Just last week, hundreds of billions of dollars got zapped from Apple’s market value, and the entire global supply chain was jolted by aftershocks, while shares in Chinese tech manufacturers leapt. The US-China conflict and the way it’s playing out in the smartphone market. The company that was threatening to become China’s Apple suddenly had to limp along without access to key technology and software. For some in China, Apple is out of contention. And here we were, thinking the only hot tech story for the rest of our lives would be artificial intelligence.

Source: Irish Independent September 14, 2023 12:04 UTC