Gadgets
Nothing goes to waste. Apple, long known for producing premium-priced products, has also managed to develop a booming business selling cheaper devices when most gadget makers are being hammered by rising costs. When Macbook Neo was introduced on March 4, 2026, as an entry-level, budget-friendly laptop the company did not know that the US$599 device […]
... written on May 18 2026China’s attempt to show humanoid robots during last year’s Chinese New Year Spring Festival Gala was laughed at by the West. Around that time, public demonstrations of the humanoids often drew scepticism, such as a robot marathon in April that made headlines for stumbles, crashes and breakdowns. It was the same scenario when Elon Musk laughed at China […]
... written on Feb 24 2026Jensen Huang, CEO of chip designer Nvidia, has been working tirelessly for months behind the scenes in both Washington and Beijing for the sake of billions of dollars in future revenue from the ongoing U.S.-China trade war. After all, China is a huge market. Nvidia generated US$17 billion in revenue from China in the fiscal year ending January […]
... written on Aug 13 2025Armed with a circular plaque in a 24-karat gold base which Tim Cook said was made in Utah, the Apple CEO carefully opened an Apple box (which he said was made in California) and gave the custom-made gift to Donald Trump when he visited the White House on Wednesday (August 6), the same day the […]
... written on Aug 09 2025Less than 24 hours after Beijing slapped a 125% tariff on all types of American goods going into China in retaliation, President Trump has started showing weakness when he scrambles to undo some of his self-inflicted damage. The U.S. – in yet another embarrassing U-turn – has now exempted smartphones and computers from reciprocal tariffs, […]
... written on Apr 13 2025In all three rounds of tax hikes – from 34% to 84%, and then to 125% – since Donald Trump started his tariff war on China last Wednesday (April 2), the U.S. president actually thought he could win easily. After all, Beijing was weak during Trump’s first term eight years ago, unwilling to go full […]
... written on Apr 11 2025For decades, China has been accused by the United States and several of its allies of economic espionage and intellectual property (IP) theft. It was claimed that Chinese IP theft has cost the U.S. about US$225 billion to US$600 billion a year. Besides stealing IP, China was also accused of demanding technology transfers in exchange for market access. […]
... written on Jan 29 2025At approximately 3:25 p.m. Tuesday (Sept 17), two members of Hezbollah terror group were having lunch at a shopping mall in Beirut. A pager, also known as a beeper or bleeper, which is considered an obsolete one-way communication device that can only receive messages, carried by one of the men suddenly exploded. Severely injured, he […]
... written on Sep 21 2024Artificial Intelligence (AI) chip maker Nvidia has been minting tonnes of millionaires among its 30,000 employees. The nearly US$3 trillion company generated US$27 billion in revenue in its fiscal 2023. Then, something spectacular happened. Nvidia revenue for the 12 months ending July 31, 2024 skyrocketed to US$96.31 billion – a 194.69% increase year-over-year. The […]
... written on Sep 06 2024From RM12 just to follow a TikTok creator to RM15 just to like a YouTube channel, you can earn easy money by doing some very simple jobs. To the gullible users, these appear to be a heaven-sent opportunity to get rich very quickly. They somehow believe this is a social media hype job, which pays […]
... written on Jun 10 2024
