones and components

2 months / engadget / Mariella Moon

The FCC’s foreign drone ban is here

2 months / reddit / /u/Silly_Rub_6304

The FCC’s foreign drone ban is here

2 months / reddit / Silly_Rub_6304

FCC Updates Covered List to Include Foreign UAS and UAS Critical Components [pdf]

2 months / ycombinator

FCC Bans Foreign-Made Drones Over National Security, Spying Concerns

2 months / slashdot / BeauHD

The FCC’s foreign drone ban is here

2 months / theverge / Jay Peters

All Other Stories

US bans new foreign drone models in a blow to Chinese giant DJI

2 months / reddit / /u/freechipsandguac

The FCC just banned foreign-made drones from entering the US

2 months / reddit / /u/AdSpecialist6598

iPhone 18 Trial Production Reported to Begin in February Ahead of Spring 2027 Launch

Steve Vegvari / iphoneincanada - Apple is believed to be kick-starting the trial production of its iPhone 18 shortly after the Chinese New Year.The post iPhone 18 Trial Production Reported to Begin in February Ahead of Spring 2027 Launch first appeared on iPhone in Canada.

#mobiletech #apple #china #chips #iphone #asia #manufacturing #technology #smartphone

First things we know about iPhone 18

2 months / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Apple Reportedly Facing Production Shortages For Its A20 And A20 Pro, Despite Securing Nearly Half Of TSMC’s Initial 2nm Supply, But Samsung Isn’t Being Viewed As An Alternative

2 months / wccftech / Omar Sohail

A new report claims that the iPhone 18 series will enter test production soon, but also that the Pro models will closely resemble the current design.

2 months / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

iPhone 18 Trial Production to Begin in February After Chinese New Year

2 months / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

Apple Targets 'Visually Crease-Free' Foldable iPhone With New Glass Tech [Rumor]

2 months / iclarified

Apple Preparing to Start Trial Production of iPhone 18 Pro

2 months / iclarified

One Leaker Wants You To Ignore The Rumors Of A Punch-Hole Selfie Camera On The Apple iPhone 18 Pro

2 months / wccftech / Rohail Saleem

iPhone 18 Trial Production Reported to Begin in February Ahead of Spring 2027 Launch

2 months / iphoneincanada / Steve Vegvari

Don't expect big changes in the iPhone 18 Pro design

2 months / appleinsider

iPhone 18 Trial Production to Start in February Ahead of Spring 2027 Launch

2 months / macrumors / Tim Hardwick

Baidu teams up with Uber, Lyft for London robotaxi launch in first half of 2026

scmp - Chinese tech giant Baidu is teaming up with US ride-hailing platforms Uber and Lyft to roll out robotaxi trials in London next year, highlighting the accelerated push among Chinese autonomous driving firms to expand globally.Baidu and Uber said they would…

#ai #automation #china #selfdriving #aiethics #business #uk #uber #automotive

Uber and Lyft to launch Baidu robotaxis in London in 2026

2 months / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Uber and Lyft rolling Baidu robotaxis into London next year

2 months / theregister / Simon Sharwood

Uber and Lyft to test Baidu robotaxis in London next year, joining Waymo

2 months / techcrunch / Sean O'Kane

London Set for Robotaxi Tests as Uber, Lyft Team Up With Baidu

2 months / eweek / Aminu Abdullahi

Uber and Lyft plan to bring robotaxis to London in partnerships with China's Baidu

2 months / techxplore

Baidu Partners With Uber and Lyft for London Robotaxi Launch in 2026

2 months / blockonomi / Trader Edge

Uber and Lyft announce plans to trial Chinese robotaxis in UK in 2026

2 months / bbc

Baidu teams up with Uber, Lyft for London robotaxi launch in first half of 2026

2 months / scmp

Uber, Lyft set to trial robotaxis in the UK in partnership with China’s Baidu

2 months / reddit / Logical_Welder3467

Uber and Lyft plan to bring robotaxis to London in partnerships with China's Baidu

2 months / go

Uber, Lyft set to trial robotaxis in the UK in partnership with China's Baidu

2 months / cnbc

Chinese AI Chip Maker Biren Technology Plans $623 Million Hong Kong IPO

Sherry Qin / wsj - Biren Technology, one of China’s “Four Little Dragons” in the graphics-processing-unit sector, aims to raise as much as 4.85 billion Hong Kong dollars.

