The Microsoft phone is an iPhone now
Remember Microsoft’s defunct Windows phone? It’s an iPhone now. OK, not literally, but for security purposes, Microsoft is making its employees in China use iPhones rather than Androids. The move, whi...
China’s at the center of the space race 2.0, as lunar exploration picks back up
On Tuesday, the WSJ reported that a lunar capsule carrying the first rock samples from the far side of the Moon had touched down on Earth, marking a significant milestone in space exploration. But, un...
How North Korea taps into US remote IT industry to raise funds
The Phoenix suburb of Litchfield Park seems an unlikely backdrop for international intrigue. You’d never find Jason Bourne screeching through its sun-banked subdivisions and golf courses in a vintage ...
China’s economy has gotten so bad, it might be the time to buy China
It isn’t going to make the New York Times best sellers list. But the biggest book of the year, for investors, could well turn out to be a modest volume that hit bookshelves in late March , published b...
After being discounted in the US, Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” goes to China
just got the tentative go-ahead to bring its “Full Self-Driving” (FSD) feature to China, the Wall Street Journal reports . That’s a big deal because China is Tesla’s second biggest market and because ...
China makes Apple remove WhatsApp, Threads, Signal and Telegram from app store
In its latest move to restrict foreign tech, Beijing has ordered Apple to remove a number of popular messaging apps from its app store there, including WhatsApp, Threads, Signal and Telegram. These ap...
China is still investing in new coal production
China has announced plans to increase its already world-leading coal production, setting a target to add 300 million tons of annual mining capacity by the end of the decade, as reported by Bloomberg ....
China pushes to drop US chips from telecoms by 2027
US chip companies and are the latest targets of China’s push to wean itself off foreign technology, according to the Wall Street Journal . Beijing ordered state-owned telecoms to phase out foreign...
How Elon Musk’s Starlinks are getting to US foes
When Elon Musk isn’t getting involved in messy social politics on Twitter, he’s getting involved in messy geopolitics of war. The Wall Street Journal did a deep dive into how devices from Musk’s satel...