2025-03-10
The popular AI agent “Manus” launched in China is automating about 50 tasks, and the scenario is too dystopian. It's said to be more accurate than DeepSeek. It can simultaneously perform SNS analysis, financial transactions, research, purchasing, and more. [video]
Forbes
A look at Manus, which its Chinese creators claim is the world's first fully autonomous AI agent, as some say it might be China's second DeepSeek moment
Manus is a general AI agent that bridges minds and actions: it doesn't just think, it delivers results. Luiza Jarovsky / Luiza's Newsletter : ✋ Manus AI: Why Everyone Should Worry ...
The popular AI agent “Manus” launched in China is automating about 50 tasks, and the scenario is too dystopian. It's said to be more accurate than DeepSeek. It can simultaneously perform SNS analysis, financial transactions, research, purchasing, and more. [video]
TechCrunch
Some early Manus users say the agentic AI is no panacea, with long waits, errors, unsatisfying answers, and endless loops often plaguing the experience
Manus, an “agentic” AI platform that launched in preview last week, is generating more hype than a Taylor Swift concert.
2024-01-22
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is enjoying his trip to China. Obviously, he doesn't want to lose China, the world's largest market.🤔 [video]
Bloomberg
Source: in a low-key tour, Jensen Huang visited Nvidia's offices in Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Beijing earlier in January, as the US curbs Nvidia's China exports
Bloomberg :
2023-09-08
I've read some comments from stupid Westerners - 👍Banning Chinese company made phones for govt officials = good, prevents China from spying on us! 👎China banning US made phones for govt officials = awful! They're probably doing it to spy on them! https://www.wsj.com/...
Bloomberg
Sources: China plans to expand its ban on iPhones in sensitive departments to government agencies and state companies, an unprecedented blockade; AAPL drops ~3%
2023-09-07
I've read some comments from stupid Westerners - 👍Banning Chinese company made phones for govt officials = good, prevents China from spying on us! 👎China banning US made phones for govt officials = awful! They're probably doing it to spy on them! https://www.wsj.com/...
Bloomberg
Sources: China plans to expand its ban on iPhones in sensitive departments to government agencies and state companies, an unprecedented blockade; AAPL drops 3%+
- Beijing begins by banning the devices from certain bodies — It could deal blow to Apple and amplifies a self-reliance push
2023-06-12
If this news is true, then Biden's decision means that China has made some breakthroughs in the field of independent chip manufacturing, making him realize that simple sanctions can only have a counterproductive effect.🤔 https://www.wsj.com/...
Bloomberg
South Korean prosecutors say an ex-Samsung executive allegedly stole blueprints and designs in 2018 and 2019 to replicate an entire chip plant in China
A former Samsung Electronics Co. executive allegedly stole blueprints and designs to try and replicate an entire semiconductor plant in China …
If this news is true, then Biden's decision means that China has made some breakthroughs in the field of independent chip manufacturing, making him realize that simple sanctions can only have a counterproductive effect.🤔 https://www.wsj.com/...
Wall Street Journal
Sources: a US official said the government plans to let chipmakers in South Korea and Taiwan maintain and expand their China-based facilities without reprisals
Yuka Hayashi / Wall Street Journal :
2022-10-17
I wonder what is the legality of banning an American citizen from working for a foreign company. Congress has not declared war, so working for a Chinese company isn't the same as working for “the enemy”. https://www.wsj.com/...
Wall Street Journal
New US export controls may affect 43+ senior executives at 16 public chip companies in China, forcing them to choose between their US citizenship and their jobs
At least 43 senior executives working with 16 listed Chinese semiconductor companies hold roles from CEO to vice president
2022-08-19
“It looks like Mark Zuckerberg watched Ready Player One and thought he would be able to recreate that universe with MS Paint.” 😆😆😆 https://www.forbes.com/...
Forbes
After Mark Zuckerberg shared a screenshot from Horizon Worlds for an announcement, people criticize the graphics and Meta's $10B investment in the metaverse
Paul Tassi / Forbes :
2022-08-18
“It looks like Mark Zuckerberg watched Ready Player One and thought he would be able to recreate that universe with MS Paint.” 😆😆😆 https://www.forbes.com/...
Forbes
After Mark Zuckerberg shared a screenshot from Horizon Worlds for an announcement, people criticize the graphics and Meta's $10B investment in the metaverse
Mark Zuckerberg has once again been roasted on Twitter, not over barbecue sauce or surfing this time.
2022-07-03
“In fact, we make our moderation guidelines and algorithm source code available... which is a level of accountability no peer company has committed to.” Can FB, YouTube, Twitter, Google... do that? If they can do that, they will get China's market. Can they? https://newsroom.tiktok.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg
In a letter to nine GOP senators, TikTok says China-based employees who clear internal security protocols can access certain information on TikTok's US users
Alex Barinka / Bloomberg :
2022-07-02
“In fact, we make our moderation guidelines and algorithm source code available... which is a level of accountability no peer company has committed to.” Can FB, YouTube, Twitter, Google... do that? If they can do that, they will get China's market. Can they? https://newsroom.tiktok.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg
In a letter to nine GOP senators, TikTok says China-based employees who clear internal security protocols can access certain information on TikTok's US users
TikTok, the viral video-sharing app owned by China's ByteDance Ltd., said certain employees outside the US can access information …
2022-03-01
“r/Russia” just got quarantined by Reddit. The so-called “freedom of speech” boasted by western society is always their own privilege. I'm glad we have the GWF and our own Internet companies/apps/websites... https://twitter.com/...
Mashable
Reddit quarantines r/Russia and r/RussiaPolitics due to “a high volume of information not supported by credible sources” and bans a moderator
A moderator has also been removed. — Reddit has quarantined subreddit r/Russia due to misinformation, as the internationally …
2021-11-29
@ChefMiew “Online, retailers rang up $8.9 billion in sales on Black Friday, down from the record of about $9 billion spent on the Friday after Thanksgiving a year earlier...” The sales of Taobao+JD in 11-11 is 15.6 times of it.($139 billion) https://www.cnbc.com/...
CNBC