New smartphone SIM card has faster embedded CPU core — single RISC-V core claimed to help deliver 10x storage, 10x faster transfers, improved security By Dallin Grimm published June 27, 2024 This is China Mobile's new 'super SIM card.'
Passenger caught using electric wheelchair to smuggle more than 100 mobile phones into China By Jeff Butts published August 10, 2024 A Macau man was recently apprehended when he tried to smuggle more than 100 mobile phones into China hidden in his modified electric wheelchair.
New Waveshare IoT board uses Raspberry Pi Zero form factor, brings cellular connectivity and a custom version of MicroPython By Jeff Butts published May 22, 2024 Waveshare offers a development kit that provides cellular connectivity and compatibility with Raspberry Pi Zero HATs in a small form factor.
Japanese firm demos tech that makes any object a capacitive touch surface — stuffed cat on display, works with wood, ceramic, and plasterboard, too By Mark Tyson published October 20, 2024 JDI has been demonstrating its ZINNSIA technology, which can convert a wide range of materials into capacitive touch surfaces. Even a stuffed cat.
CXMT unveils China's first homegrown low-power memory - new LPDDR5-6400 adopted by Chinese smartphone makers Xiaomi and Transsion By Anton Shilov published November 29, 2023 CXMT has unveiled China's first homegrown low-power memory. Xiaomi and Transsion are set to use CXMT's 12GB LPDDR5-6400 memory modules.
JDI's 2VD screen delivers two touch displays in one — screen looks different to each user, and can tell who is touching it By Jowi Morales published August 4, 2024 JDI built a 2 Vision Display (2VD) that lets drivers and passengers have see their own images from one screen.
TSMC custom employee-exclusive suitcases are sold online for as high as $16,700 By Mark Tyson published May 24, 2025 TSMC’s new custom-designed employee-exclusive 20-inch suitcase is awesome to behold, but some resellers are asking too much.
XYZA Tiny Keyboard Custom 2.0 launched — offers three customizable keys plus a dial By Christopher Harper published April 12, 2024 A mini mechanical keyboard weighing 70 grams, featuring three Red switch keys and a dial, has been released.
Korean retail RTX 5090 spotted for sale in China — Chinese shoppers plunder Japan and Taiwan, too By Mark Tyson published February 4, 2025 Chinese customers were also reportedly present at the chaotic Akihabara RTX 5090 and 5080 lottery event.
Thief Chews Through Anti-Theft Cable After iPhone 14 Plus Sticker Shock By Mark Tyson published September 2, 2023 iPhone 14 Plus sticker shock precipitates anti-theft cable gnawing robbery, but the strong-toothed perp got caught within half an hour.
Japanese company shows off $50 USB thumb drive with integrated digital camera By Mark Tyson published August 29, 2024 Extremely portable, but the image quality reminds us of the early days of digital cameras.
Chinese researchers use low-cost Nvidia chip for hypersonic weapon —unrestricted Nvidia Jetson TX2i powers guidance system By Anton Shilov published April 17, 2024 Nvidia's Jetson TX2i system-on-chip is good enough for hypersonic weapons.
Raspberry Pi Detects Ghost Aircraft Using SDR By Ash Hill published December 9, 2023 Angelina Tsuboi is using a Raspberry Pi to detect false aircraft using SDR and a little help from AI to sort the real planes from the fake ones.
Fujitsu claims the world’s lightest Copilot+ laptop at 1.87 lbs — device is under an inch thick By Mark Tyson published January 21, 2025 Fujitsu has just released what it claims to be the world’s lightest Copilot+ PC weighing just 848g.
China warns Japan over ramping semiconductor sanctions – threatens to block essential manufacturing materials By Mark Tyson published November 21, 2024 Senior Chinese officials have repeatedly warned Japan about ramping semiconductor sanctions hand-in-hand with the U.S.
