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Tesla reportedly puts a stop to free trial of assisted driving service in China

TechNode

Tesla has stopped issuing a software update that was set to give customers in China a one-month free trial of its RMB 64,000 ($8,816) Full Self-Driving (FSD) assisted driving system, Chinese blogger Shawn said on March 23 on microblogging platform Weibo. IT Home , in Chinese]

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Demand for NVIDIA H20 chips surges as Chinese companies adopt DeepSeek’s AI models: report

TechNode

Chinese companies are upping orders of NVIDIAs H20 AI chip as demand booms for DeepSeeks low-cost AI models, according to an exclusive report from Reuters. Cloud service providers in particular, including Tencent, Alibaba, and ByteDance, are significantly increasing their orders of the H20 chip, sources said. Reuters ]

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

Mashable Tech

This week it was reported that Wynn-Williams also filed a whistleblower complaint to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in April, alleging that Facebook (now Meta) misled investors about its efforts to enter China.

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What is space war-fighting? The Space Force’s top general has some thoughts.

Ars Technica

DENVERThe US Space Force lacks the full range of space weapons China and Russia are adding to their arsenals, and military leaders say it's time to close the gap. Later, in a roundtable meeting with reporters, he briefly touched on the how. Read full article Comments

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Apple’s concessions in China reportedly include a secret $275 billion deal and one odd change in Maps

The Verge

CEO Tim Cook attends China Development Forum (CDF) 2018 | Photo by Visual China Group via Getty Images/Visual China Group via Getty Images. A report this week from The Information relies on unnamed sources and internal documents to peel back some of the details about Apple’s ties with China.

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In rare move, BMW and China’s Huawei sign deal for in-car connectivity

TechNode

BMW and Huawei said on Monday that starting 2026, BMWs newest electric cars in China will be compatible with the latters HiCar, which would allow many of its owners to connect their Huawei smartphones to their cars infotainment system to access various phone apps. to approximately 714,500 units in China last year.

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China has plans to make Minority Report a reality for its citizens

TechSpot

It's no secret that China is building a very different Internet than the Western world. In fact, it is sometimes referred to as a "surveillance economy" due to its questionable policies. The Chinese government seeks to control its citizens' online activity to the point of putting curfews on watching livestreams,

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