#ai #semiconductors #china #chips #aiethics #banking #business #finance #asia

China's premier GPU maker Biren kicks off Hong Kong IPO — GPU startups vying for Nvidia's crown race to fund AI chip development

2 months / tomshardware

Chinese AI Chip Maker Biren Technology Plans $623 Million Hong Kong IPO

2 months / wsj / Sherry Qin

Chinese AI chipmaker Biren kicks off bookbuilding for US$624 million Hong Kong IPO

2 months / scmp

China reportedly has a prototype EUV machine built by ex-ASML employees

Anna Washenko / engadget - A report from Reuters claims that scientists in China have created a prototype of a machine that could eventually be used to produce semiconductor chips capable of powering artificial intelligence. Sources told the publication that a team in Shenzhen comp…

#hardware #innovation #semiconductors #china #chips #asia #manufacturing #technology #research

How China Built Its 'Manhattan Project' To Rival the West in AI Chips

2 months / slashdot / msmash

OPINION: Light in Shenzhen, Darkness in Europe

2 months / implicator / Marcus Schuler

China's EUV Machine Exists. What It Can Actually Do Remains an Open Question.

2 months / implicator / Marcus Schuler

China Reportedly Builds Secret ‘Manhattan Project’ EUV Machine for Chip Manufacturing

2 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

China may have reverse engineered EUV lithography tool in covert lab, report claims — employees given fake IDs to avoid secret project being detected, prototypes expected in 2028

2 months / tomshardware

China reportedly has a prototype EUV machine built by ex-ASML employees

2 months / engadget / Anna Washenko

Reuters is reporting that China's classified EUV project has reverse engineered and successfully built a prototype EUV machine with the help of former ASML engineers

2 months / reddit / /u/reversedu

Chinese EUV Lithography Machine Prototype Reportedly Undergoing Testing

2 months / reddit / /u/DazzlingpAd134

Reuters China completed working EUV machine early 2025

2 months / reddit / /u/DazzlingpAd134

Chinese EUV Lithography Machine Prototype Reportedly Undergoing Testing

2 months / techpowerup

China cements global lead in smart vacuums as Picea acquires Roomba maker iRobot

scmp - Chinese robotics manufacturers are set to cement their dominance in the global smart vacuum market with Picea Robotics’ acquisition of Roomba maker iRobot, after the US firm’s proposed sale to Amazon.com last year fell through due to regulatory hurdles.Ch…

#iot #robotics #automation #china #business #asia #acquisitions #manufacturing #technology #smarthome

China cements global lead in smart vacuums as Picea acquires Roomba maker iRobot

2 months / scmp

iRobot CEO says previous management was ‘in denial’ over group’s troubles

2 months / ft

Regulators killed iRobot and as such, just put Chinese robots in everyones' homes. Congrats to all involved. https://spyglass.org/mopping-the-floor-with-antitrust/

2 months / bsky / @mgsiegler.com

Xiaomi Rolls Out MiMo-V2-Flash to Rival DeepSeek, Moonshot, and OpenAI

Maxwell Mutuma / parameter - TLDR Xiaomi unveils MiMo-V2-Flash, an open-source AI model designed to compete with DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and OpenAI. The model is a step toward artificial general intelligence (AGI), focusing on reasoning, coding, and problem-solving tasks. MiMo-V2-Flas…

#ai #ml #opensource #china #deepseek #openai #genai #asia #xiaomi

Xiaomi Rolls Out MiMo-V2-Flash to Rival DeepSeek, Moonshot, and OpenAI

2 months / parameter / Maxwell Mutuma

Xiaomi launches open-source model to compete against DeepSeek, Moonshot, OpenAI systems

2 months / scmp

Xiaomi releases "MiMo-V2-Flash" — An Open-Source MoE (309B/15B Active) that hits 150 tokens/s and claims to match DeepSeek-V3.2 & Gemini 3.0 Pro.

