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China Hits 20 Million Charging Connectors — A Milestone That Rewrites the EV Playing Field
China’s EV charging network has surpassed 20 million connectors, a sign of the country’s rapid electrification. The milestone improves access for drivers and underpins further EV adoption, but it also brings challenges in grid management, geographic disparity and commercial sustainability.
Nvidia Overtakes Apple as TSMC’s Biggest Client, Underscoring AI’s Grip on the Chip Supply Chain
Jensen Huang confirmed that Nvidia has become TSMC’s largest customer, replacing Apple. The shift reflects booming demand for AI accelerators, with implications for TSMC’s capacity allocation, industry pricing power, and geopolitical supply‑chain risk.
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang at Davos: AI Is Not a Bubble—It’s a Trillion‑Dollar Infrastructure Build
At Davos, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang argued that current AI spending is the start of a vast infrastructure build rather than a speculative bubble, outlining a five‑layer model from energy to applications. He predicted trillions in additional investment, flagged GPU shortages and supply‑chain pressures, and pushed for national "AI sovereignty" while saying automation will create high‑paid technical roles even as some white‑collar jobs are displaced.
Apple to Recast Siri as a System‑Level Chatbot — Powered by Google’s Gemini Under the Hood
Apple will relaunch Siri as a system‑level, conversational AI called "Campos," to be unveiled at WWDC in June and shipped with iOS 27 in September. The assistant will be multimodal and deeply integrated with system apps, but its underlying model will be a customised Google Gemini running on Google Cloud and TPUs, a pragmatic deal that raises privacy, competition and strategic‑dependency questions.
Chinese Researchers Report New Refrigeration Effect That Could Cut Data‑centre Carbon Costs
Chinese scientists have reported a new refrigeration phenomenon, the "dissolution‑pressure card effect," in Nature, which could inform low‑carbon cooling solutions for energy‑hungry data centres. The discovery is scientifically notable but requires engineering, validation and scale‑up before it can deliver concrete operational or climate benefits.
Apple Offers Short New‑Year Price Cut in China — But Newest iPhones Stay Off the Table
Apple China will run a four‑day New‑Year promotion from Jan 24–27 offering up to RMB 1,000 off selected iPhones, Macs, iPads and Apple Watches, while excluding the newly released iPhone 17 series. The limited, targeted discount reflects Apple’s effort to stimulate demand in a mature Chinese market without undercutting its latest flagship models.
Philippines to Lift Ban on xAI’s Grok After Promised Fixes for Sexual-Content Abuse
The Philippines will lift its ban on xAI’s Grok once the company implements promised fixes to stop the chatbot being used to generate sexually explicit images, including alleged child-exploitative content. Authorities will continue close monitoring, following platform-level restrictions introduced earlier by X to block generation of real-person nudity.
Apple China Rolls Out Short Lunar‑New‑Year Price Cuts — Up to ¥1,000 Off Select Devices
Apple China is offering up to ¥1,000 off selected devices on its website from 24–27 January 2026, covering iPhone 16 models but excluding iPhone 17. The limited‑time move is aimed at stimulating Lunar‑New‑Year purchases, managing inventory and competing with domestic rivals while preserving overall pricing strategy.
Huang Says AI Boom Will Lift Trades' Pay — but White‑Collar Risk Lingers
At Davos, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang argued that the AI era will generate vast data‑centre construction and maintenance demand, lifting wages for skilled trades into six‑figure territory. Industry leaders agree the physical build‑out will create local jobs, but warnings from AI executives underscore a simultaneous risk of large‑scale displacement among entry‑level white‑collar roles.
Fudan Scientists Weave a ‘Chip’ into Thread — A Step Toward Truly Smart Fabrics
A Fudan University team published a Nature paper describing a 'fiber chip' — polymer fibers that contain multilayer integrated circuits — which could enable fabrics with embedded electronics. The work is a lab-stage milestone with significant promise for wearables, medical devices and brain–machine interfaces, but major engineering, manufacturing and regulatory hurdles remain.
Jensen Huang at Davos: AI Will Change How Doctors Work, Not Replace Them — The Case of Radiology
At Davos, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang argued AI changes how work is done without changing its purpose, citing radiology as a field that has been augmented rather than decimated by algorithms. His position highlights practical and policy challenges around integrating AI into healthcare workflows, from training and liability to infrastructure and commercial incentives.
Moore Threads Narrows Losses After Shipping MTTS5000 GPU but Predicts Nearly Rmb1bn 2025 Shortfall
Moore Threads expects a 2025 net loss of Rmb950m–1.06bn despite launching the MTTS5000 full‑function GPU and bringing a large‑scale training cluster online. The company is closing the performance gap with foreign peers but remains unprofitable due to sustained high R&D spending and the need to build out a customer and software ecosystem.