US to announce billions in subsidies for advanced chips
By Rishabh Jaiswal (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration is expected to award billions of dollars in subsidies in coming weeks to top semiconductor companies including Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor…
China raises concerns with US over chip-making export controls, sanctions
By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Commerce Minister Wang Wentao expressed concern over U.S. curbs preventing third countries from exporting lithography machines to China during a phone call with…
U.S. wants to contain China’s chip industry. This startup shows it won’t be easy
By John Shiffman and Joshua Schneyer WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Last year, a veteran Silicon Valley software executive took the helm of a startup in his native China, company records show.…
China warns of geographic info data breaches, affecting transport, military
By Bernard Orr BEIJING (Reuters) – China said it found foreign geographic information software could be compromising confidential and sensitive data in key sectors including its military, and warned security…
SpaceX postpones planned launch of US military’s secretive X-37B spaceplane
By Joe Skipper and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – A planned Monday night launch of the U.S. military’s secretive X-37B robot spaceplane on its seventh mission to orbit,…
EU countries, lawmakers reach deal on rules for ChatGPT, other systems
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU countries and lawmakers have agreed on rules governing artificial intelligence systems such as ChatGPT after 10 hours of discussions, a person with…
Generative AI a stumbling block in EU legislation talks
By Supantha Mukherjee, Foo Yun Chee and Martin Coulter STOCKHOLM/BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) – EU lawmakers cannot agree on how to regulate systems like ChatGPT, in a threat to landmark legislation aimed…
European firms urge China to give more clarity on data transfer laws
By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) – European firms “urgently” need China to give clearer definitions of key terms in its cross-border data transfer rules, a European business lobby group said…
Nepal to ban China’s TikTok, alleges damaging social impact
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal said on Monday it would ban China’s TikTok, adding that social harmony and goodwill were being disturbed by “misuse” of the popular video…
Taiwan’s land squeeze pits advanced chips against ancestral temples
By Sarah Wu HSINCHU/LONGTAN, Taiwan (Reuters) – Wearing rain ponchos and holding photos of their ancestral temples near Hsinchu, Taiwan’s semiconductor capital, 40 residents braved lashing winds in early October…