Computing
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The good hacker: can Taiwanese activist turned politician Audrey Tang detoxify the internet?
As the ‘civic hacker’ who became Taiwan’s first transgender cabinet minister, she is used to breaking boundari…
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How Taiwan secured semiconductor supremacy – and why it won’t give it up
Trump has accused Taiwan of ‘taking’ the US chip sector, but Taipei has been at the forefront of the industry …
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Chinese developers scramble as OpenAI blocks access in China
US firm’s move, amid Beijing-Washington tensions, sparks rush to lure users to homegrown modelsAt the World AI…
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How Chinese influencers use AI digital clones of themselves to pump out content
Questions over honesty and legality as livestreamers, particularly in online shopping, use avatars to boost th…
- Artificial intelligence (AI), Children, Computing, Digital media, Global development, Health, India, Media, Mental health, Social media, Society, South and Central Asia, Technology, World news
‘I log into a torture chamber each day’: the strain of moderating social media
As jobs screening US, UK and EU platforms are shifted to India, viewing ‘gore’ to clean up the web has traumat…
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Chip wars: how semiconductors became a flashpoint in the US-China relationship
The fight for the 21st century’s most critical technology has become a major source of hostility between the w…
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China’s war chest: how the fight for semiconductors reveals the outlines of a future conflict
US efforts to stifle China’s chip industry are thought to be part of a wider plan to hinder Beijing’s preparat…
- Akshata Murty, Business, Computing, HMRC, India, Rishi Sunak, South and Central Asia, Tax havens, Technology sector, UK news, World news
Akshata Murty to get almost £6.7m in Infosys dividends
Income of Rishi Sunak’s wife from Indian tech firm to reach £13m for financial yearThe prime minister’s wife, …
- Artificial intelligence (AI), Asia Pacific, ChatGPT, China, Computing, Internet, Search engines, Technology, World news
Chinese ChatGPT rival from search engine firm Baidu fails to impress
Shares plummet after Ernie Bot AI chatbot software falls short of expectations at unveiling in BeijingThe Chin…
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What do US curbs on selling microchips to China mean for the global economy?
Washington’s ban on hi-tech exports to China marks a huge gambit for economic supremacy for the next decadesTh…
- Apple, China, Computing, Digital media, India, iPhone, Mobile phones, Smartphones, Social media, South and Central Asia, Technology, Telecoms
TechScape: What’s really behind Apple’s shift from China
Apple is now manufacturing a new phone model outside China – and the implications could be huge. Plus, a cyber…
- Apple, Asia Pacific, Business, China, Computing, India, iPhone, Mobile phones, Smartphones, South and Central Asia, Taiwan, Technology, Telecoms, US economy, US foreign policy, US news, World news
Apple shifts some iPhone 14 production from China to India
Move taken against background of China’s Covid lockdowns and geopolitical tensions between Beijing and Washing…
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Why Japan’s war on disks could prove to be another flop
Digital minister Taro Kono wants to follow up his bid to phase out faxes by getting rid of floppy disks – but …
- Asia Pacific, China, Computing, Cyberwar, Dominic Raab, Espionage, Foreign policy, Hacking, Internet, Microsoft, Politics, Technology, UK news, World news
UK and allies accuse Chinese state-backed group of Microsoft hack
British foreign secretary says Beijing will be held to account if it does not stop ‘systematic cyber sabotage’…
- Artificial intelligence (AI), Asia Pacific, Computing, Consciousness, South Korea, Technology, World news
South Korean AI chatbot pulled from Facebook after hate speech towards minorities
Lee Luda, built to emulate a 20-year-old Korean university student, engaged in homophobic slurs on social medi…