2 months / reddit / /u/BuildwithVignesh

Shares of Chinese chipmaker MetaX soar nearly 700% in blockbuster Shanghai debut

cnbc - Shares of Chinese chipmaker MetaX Integrated Circuits Shanghai soared nearly 700% after raising nearly $600 million in its initial public offering.

#semiconductors #china #chips #stockmarket #investment #business #supplychain #asia #manufacturing #technology

China's MetaX soars 755% on debut on hopes for domestic chipmakers

2 months / techxplore

Shares of Chinese chipmaker MetaX soar nearly 700% in blockbuster Shanghai debut

2 months / cnbc

MetaX soars in frenzied debut as traders snap up second Chinese GPU maker to go public

2 months / scmp

China Chipmaker MetaX Debuts After Wildly Oversubscribed IPO

2 months / bloomberg / Bloomberg News

Roomba Maker iRobot Declares Bankruptcy, Falls Into Chinese Hands

John Gruber / wsj - John Keilman, reporting for The Wall Street Journal (gift link): The company that makes Roomba robotic vacuums declared bankruptcySunday but said its devices will continue to function normallywhile the company restructures.Massachusetts-based iRobot has s…

#robotics #china #tariffs #business #supplychain #economy #manufacturing #technology #smarthome

Roomba maker iRobot announces bankruptcy — brand will live on under ownership of former supplier

2 months / tomshardware

Roomba maker files for bankruptcy, weighed down by debt and tariffs : NPR https://www.npr.org/2025/12/15/nx-s1-5644772/tariffs-roomba-irobot-bankruptcy

2 months / bsky / @servelan.newsie.social.ap.brid.gy / servelan.newsie.social.ap.brid.gy

Former iRobot CEO calls Roomba maker's bankruptcy 'a tragedy for consumers'

2 months / cnbc

Roomba manufacturer iRobot files for bankruptcy

2 months / mobilesyrup / Matthew Mountjoy

Roomba Maker iRobot Declares Bankruptcy, Falls Into Chinese Hands

2 months / wsj / John Gruber

Roomba Maker iRobot Files for Bankruptcy, With Chinese Supplier Taking Control

2 months / nytimes / nytimes.com

Roomba Maker iRobot Files for Bankruptcy, With Chinese Supplier Taking Control

2 months / nytimes / Meaghan Tobin and Xinyun Wu

Roomba maker files for bankruptcy, weighed down by debt and tariffs

2 months / npr / Alina Selyukh

SpaceX Alleges a Chinese-Deployed Satellite Risked Colliding with Starlink

EditorDavid / slashdot - "A SpaceX executive says a satellite deployed from a Chinese rocket risked colliding with a Starlink satellite," reports PC Magazine:On Friday, company VP for Starlink engineering, Michael Nicolls, tweeted about the incident and blamed a lack of coordinat…

#china #space #government #aerospace #technology #elonmusk #satellite #starlink #safety #regulation

Chinese Spacecraft Got Disturbingly Close to Smashing Into a Starlink Satellite

2 months / gizmodo / Ellyn Lapointe

SpaceX satellite's near-miss with China spacecraft highlights growing space congestion

2 months / techspot

Starlink VP confirms ‘dangerously close’ Chinese launch incident — close call saw satellite pass within 200 meters of Starlink travelling at over 17,400mph

2 months / tomshardware

Internet based on massive constellations of satellites you say? What could possibly go wrong? theverge@c.im - Starlink and Chinese satellites nearly collided last week https://thever.ge/VMJt #Science #SpaceX #Space #News

2 months / bsky / @ruth-mottram.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy / ruth-mottram.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy

Starlink and Chinese satellites nearly collided last week

2 months / theverge / Thomas Ricker

SpaceX Alleges a Chinese-Deployed Satellite Risked Colliding with Starlink

2 months / slashdot / EditorDavid

Starlink claims Chinese launch came within 200 meters of broadband satellite

2 months / theregister / Simon Sharwood

US lawmakers question basis for allowing sale of Nvidia H200 chips to China

ft - Committee chair warns the decision risks undermining Washington’s strategic advantage over Beijing in cutting-edge AI

#semiconductors #techpolicy #china #chips #gpu #us #asia #technology #tradesecrets

Nvidia H200 is officially 'legacy' tech: US lifts export ban to China for H200 chips, signaling the West has fully pivoted to Blackwell (B200).

