Hong Kong has become the main artery for high-tech goods flowing in and out of China, and its chip trade has hit record levels. The city accounted for more than half of Chinaâs $239bn in semiconductor imports in the first five months of 2026, according to a Bloomberg review of official data. That share stood at [âŠ] This story continues at The Next Web Read more âș
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Facial recognition has arrived in school canteens. Nine schools in Scotland have started taking lunch payments from schoolchildren by scanning their faces, the Financial Times reports. The system reportedly speeds up the lengthy payment process and is more Covid-secure than using cards and fingerprint scanners. Of course, these issues could have been resolved by making school lunches free. But why invest in healthy meals for children when you can splurge... Read more âș
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TLDR: This Handheld 3âł LCD Video Game Console comes with 400 built-in games to relive the glory days of 8-bit gaming today. In this age of nostalgia and retro gaming, few consoles still hold the magic and allure of the granddaddy of modern handheld gaming, the Nintendo Gameboy. During the 90s, it was the undisputed king, selling over 118 million units and still holding the distinction as the third best-selling... Read more âș
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TLDR: With this limited time deal, you can become a Samâs Club member for 12 months and enjoy some popular Samâs Club items for free, all for less than $20. The holiday season wasnât quite the same in 2020. With some travel restrictions still in place and general unease over safety a major concern, many celebrated a little more quietly last year, with fewer family and friends than a more... Read more âș
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Thereâs no denying it: the trusty embargo remains a positive and productive tool for professionals on both sides of the press-PR divide. If anything, embargoes have only become more important in recent years, and theyâre certainly not going anywhere. Why? Itâs simple. Virtually every industry that depends on new releases and new information to push its news cycle forward makes use of the embargo. This includes arts and entertainment, publishing,... Read more âș
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Remember Foxconn, Appleâs iPhone assembler? The Taiwanese company is now officially expanding its business areas and joining the EV game. At the Hon Hai Tech Day (HHTD21) on Monday, Foxconn unveiled three electric vehicle prototypes, hoping to grow its emergent auto segment into a $35.88 billion (NT$1 trillion) enterprise within the next five years. The three EVs â an SUV, a sedan, and a bus â were made by Foxtron,... Read more âș
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There are two simple words that sum up how Iâm feeling about the new MacBook Pro: oh no. In case you havenât heard, Apple is holding an event today. Supposedly, this will be the announcement of the M1X MacBook Pro. Thereâs a lot to be excited about. The rumors are that Apple will ditch the traitorous Touch Bar, MagSafe is making a return, and the displays will be sharper and... Read more âș
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As space travel for recreational purposes is becoming a very real possibility, there could come a time when we are traveling to other planets for holidays, or perhaps even to live. Commercial space company Blue Origin has already started sending paying customers on suborbital flights. And Elon Musk hopes to start a base on Mars with his firm SpaceX. This means we need to start thinking about what it will... Read more âș
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While Iâm dying to watch the new season of HBOâs show Succession, tonightâs primetime slot is reserved for Apple. The event will supposedly focus on its modified M1X chips and a few new MacBook Pros powered by it. You can watch the live stream of the event on Appleâs website or the companyâs YouTube channel at 10AM PT/1PM ET/10.30PM IST/7PM CET. Last year, Apple introduced its ARM-based indigenous chip M1.... Read more âș
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In the middle of the last decade, Facebook decided it needed to build AI to fight hate speech. While the technology did work in some cases, weâve also seen glaring failures. After the Christchurch shooting, for example, Facebook wasnât able to quickly remove the video. Over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal published a new report indicating Facebookâs AI canât identify first-person shooting videos and racist rants consistently. Plus, there... Read more âș
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TLDR: The Python Programming and Git Certification Bundle includes beginner and advanced training in how to use Python to code all your biggest programming projects. Well, it finally happened. After years of knocking on the door, Python is now the worldâs most popular programming language. Dutch firm Tiobe has charted the popularity of all coding disciplines for over 20 years, featuring two decades of Java and C controlling the top... Read more âș
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The pursuit of scientific and technological understanding and innovation requires consistent dedication and a desire to learn. For many eventual individual successes in the industry, that journey starts at a young age. If youâre looking to inspire a young person with a curious mind, then youâll enjoy watching them become captivated by the WLKATA Mirobot 6-Axis Mini Robot Arm Education Kit. For a limited time, this comprehensive package, which is... Read more âș
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When Jerry started their job as a junior developer, they couldnât wait to get to work each morning. And each evening, even after their 10-hour workdays, theyâd still feel energized. Now, two years later, Jerry looks like the shadow of what they used to be. Getting out of bed is hard these days, getting to work even harder. By the end of the day, they feel exhausted and drained. And... Read more âș
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It took Robert Gomez about five months to get his Kaffe coffee grinder to the big leagues in e-commerce: among the first three search results for âcoffee grinderâ on Amazon.com. Gomez, founder of Atlanta-based consumer goods startup 4Q Brands, said he obsessively refined his photos and description, amassed reviews from happy customers, and paid Amazon $40,000 a month on advertising to boost sales, one of the elements Amazon tells sellers... Read more âș
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TLDR: The Mastering Linux and Git Certification Bundle offers insight into the open-source operating system, even if youâve never touched a line of Linux code before. Everybody knows about Windows and MacOS. But everybody doesnât know serious computing. While those operating systems may run all the personal PCs you see, the worldâs most powerful computers run on the operating system real experts swear by: Linux. In fact, in a check... Read more âș
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Disclaimer: This story is not meant to discourage you. Rather, it should serve as a long hard look in the mirror. So youâre enthusiastic about Data Science, youâve read a couple dozen blog posts and completed a few online classes. Now youâre dreaming of making this your career. After all, itâs the sexiest job of the 21st century, according to Harvard Business Review. But despite your enthusiasm, Data Science might... Read more âș
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Although lithium-ion batteries have long been the focus of EV development, issues such as battery aging and safety still arenât fully understood. Thatâs mainly because current battery management systems can obtain little information from a battery, and with poor real-time capability. They also canât store or process large amounts of data during the operation of a vehicle. But donât lose your hope just yet, because digital twin tech could actually... Read more âș
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COVID-19 has fundamentally changed our relationship with the office. After the enforced experiment of lockdowns pushing about 40% of the labor force into working from home, few of us want to return to the pre-pandemic status quo. Yes, we miss the sociability of the workplace, but surveys show at least three-quarters of us want the option to spend a few days working at home and a few days in the... Read more âș
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Googleâs Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro will officially be launched on October 19, and in typical fashion, we know a ton of details about the phones well before their release. Thatâs in part due to unintentional leaks, but also because Google itself has already told us a ton of information about the deviceâs hardware. Thereâs a lot to be excited about with the Pixel 6, as it seems Google... Read more âș
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Nicolas Chaillan, the Pentagonâs former Chief Software Officer, is on a whirlwind press tour to drum up as much fervor for his radical assertion that the US has already lost the AI race against China. Speaking to the Financial Times in his first interview after leaving his post at the Pentagon, Chaillan said: We have no competing fighting chance against China in 15 to 20 years. Right now, itâs already... Read more âș
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Scientists have developed a novel way of making people care about climate change: flooding their homes. Not their real homes, of course; the destruction is merely a simulation â for now. But projecting catastrophic consequences onto familiar places could generate awareness through empathy. âShock is not the endgame here,â said study lead author Victor Schmidt, a PhD candidate at the Mila Quebec AI Institute in Montreal, Canada. âWe want to... Read more âș
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