Industry Hardware The RISC-V standards body is moving to Switzerland over fear of US trade restrictions The US is putting a lot of pressure on the silicon industry By Adrian Potoroaca, November 26, 2019, 4:06 PM
Industry The US says it's starting to process applications for licenses to sell tech to Huawei The trade ban is still in effect for over a hundred non-US affiliates on the entity list By Adrian Potoroaca, November 21, 2019, 7:39 AM
Industry US will allow some companies to deal with Huawei "very shortly" US-China relationships could be improving By Rob Thubron, November 4, 2019, 7:05 AM
Industry Hardware China establishes $29B fund to wean itself off of US semiconductors The fund will help finance Beijing's domestic semiconductor efforts By Eric Hamilton, October 30, 2019, 2:35 PM 17 comments
Industry Tech Culture US tariffs on Chinese goods will cost between $300 to $1,000 per household Laptops and phones won't be affected until mid-December By Adrian Potoroaca, September 3, 2019, 6:58 AM 28 comments
Google Mobile Google is reportedly looking to shift Pixel production from China to Vietnam An old Nokia factory in Bac Ninh will be converted to further Google's hardware ambitions By Humza Aamir, August 30, 2019, 6:50 AM
Industry Car Tech Tesla is reportedly planning to increase EV prices in China on August 30 Further price hikes could follow By Cohen Coberly, August 26, 2019, 3:14 PM
Industry Apple Tim Cook and President Trump discuss implications of the trade war on Apple Cupertino might be given some tariff relief considering the trade war puts rival Samsung in a better position By Humza Aamir, August 19, 2019, 8:19 AM 24 comments
Industry Electronics Smartwatches, smart speakers, and bluetooth headphones will be hit with 10 percent Chinese import tax Bad news for Apple and other tech giants By Cohen Coberly, August 13, 2019, 3:43 PM
Industry Trump administration puts Huawei licenses on hold as China tensions increase It looks like the easing of Huawei restrictions isn't going to happen anytime soon By Rob Thubron, August 9, 2019, 6:57 AM 13 comments
Industry Trump announces an additional 10 percent tariff on Chinese imports It will go into effect on September 1 By Cohen Coberly, August 1, 2019, 4:47 PM 45 comments
Mobile Industry Your next iPhone might come from Vietnam as manufacturers seek to avoid trade war fallout Vietnam could become the next epicenter for consumer electronics manufacturing By Adrian Potoroaca, July 31, 2019, 5:49 PM 32 comments
Industry Sony says its PlayStation consoles could get more expensive if China tariffs are expanded Both the PS4 and PS5 would be affected By Rob Thubron, July 31, 2019, 7:20 AM 15 comments
Software Industry GitHub confirms it has blocked developers in Iran, Syria, Cuba, North Korea and Crimea Developers in the affected countries will get very limited access By Adrian Potoroaca, July 29, 2019, 12:20 PM
Industry Huawei lays off over 600 workers from its Futurewei subsidiary in the U.S. The trade war has essentially frozen the research arm By Adrian Potoroaca, July 23, 2019, 4:04 PM 8 comments
Industry Huawei is reportedly planning to lay off hundreds of US-based workers as a result of its blacklisting The job losses will come from its Futurewei subsidiary By Rob Thubron, July 15, 2019, 9:42 AM
Industry Hardware Google, Microsoft, Amazon and others plan to move production out of China The U.S.-China trade war is far from over By Adrian Potoroaca, July 3, 2019, 1:11 PM
Gaming Microsoft Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony collectively speak out against Trump's tariffs on gaming consoles Open letter to USTR office explains consumers would be paying $840 million more this holiday season By Humza Aamir, June 27, 2019, 7:58 AM 8 comments
Industry US companies are using loophole in trade ban to do business with Huawei Goods not produced in the US are exempt By Rob Thubron, June 26, 2019, 6:55 AM
Industry Hardware US adds five Chinese companies involved in supercomputer industry to trade blacklist Due to concerns over the machines' potential military applications By Rob Thubron, June 25, 2019, 5:20 AM
Industry Microsoft Intel, Microsoft, HP, and Dell unite against proposed tariffs on Chinese imports They warn that "cost-conscious customers" will be hit hardest By Rob Thubron, June 20, 2019, 7:27 AM 10 comments
Industry Report: China tariffs will see laptop, phone, and console prices rise in US By Rob Thubron, June 19, 2019, 6:58 AM 25 comments
Industry Huawei ban could see DRAM prices fall an extra 25% this year Production could start operating at a loss By Rob Thubron, June 7, 2019, 5:20 AM 9 comments
Gaming Industry Next-gen consoles to get more expensive as US considers 25% tariff hike on Chinese goods In light of the ongoing trade dispute between the two countries By Humza Aamir, May 27, 2019, 7:28 AM 37 comments
Industry Huawei founder says spying allegations are untrue, calls Donald Trump "a great president" Ren Zhengfei hasn't spoken to the foreign press since 2015 By Rob Thubron, January 15, 2019, 10:44 AM 9 comments