The U.S. chipmaker’s business model has created a series of legal setbacks. Apple has also charged it over similar legal issues. On Tuesday, Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission stated Qualcomm Inc will pay $13.35 million ( T$390 million) as its first installment of the fine imposed by it for violations of anti-trust regulations in Taiwan. The…
The agreement, spanning several years, covers areas of technology related to RF Front-End components. Qualcomm Technologies Inc stated it has signed memorandums of understanding (MOU) for sales worth at least $2 billion with Xiaomi Communications, Lenovo Group, Vivo Communication Technology and the Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp. On Thursday, the U.S. chipmaker disclosed that the…
These questions by the U.S. lawmakers underscores the fact that the U.S. Congress is sensitive to these critical vulnerabilities which can be exploited by state backed hackers to gain access to virtually any modern computing device. A Democratic U.S. lawmaker has requested a briefing on the recently disclosed critical vulnerabilities, Meltdown and Spectre, that hackers…
China wants to attract talent in AI areas of biometric identification, cloud computing, big data and deep learning and wants to apply them in military technology in order to gain a leverage over the United States. China is pushing ahead to fulfill its ambition of becoming a world leader in Artificial Intelligence by 2025 and…
By extending the tax rebate on NEVs upto December 31, 2020, China aims to provide a financial support structure for green vehicles. In efforts aimed at boosting the adoption of hybrid and electric cars, China stated it will extend its tax rebate on the purchase of these new-energy vehicles (NEV) until the end of 2020.…
With much of its exports to China being blocked by U.N sanction, an impoverished and increasingly cornered North Korea has taken the cyber route to enriching itself. With the recent surge in the price of bitcoins, cyber security experts opine the net worth of its stolen tokens amount to $82 million. With more international sanctions…
Despite the lure of a big market, foreign companies are finding it hard to operate in China due to its asphyxiating business climate. In yet another instance which showcases how difficult it is for foreign tech service providers to operate in China, Skype, Microsoft Corp’s internet phone and messaging service has been removed from app…
Here is how how China Energy Fund Committee guided a Chinese oil and gas company to secure lucrative contracts in Chad. In a development that underscores the methods used to gain contracts, the U.S. has charged a man from Hong Kong as well as the former foreign minister from Senegalese for bribing high-level officials in…
Companies across the global are pushing the advance of AI-based deep learning for facial recognition technology. The multi-billion dollar industry is seeing rapid adoption by China as it tries to enforce a rigid framework on its citizens much like its firewall which limits its citizens’ usage of the internet. On Wednesday, the SenseTime Group, a…
On October 17, the U.S. and China signed an agreement that allows regulators on both side to certify design, production and air worthiness of its airplanes parts and passenger jets. On Thursday, China’s aviation safety regulator stated it has recently signed an agreement with the U.S. aimed at streamlining the certification of aircraft parts and…
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