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Monday 20 July 2026
US and Chinese AI labs are quietly building on each other's models, even as distillation fight rages
The distillation dispute between US and Chinese AI labs has been framed as a one-way street: American firms accuse Chinese rivals of copying their models. However, a run of recent...
Monday 20 July 2026
Hanmi Semiconductor speeds up HBM tool output and plants US flag as equipment shortage looms
South Korea's Hanmi Semiconductor is racing to expand output of the bonding equipment that global memory and foundry makers rely on to build high-bandwidth memory (HBM), warning that...
Saturday 18 July 2026
Dutch report frames Chinese interference in chips, ports and aerospace as a systemic threat
Chinese foreign interference in the Netherlands' strategic industries should be treated as a systemic, long-term threat rather than a series of isolated incidents, according to "Beyond...
Friday 17 July 2026
China moves to institutionalize its vision for global AI governance as Xi launches cooperation body
China used the opening of the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai to institutionalize its bid to shape global governance of artificial intelligence (AI),...
Friday 17 July 2026
Australia strips voting rights from China-linked holdouts in rare-earths miner, curbing Beijing's mineral leverage

Australia has escalated a two-year campaign to force Chinese investors out of Northern Minerals Ltd., barring three China-linked shareholders...

Thursday 16 July 2026
Commentary: Xi Jinping elevates Sovereign AI, diplomacy, ecosystems into China's next AI strategy

The 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) opens in Shanghai on July 17, with Chinese President Xi Jinping set to attend...

Wednesday 15 July 2026
China's AI labs are exporting innovation back to Silicon Valley, claims Linux Foundation CTO

After an eight-day trip through Beijing, Shanghai, and Hangzhou, Linux Foundation Global AI CTO Matt White published a detailed account...

Tuesday 14 July 2026
Nvidia cuts list of approved Asian chip buyers by more than half to prevent diversion to China

Nvidia has removed more than half of the Asian customers it previously authorized to buy its advanced chips, after creating a new internal...

Tuesday 14 July 2026
US-funded researchers barred from working with blacklisted Chinese entities from 2027

The US National Science Foundation will prohibit the researchers it funds from collaborating with organizations on Washington's restricted-party...

Monday 13 July 2026
Trump admin reportedly urged Apple to procure chips from Intel in exchange for dropping tariffs

Reports have emerged that Apple may have managed to avoid 100% tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump, partly by agreeing to...

Monday 13 July 2026
Tencent seeks control of Manus after China blocks Meta's US$2 billion AI deal

Tencent is in talks to become the largest shareholder in Manus, leading a proposed buyback of the AI agent startup after Chinese regulators...

Monday 13 July 2026
Taiwan's Jiin Ming joins Japan-Ukraine Drone Cluster talks on drone systems
Taiwanese drone manufacturer Jiin Ming Industry attended the launch press conference for the Japan-Ukraine Drone Cluster (JUDC) at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ)...
Monday 13 July 2026
Europe, UK, and US financial sectors respond differently as advanced AI reshapes industry and regulation
Advanced artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a growing focus for financial regulators and technology companies across Europe, the UK, and the US, with authorities placing increasing...
Thursday 9 July 2026
China escalates scrutiny of Anthropic's Claude Code over alleged 'backdoor' risk

China has intensified its scrutiny of US AI software after issuing a security alert over Anthropic's AI coding assistant, Claude Code,...

Thursday 9 July 2026
What China's rumored limited reopening to Nvidia's H200 implies for US-China chip contest and Beijing's drive for self-reliance
China's rumored tentative plan to allow a handful of its largest artificial intelligence (AI) companies to purchase a small number of Nvidia H200 chips has implications that extend...