Letter: Synopsys tells staff to stop sales, services, and new orders in China to comply with new US export curbs, and pulls its annual and quarterly forecasts
Semiconductor design software firm Synopsys (SNPS.O) has told staff in China to halt services and sales in the country and stop taking …
Sources: Nvidia added ~200 staff to its self-driving R&D team in Beijing and will end 2024 with ~4,000 staff in China, up from ~3,000 at the start of the year
India Startup Rebel Foods Raises Funds Ahead of Planned IPO — US-China Tech War Fuels Asia Boomtowns Built on AI, Chips
Memo: Microsoft tells staff in China they must use iPhones for work from September, saying that Google services like the Play Store are not available in China
- Company will block corporate access from Android in China — Microsoft has been tightening cybersecurity following attacks
Internal memo: Microsoft tells staff in China that from September 2024 they can only use iPhones for work, including to verify identities, affecting hundreds
- Windows software maker is standardizing employee cybersecurity — Company will block corporate access from Android in China
Graphcore lays off most of its staff in China and discontinues sales in the country, citing US export rules; China made up 20% to 25% of Graphcore's business
Sources: several key ex-Arm staff in China depart for Borui Jingxin, a local government-backed chip design firm, worrying Arm investors over future China sales
Bloomberg : X: @rodolfor X: @rodolfor : “Could”, LOL, that's the whole point!! ‘Exclusive: Senior Arm China employees have quit to create a government-backed startup that some fear could divert reven...
Internal records show ByteDance uses word lists to detect or suppress content, extending beyond standard moderation blocklists; TikTok denies using the lists
A moderation system run by ByteDance staff in China uses word lists to detect or suppress content about everything from TikTok rival YouTube …
Sources: TikTok's efforts to cut ties with Beijing-based ByteDance have stumbled over hiring and retaining talent, as some key staff remain based in China
Short-video app is trying to reduce ties with ByteDance but is still hiring staff in China for key functions
Leaked audio from 80+ internal TikTok meetings: ByteDance staff in China repeatedly accessed data about US TikTok users between September 2021 and January 2022
exactly the type of behavior that inspired Trump to threaten to ban the app” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... @ebakerwhite Kyle Plotkin / @kjplotkin : This is unsurprising and there should be outrage...
Leaked audio from 80+ internal TikTok meetings: ByteDance staff in China repeatedly accessed data about US TikTok users between September 2021 and January 2022
For years, TikTok has responded to data privacy concerns by promising that information gathered about users in the United States …