2 months / reddit / /u/BuildwithVignesh

US lawmakers question basis for allowing sale of Nvidia H200 chips to China

2 months / reddit / /u/MetaKnowing

Huawei Ascend 950 AI Accelerator Pictured

2 months / techpowerup

RIP American Tech Dominance | Lifting export controls on Nvidia’s second-best chip jeopardizes America’s AI advantage over China.

2 months / reddit / /u/MetaKnowing

How Chinese entities are already using Nvidia's powerful H200 AI chips

2 months / reddit / /u/MetaKnowing

US lawmakers question basis for allowing sale of Nvidia H200 chips to China

2 months / ft

China Is ‘Rejecting’ H200s, Outfoxing US Strategy, Sacks Says

2 months / bloomberg / Maggie Eastland

Nvidia weighs expanding H200 production as new China orders rush in, report claims — ByteDance and Alibaba listed as suitors for 'large orders' in the wake of sanctions lift

2 months / tomshardware

Intel Evaluates Wet Etch Equipment from China-Linked Supplier for 14A Node

techpowerup - Intel has conducted early tool qualification tests on wet etch systems from ACM Research as part of its preparations for the next-generation 14A node, which is scheduled for volume production in 2027. These evaluations have drawn external political attent…

#semiconductors #techpolicy #china #chips #us #security #intel #manufacturing #semiconductor

Intel Evaluates Wet Etch Equipment from China-Linked Supplier for 14A Node

2 months / techpowerup

Intel tests chipmaking tools from sanctioned China-focused tool maker, report claims — move could raise political and national security concerns, firm was backed by CEO Lip-Bu Tan's investment firm

2 months / tomshardware

Intel Evaluates Equipment Linked to China Export Blacklist

2 months / parameter / Newton Kitonga

Nvidia (NVDA) Stock: H200 China Deal Ignites Fierce Security Debate in Washington

Trader Edge / parameter - TLDR Nvidia received Trump administration approval to export H200 AI chips to China with 25% sales fee Reports indicate Beijing may restrict company access to H200 despite lifted export ban Huawei, Alibaba, and Baidu developed alternative AI chips during …

#ai #semiconductors #techpolicy #china #chips #nvidia #aiethics #us #security #tradesecrets

Huawei Ascend 910C Accelerator's Maturation Allegedly Spurred NVIDIA H200 Export Reversal

2 months / techpowerup

US President gives Nvidia green light to sell advanced AI chips to China

2 months / reddit / /u/rezwenn

The Nvidia H200 export saga, as it happened — Beijing ponders response and buyers line up, while Blackwell remains locked behind restrictions

2 months / tomshardware

China holds 'emergency meetings' to discuss Nvidia H200 purchases following export rule change, report claims — ByteDance, Tencent, and Alibaba asked to assess demand

2 months / tomshardware

Nvidia (NVDA) Stock: H200 China Deal Ignites Fierce Security Debate in Washington

2 months / parameter / Trader Edge

xAI’s Colossus 2 – First Gigawatt Datacenter In The World, Unique RL Methodology, Capital Raise

5 months / semianalysis / Jeremie Eliahou Ontiveros

DeepSeek Accused of Using Smuggled NVIDIA Chips: Report

Jon Swartz / techstrong - Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup DeepSeek allegedly relied on banned NVIDIA Corp. semiconductors to develop its latest AI model, according to a report from The Information that has sparked denials from the chipmaker and raised questions about …