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U.S. scrambles to prevent export curbs on China chips from disrupting supply chain

The U.S. is scrambling to tackle unintended consequences of its new export curbs on China's chip industry that could inadvertently harm the semiconductor supply chain,

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Turpan City in China's Xinjiang leverages thermal energy for tourism

01:46 Turpan City in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is leveraging its rich thermal energy capability under a new economic growth model to boost its

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Volkswagen says a vendor’s security lapse exposed 3.3 million drivers’ details

Volkswagen says more than 3.3 million customers had their information exposed after one of its vendors left a cache of customer data unsecured on the internet.The car maker said in a letter that the v

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Apple sales bounce back in China as Huawei loses smartphone crown

Huawei’s smartphone rivals in China are quickly divvying up the market share it has lost over the past year.92.4 million units of smartphones were shipped in China during the first quarter, with

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Why ‘blaming the intern’ won’t save startups from cybersecurity liability

SolarWinds is back in hot water after a shareholder lawsuit accused the company of poor security practices, which they say allowed hackers to break into at least nine U.S. government agencies and hund

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Flower markets booming in E China with upcoming Spring Festival

01:00 Fresh flower markets are booming in Changzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, as people rush to purchase flowers for the upcoming Spring Festival, which fall

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Canceled camels

00:31 What happens when vendors can’t be reached to tell them one of the world’s largest camel trading fairs has been canceled due to COVID-19?Check out The China Report, our new weekl

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After Apple’s M1 launch, Intel announces its own white-label laptop

Its long fruitful relationship with Apple may be sunsetting soon, but Intel’s still got a fairly massive footprint in the PC market. There’s never a good time to get complacent, though (a lesson the

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Even as cloud infrastructure growth slows, revenue rises over $30B for quarter

The cloud market is coming into its own during the pandemic as the novel coronavirus forced many companies to accelerate plans to move to the cloud, even while the market was beginning to mature on it

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Indonesia's tax incentives to limit COVID-19's economic impact

Indonesia has increased tax incentives for businesses in a move to try and limit the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, its tax office said on Saturday.Previously announced tax relief th

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Asia Album: Burmese grape harvest underway in Bangladesh

A woman collects Burmese grapes in an orchard in Narsingdi district, some 51 km east of Bangladesh capital Dhaka,July 10, 2020. (Xinhua/Salim)DHAKA, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Freshly picked Burmese grapes,

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Asia Album: Livestock markets open in Pakistan before Eid al-Adha

Vendors wait for customers at an animal stall ahead of Eid al-Adha festival in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on July 11, 2020. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)ISLAMABAD, July 12 (Xinhua) -- A livestock market in

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Japan's supercomputer captures Top500 crown, China dominates with system number

Japanese supercomputer "Fugaku" has topped the new edition of the Top500 supercomputer list announced on Monday, while China continues to lead in the number of Top500 supercomputers. The new top sys

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IBM scrap facial recognition software over racial profiling concerns

The tech firm also calls for greater transparency and accountability to policing following the death of George Floyd in the US.

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Through The Lens: Street vendors in Kibera strongly hit by pandemic

03:15 Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, street vendors in Kenya have been hit hard.The hash effects have been strongly felt in Kibera, an informal settlement in the capital Nairobi, where ma

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Smartphone shipments in China up 17% in April

A woman uses her mobile phone next to an Oppo mobile handset advertisement in Singapore August 7, 2017. /Reuters Smartphone shipments from China's factories to vendors rose 17 percent in April

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Bankruptcy court approves Neiman Marcus' plea to access financing

U.S. luxury department store chain Neiman Marcus Group said on Friday it received court approval to access 675 million U.S. dollars of its debtor-in-possession financing, which will allow continui