Experimental News Clipping Site

Tag: Taiwan

  • Slashdot: MediaTek Launches Improved AI Processor To Compete With Qualcomm

    —

    by

    Kurt Seifried
    in

    Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/09/23/0434209/mediatek-launches-improved-ai-processor-to-compete-with-qualcomm Source: Slashdot Title: MediaTek Launches Improved AI Processor To Compete With Qualcomm Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: MediaTek’s launch of the Dimensity 9500 mobile processor enhances AI capabilities on devices, directly competing with Qualcomm in the performance of AI tasks. This advancement, built on a sophisticated 3-nanometer process, has…

  • Slashdot: DeepSeek Writes Less-Secure Code For Groups China Disfavors

    —

    by

    Kurt Seifried
    in

    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/09/17/2123211/deepseek-writes-less-secure-code-for-groups-china-disfavors?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: DeepSeek Writes Less-Secure Code For Groups China Disfavors Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The research by CrowdStrike reveals that DeepSeek, a leading AI firm in China, provides lower-quality and less secure code for requests linked to certain politically sensitive groups, highlighting the intersection of AI technology…

  • Slashdot: Alibaba Creates AI Chip To Help China Fill Nvidia Void

    —

    by

    Kurt Seifried
    in

    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/08/29/231249/alibaba-creates-ai-chip-to-help-china-fill-nvidia-void Source: Slashdot Title: Alibaba Creates AI Chip To Help China Fill Nvidia Void Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Alibaba’s development of a versatile inference chip in response to U.S. restrictions on Nvidia’s sales to China. This move is significant for AI infrastructure security and represents a…

  • The Register: Typhoon-adjacent Chinese crew broke into Taiwanese web host

    —

    by

    Kurt Seifried
    in

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/15/typhoonadjacent_chinese_crew_taiwan_web_servers/ Source: The Register Title: Typhoon-adjacent Chinese crew broke into Taiwanese web host Feedly Summary: Is that a JuicyPotato on your network? A suspected Chinese-government-backed cyber crew recently broke into a Taiwanese web hosting provider to steal credentials and plant backdoors for long-term access, using a mix of open-source and custom software tools,…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: UAT-7237 targets Taiwanese web hosting infrastructure

    —

    by

    Kurt Seifried
    in

    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-7237-targets-web-hosting-infra/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: UAT-7237 targets Taiwanese web hosting infrastructure Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos discovered UAT-7237, a Chinese-speaking advanced persistent threat (APT) group active since at least 2022, which has significant overlaps with UAT-5918. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the activities of UAT-7237, a Chinese-speaking advanced persistent…

  • The Register: TSMC launches legal action against insiders accused of trade secret theft

    —

    by

    Kurt Seifried
    in

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/05/tsmc_trade_secret_theft/ Source: The Register Title: TSMC launches legal action against insiders accused of trade secret theft Feedly Summary: Chipmaker said it caught the ‘unauthorized activity’ early Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) has launched legal proceedings against an unknown number of employees as it investigates a potential breach of trade secrets.… AI Summary and…

  • Slashdot: SoftBank’s Son Pitches $1 Trillion Arizona AI Hub

    —

    by

    Kurt Seifried
    in

    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/06/20/2212217/softbanks-son-pitches-1-trillion-arizona-ai-hub?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: SoftBank’s Son Pitches $1 Trillion Arizona AI Hub Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses SoftBank Group’s founder Masayoshi Son’s initiative to create a $1 trillion industrial complex in Arizona focusing on robotics and artificial intelligence manufacturing. This venture is tied to discussions with TSMC…

  • AWS News Blog: Now open – AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region

    —

    by

    Kurt Seifried
    in

    Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/now-open-aws-asia-pacific-taipei-region/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: Now open – AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region Feedly Summary: Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced that AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region is generally available with three Availability Zones and Region code ap-east-2. The new Region brings AWS infrastructure and services closer to customers in Taiwan. Skyline…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: What people get wrong about the leading Chinese open models: Adoption and censorship

    —

    by

    Kurt Seifried
    in

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/6/what-people-get-wrong-about-the-leading-chinese-models/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: What people get wrong about the leading Chinese open models: Adoption and censorship Feedly Summary: What people get wrong about the leading Chinese open models: Adoption and censorship While I’ve been enjoying trying out Alibaba’s Qwen 3 a lot recently, Nathan Lambert focuses on the elephant in…