iPhone drops out of top 5 smartphones in China
Apple Inc. lost ground in China’s smartphone market in the June quarter after local companies like Huawei Technologies Co. surged ahead.
iPhone shipments there slid 3.1% during the period, compared with an 11% year-on-year rise among...
Apple pulls WhatsApp, Threads, Telegram, and Signal from China App Store
Apple Inc. removed social media services including Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp and Threads from its Chinese app store, responding to orders from Beijing to close more loopholes in the country’s longstanding internet...
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Temu using tax loopholes to keep prices down in SA — Local retailers
South African retailers have urged the government to plug tax loopholes that they fear are being used by Chinese e-commerce platform Temu, amid its rapid growth in the country, News24 reported.
Similar concerns have also been...
Notorious Chinese hacking group embedded in US networks for at least five years
The Chinese state-sponsored hacking group known as Volt Typhoon has been living in the networks of some critical industries for “at least five years,” according to a joint cybersecurity advisory issued by the US and...
Apple Vision Pro resellers push price beyond R100,000
Apple Inc.’s limited release of the Vision Pro headset is fostering a resale market that’s pricing the device far beyond its $3,500 (R66,164) starting price.
On Japan’s Mercari marketplace, the base 256GB model sold for ¥800,000 (R101,792)...
China bypasses US export bans with Nvidia chip purchases
Chinese government- and military-linked institutions bought small amounts of Nvidia Corp. semiconductors over the past year, evading export bans implemented by the US, Reuters reported citing tender documents.
Neither Nvidia nor...
Apple share price slumps as iPhone demand wanes
Apple Inc. got itself a new bear as expectations of soft demand for its latest iPhone prompted analysts at Barclays Plc to downgrade the stock.
Shares fell 3.6% on Tuesday, their biggest one-day percentage drop since September, and the decline...
Huawei revenue surges in 2023
Huawei Technologies Co.’s revenue surged 9% in 2023, capping a dramatic year for a Chinese technology powerhouse that challenged Apple Inc. and US sanctions with a surprise breakthrough in chip technology.
Sales jumped to more than 700 billion yuan (R1.832...
The Problem with Jon Stewart creates problems for Apple
US lawmakers are pressing Apple Inc. for information about its streaming show The Problem With Jon Stewart, which was reportedly cancelled following disagreements over how to handle topics such as China.
Mike Gallagher, a Republican from...
Huawei and China Mobile build 3,000km long 1.2Tbps network
Huawei Technologies Co. and China Mobile Ltd. have built a 3,000-kilometre Internet network linking Beijing to the south, which the country is touting as its latest technological breakthrough.
The two firms teamed up with Tsinghua...