TSMC considering advanced packaging facility in Japan: report -- with two fabs already in the works, this would be a major boost to country's chip industry By Anton Shilov published March 18, 2024 After building chipmaking fabs, TSMC reportedly considers an advanced chip packaging facility in Japan.
Ayaneo Pocket AIR Is the Firm's First Android Handheld By Mark Tyson published July 29, 2023 Ayaneo steps into the Android gaming handheld fray with x86 style battery and cooling for apparently impressive run times.
This external AMD GPU is also a laptop charger — RX 7600M XT-powered Wiko Hi GT Cube delivers up to 100W of power output By Christopher Harper published August 3, 2024 French brand Wiko, known best for licensing Huawei smartphones, launches the Wika Hi GT Cube eGPU, with a built-in 100W laptop charger, in China.
Chinese company accused of shipping kamikaze drone parts to Russia through elaborate re-selling and rebranding scheme By Mark Tyson published January 7, 2025 Elaborate Chinese rebranding scheme, which was used to funnel glide bomb and kamikaze drone components to Russia, is uncovered.
TSMC to open Japan's most advanced semiconductor production facility in February - chip production begins in H2 By Anton Shilov published December 31, 2023 TSMC is set to formally open Japan's most advanced semiconductor production facility capable of making 28nm chips in late February.
TSMC's first new overseas fab in years begins to make chips — JASM coming online By Anton Shilov published December 28, 2024 TSMC's Japanese subsidiary JASM kicks off mass production of chips for first customers.
Sending a Steam sticker 'burned through a month of mobile data in five minutes' complains unhappy gamer By Mark Tyson published July 20, 2025 A Steam Chat user who “burned through a month of mobile data in 5 minutes” blames Valve's animated stickers.
Japan tightens chipmaking export controls amid US-China tech tensions By Anton Shilov published February 3, 2025 Japan makes it harder for Chinese entities to obtain chipmaking tools, advanced processors, and cryogenic cooling from Japanese companies.
Ayaneo Pocket DMG classic GameBoy-styled handheld hits crowdfunding starting from $339 By Christopher Harper published November 17, 2024 Ayaneo launches the Ayaneo Pocket DMG handheld on IndieGoGo, which flaunts an OLED screen in a GameBoy-styled form factor powered by a Snapdragon G3X Gen 2 chipset.
Incredibly tiny pressure-sensitive mouse can be latched onto a keychain like a sleek car remote By Christopher Harper published February 1, 2025 Astract Japan introduces a follow-up to its CapacMouse Neo, the CapacMouse Pro.
Kickstarter CAZE card reader holds up to 20 cards, offers data transfer speeds up to 300 MB/s By Mark Tyson published March 18, 2024 There are four days to go on this device's $49 crowdfunder.
Apple rolls out its C1 modem six years after buying in the technology from Intel By Anton Shilov published February 20, 2025 Apple claims its C1 modem is the most power efficient modem ever used in an iPhone.
Woman busted smuggling 350 Nintendo Switch game cards in her bra — Chinese customs officials intercept smuggler at checkpoint By Jeff Butts published June 15, 2024 A woman arriving in mainland China from Hong Kong was found to have 350 Nintendo Switch game cartridges stuffed into her bra.
Toshiba stuffs an entire PC into a dot matrix printer — Toshiba Jimucon SJ-9500 packs a mysterious CPU, 8GB RAM, and two 240GB SSDs By Christopher Harper published November 19, 2024 Toshiba Japan releases its latest business-targeted AIO printer PC, the Toshiba Jimucon SJ-9500.
Ayaneo's futuristic eGPU goes up for preorder at $599 — AG01 Starship Graphics Dock features RX 7600M XT GPU, OCuLink interface, Gigabit Ethernet, and M.2 2280 SSD support By Mark Tyson published October 24, 2024 RX 7800M-powered devices have already eclipsed the futuristic Radeon RX 7600M XT graphics dock.