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Chaos at DeepSeek as R2 launch crashes into hardware problems – rivals gain huge advantage

Huawei hardware struggles cause DeepSeek to postpone its AI model release, exposing gaps in domestic AI tools and emphasizing the contrast with competitors’ smoother deployment.

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Alibaba Launches AI-Powered Agent To Automate Merchant Operations

Alibaba Group’s (NYSE:BABA) international commerce arm launched the Accio Agent on Thursday to help merchants source products and supplies, aiming to transform online business operations.

Benzinga

DeepSeek's Latest AI Model Delayed After Huawei Chips Fail Amid China's Push To Reduce Reliance On US Companies Like Nvidia: Report

The Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek has reportedly postponed the launch of its new model after technical issues with Huawei Technologies’ chips forced a reliance on U.S.-made Nvidia Corp.'s (NASDAQ:NVDA) processors.

Benzinga

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DeepSeek reportedly urged by Chinese authorities to train new model on Huawei hardware — after multiple failures, R2 training to switch back to Nvidia hardware while Ascend GPUs handle inference

DeepSeek’s bid to train R2 on Huawei’s Ascend chips failed due to technical limits, forcing a return to Nvidia GPUs and delaying the launch.

Tom’s Hardware

Huawei FreeBuds Pro 4

The FreeBuds Pro 4 aim to be the best-performing buds we’ve yet heard from Huawei, but do they offer enough sonically?

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U.S.-China chip war: How Trump’s Nvidia-AMD deal has redefined Washington’s export control policy

One dismayed Democratic lawmaker said the move signals to China “that American national security principles are negotiable for the right fee.”

Fortune

Move over iPhone 17 – Huawei's second tri-fold could launch in the same week

Why have one screen when you could have three?

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You Think You Need a Monster PC to Run Local AI, Don’t You? — My Seven-Year-Old Mid-range Laptop Says Otherwise

While most of my local AI work takes place on a fairly well-equipped desktop PC, I was curious to see what mileage I could get from an old laptop I have lying around, and it surprised me.

Windows Central

Huawei's second tri-fold is tipped to launch in the same week as the iPhone 17 – and it sounds way more exciting

The latest rumors suggest the Huawei Mate XT 2 is going to make an appearance in the second week of September.

TechRadar

Huawei releases new tool to get Chinese firms around crushing HBM export blacklist — new UCM software claims up to 22x throughput gain and 90% latency reduction for traditional cache hierarchies in AI workloads

Huawei's newest software tool, called the Unified Cache Manager, seeks to optimize utilization across the traditional cache hierarchy for AI inference, allowing China's AI firms to be more competitive without the need for exotic HBM memory that is near-impossible to obtain in the country.

Tom’s Hardware

China pressures AI firms to avoid Nvidia’s H20 GPUs amid trust concerns

Just when NVIDIA thought it was in the clear to resume sales of its H20 AI GPUs to China, a new report suggests that Beijing is putting pressure on its major firms to avoid the chips.

Windows Central

Brave or foolhardy? Huawei takes the fight to Nvidia CUDA by making its Ascend AI GPU software open source

Huawei is open-sourcing its CANN toolkit for Ascend AI GPUs, aiming to rival Nvidia CUDA.

TechRadar

AMD and Nvidia to Divert 15% of China Chip Sales to US – What It Means for Market Share and the Global Chip Industry

The agreement—covering Nvidia's H20 and AMD's MI308 AI chips—is a precondition for obtaining export licenses, according to multiple officials.

International Business Times UK

It took 30 seconds of rain for me to realize: open earbuds are a genuine running essential

Trying to run 5k with my regular in-ear buds in the rain? A slippery mess. Trying that same run with open earbuds? Big yes.

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HPE got tangled up in MAGA conspiracy theories, and now its $14 billion merger with Juniper could be thrown out

The feeling was that a combined HPE-Juniper offering would act as a “bulwark” against Huawei in markets where the Chinese company might otherwise be more dominant.

Tom’s Hardware

Huawei is making its Ascend AI GPU software toolkit open-source to better compete against CUDA

Huawei is planning to open-source its Ascend AI GPU toolkit in efforts to accelerate development and compete with Nvidia's CUDA software ecosystem.

Tom’s Hardware

14 ex-Huawei employees handed down prison sentences in China — accused face up to six years for taking 'chip-related business secrets' with them to form startup Zunpai

China’s courts take tech secret pilfering seriously, if one of its homegrown companies appears to be the victim.

Back-to-class budget tech: fitness trackers under £100 that don’t suck

Smart health tracking doesn’t have to cost a fortune

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Ex-Huawei semiconductor secret thieves sentenced to jail

Former Huawei engineers have been sentenced to jail after being accused of stealing secrets from Huawei.

Fortune

HPE's merger with Juniper Networks was approved by the White House for national security reasons: source

The feeling was that a combined HPE-Juniper offering would act as a “bulwark” against Huawei in markets where the Chinese company might otherwise be more dominant.

TechRadar

Huawei’s new MatePad has got me thinking: where are all the good cheap tablets?

Huawei has teased its new MatePad 11.5 tablet, and it's got me thinking about the state of affordable tablets in 2025.

Windows Central

NVIDIA needs 300,000 more H20 AI chips from TSMC to meet China's demand — but some security experts aren't happy

NVIDIA has ordered 300,000 more H20 AI GPUs from TSMC just weeks after the ban on selling to China was reversed. That's great news for NVIDIA, but some national security experts are sounding the alarm.

Tom’s Hardware

HPE gets approval for $14B acquisition of Juniper, to defend AI networking edge against China's Huawei — White House stepped in after agencies flagged national security concerns

U.S. intelligence reportedly pushed the DOJ to approve HPE’s $14B Juniper acquisition, viewing it as a strategic move against Huawei. Despite internal DOJ tension, the merger seeks to strengthen US networking capabilities amid rising tech competition with China.

Fortune

The AI boom sends TSMC, the world's most important chipmaker, up 60 spots on the Global 500

“If someone had told me 10 years ago that I’d meet two presidents in one week...I would have thought they were joking,” CEO C.C. Wei tells Fortune.

International Business Times

'Marathon At F1 Speed': China Bids To Lap US In AI Leadership

Beyond dancing robots and eager-to-help digital avatars, Shanghai's World AI Conference saw China stake its claim to global artificial intelligence leadership and frame itself as a clear alternative to the United States.

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