#China is leading in research papers on chip design and fabrication, with 160,852 articles published between 2018 and 2023. The US is in second place with 71,688 articles, followed by India and Japan.

Nine of the top-10 articles and eight of the top-10 highly cited publications came from China.

China's lead in chip research is part of the country's push for self-reliance in the semiconductor industry and rapid progress in semiconductor self-sufficiency.

https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3301171/tech-war-china-leads-us-quantity-quality-semiconductor-research-report-finds

It's fascinating to see how AI tech is being applied to transforming healthcare in China. It's now used at over a 100 hospitals for pathology, radiology, and diagnostics, easing medical staff workload. This technology is helping address workforce shortages and ensures up-to-date practices in China, while it's used to make inane chat bots in the west.

https://youtu.be/Kt-6GuccEuY

Nice to see Vivaldi in the Mercedes-Benz CLA. All the cool cars get Vivaldi.

https://www.caranddriver.com/photos/g64124634/2026-mercedes-benz-cla-class-ev-interior-gallery/

#Vivaldi #browser #Mercedes #Cars #Technology @Vivaldi #automotive

UK online safety law Musk hates kicks in today, and so far, Trump can’t stop it

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/trump-may-not-be-able-to-save-elon-musk-from-uks-strict-online-safety-law/

Many people seem to have completely lost the ability to tell what is real and what is fake online, or simply do not care anymore. Read more at @404media. #AI #AIslop #SocialMedia #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/hHIBoK

Google's crackdown on data scrapers triggered immediate disruptions across the marketing landscape, particularly for organizations whose business models depend on SEO. The move represents the latest evolution in the ongoing battle between major websites and data scrapers. Read more at @TechRadar. #Google #SEO #DataScraping #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/F5M7-d

Zoom’s AI Companion is getting an “agentic” upgrade. Workplace users will be able to access the feature within a new tab, where they can have AI schedule follow-up meetings, generate documents from meetings, and create video clips. Read more at @theverge. #Zoom #AI #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/KzQKJy

"Several major European tech companies are pushing for greater action from the European Union to reduce the bloc’s reliance on foreign-owned infrastructure by buying and building locally." #Technology https://werd.io/2025/eu-tech-companies-push-for-digital-sovereignty-reducing-reliance-on

Today's Featured Links blog post has links to ten articles about the magical humanism of Sir Terry Pratchett, how Earth's orbit is filling up with junk and what that means, a deep dive into Musk's digital coup, and more.

https://coredump3.blogspot.com/2025/03/featured-links-may-17-2025.html

#Books, #Finance, #Movies #TV, #Politics, #Science, #Security, #SFF, #Software, #Space, #Technology

I'm kinda curious how mechanical typewriters used to handle languages with diacritics. Did they need extra keys or did people have to backspace and type over the glyph?

Tech writer Paul Hatton had never really been into flight tracking. Until he started using Flightrader24. “The first time I opened up the app, I was flabbergasted by how many planes were up in the sky. It looked like they were all going to crash into each other! I have newfound respect for air traffic controllers.” Read more at @TechRadar:

https://flip.it/a6mPoH

𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏 𝑨𝒍𝒈𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝑪𝒂𝒈𝒆

"The private companies in control of social-media networks possess an unprecedented ability to manipulate and control the populace."

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/trump-administration-voter-perception/681598

‘Critical concerns’ about internet of things security

“GlobalData’s Internet of Things report outlines that the fragmented security standards landscape and the weak security of many internet of things (IoT) devices could hold back further adoption of the technology. Furthermore, it suggests that existi ...continues

See https://gadgeteer.co.za/critical-concerns-about-internet-of-things-security/

Hold onto your hats, everyone: #Y2K has a sequel coming. It's the #2038 bug, and although it doesn't sound as sexy, it promises to be just as devastating if we don't do anything about it... https://www.iflscience.com/the-2038-problem-is-the-next-y2k-bug-so-how-ready-for-it-are-we-78420?utm_source=mastodon

This is the Sharp PC-2000, or “Ratecaputer,” from 1979. Only 200 were ever made.

The name is a portmanteau:

Ra for radio
Te for television
Ca for cassette
Puter for computer

More:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/1979-ratecaputer-sharp-wxfef

What determines if a specific TV has good overall value? Sound? Features? Your kids started rolling around on the floor at Target and you just had to take the first one you saw? Al Griffin reviews televisions for @TechRadar. Here are his top three budget TVs you can buy today:

https://flip.it/FXkiYX

"US politicians and privacy campaigners are calling for the private hearing between Apple and the UK government regarding its alleged encryption-busting order to be aired in public."

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/14/apple_uk_encryption_hearing/

"Colloquially, the IPA is referred to as the Snooper's Charter since its aims are to legally empower intelligence agencies with greater surveillance powers."