TECHNOLOGY

President Trump's 90-day pause on his "reciprocal" tariffs for countries that did not retaliate—excluding China—has allowed Tim Cook's Apple to ramp up production of smartphones, tablets, and laptops in India and Vietnam.

Sources familiar with Apple's supply chains told Nikkei Asia that top suppliers in India were instructed to ramp up iPhone production. Yet the people noted that factory utilization rates were already at maximum levels, making it challenging (more…)

Tesla has quietly removed the "Order Now" button for its Model S and Model X vehicles on its Chinese website, signaling potential disruption amid a deepening US-China trade war. The move comes as Beijing announced a new round of retaliatory tariffs early Friday, raising the effective duty on U.S. imports from 84% to 125%. 

Both the Model S and Model X are manufactured in California, making them directly exposed to China's tariff escalation—in other words, those vehicles (more…)

"Volt Typhoon" is the name assigned by U.S. cybersecurity officials to a state-sponsored cyber operation linked to the Chinese Communist Party that has quietly penetrated critical infrastructure networks across the U.S., apparently with the aim of unleashing disruptive or destructive cyberattacks. 

In a previously closed-door meeting held in Geneva last December, Chinese officials offered what top U.S. officials interpreted as a tacit admission of responsibility for the (more…)