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China's export restrictions on critical semiconductor materials shake global markets

TechSpot

China imposed stringent export controls on two critical semiconductor materials, germanium and gallium, in 2023, a move that has since rippled through global markets.

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Tesla Competitor Reveals Electric Car That Can Charge in Five Minutes

Futurism

Tesla's stock, meanwhile, crashed by 4 percent just on premarket trading alone, thanks to tumbling sales in China , Cybertruck quality issues , and the BYD charging race. Despite tariffs and trade war escalations, China's global slice of the EV pie is steadily growing. In 2023, China exported 1.7

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The global version of Steam appears to be banned in China

The Verge

Steam Global seems to have been banned in China, according to a report from TheGamer. Only the Chinese version of Steam remains accessible in the country, which currently offers a limited library of just 103 games — a very small fraction of the over 110,000 games that Steam Global has at this time of writing.

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Meta blocks whistleblower from promoting book, guaranteeing way more people will read it

Mashable Tech

Wynn-Williams was previously Meta's director of global public policy, with Careless People covering her time at the company from 2011 to 2017. Specifically, Meta alleges that Wynn-Williams violated the non-disparagement agreement she signed as an employee.

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AI firms follow DeepSeek’s lead, create cheaper models with “distillation”

Ars Technica

Leading artificial intelligence firms including OpenAI, Microsoft, and Meta are turning to a process called distillation in the global race to create AI models that are cheaper for consumers and businesses to adopt.

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China develops deep-sea cable-cutting device with global implications

TechSpot

China has created a deep-sea cable-cutting device capable of severing the world's most fortified underwater communication and power lines at depths of up to 4,000 meters. This technology, developed by the China Ship Scientific Research Centre and its State Key Laboratory of Deep-sea Manned Vehicles, targets armored steel, rubber, and.

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Bitcoin mining bounces back in China as country takes second-largest global hashrate share

TechSpot

In October last year, the US surpassed China for the first time to become the global crypto mining leader. The Asian nation had spent months clamping down even harder on cryptocurrencies and even declared all transactions using the virtual currency illegal.

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