China’s Tencent Holdings has started its own extended reality division
Tencent Holdings is one of China’s largest tech companies, and they are jumping on the VR/AR bandwagon with an extended reality division.
Weibo will publish users’ IP locations to “combat bad behavior”
Weibo is China’s Twitter, and they will now start publishing users’ IP locations in an effort to “combat bad behavior” on its platform.
China claims SpaceX satellites came too close to its space station
SpaceX and Elon Musk seem to have gotten into hot water with China due to two satellites coming too close to their space station.
Coronavirus leads to Apple Store closing and restricted employee travel in China
Because of the coronavirus outbreak, Apple has closed one store and is cutting back store hours in others.
Google hardware production moving out of China says report
Some of the products affected include Nest thermostats and Pixel devices with production reportedly moving to Taiwan and Malaysia.
DJI concerned they may end up on U.S. trade blacklist
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security made a statement to American companies about the security risk of Chinese-made drones.
Is limitless clean energy within reach?
The researchers are working with a nuclear fusion reactor in Anhui, China, and hope to have a fully functioning nuclear fusion power plant by 2050.
The Meizu Note9 officially launched in Beijing yesterday
The Meizu Note9 is priced around US$208 (1,398Yuan) and sports a 6.2″ LCD display with an 89.23% screen-to-body ratio.
The Marriott hack could involve Chinese intelligence operatives
Private investigators hired by the company have discovered signs similar to previous hacks blamed on Chinese intelligence.
Nine people indicted for leaking Samsung flexible display technology to Chinese company
Samsung flexible display technology has been seen throughout the years in everything from the S7 Edge to the current Galaxy Note9.
Google employees urge the company to drop China’s Project Dragonfly in open letter
The Chinese market is massive and a well-placed search engine there could mean major profits for Google.
U.S. Senators urge Canada not to use Huawei in 5G infrastructure plans
The letter outlines “grave concerns” Rubio and Warner have with Canada’s plans to include Huawei in developing the country’s 5G network infrastructure.
Eric Schmidt thinks the internet will eventually divide into two versions
“I think the most likely scenario now is not a splintering, but rather a bifurcation into a Chinese-led internet and a non-Chinese internet led by America.
Project Dragonfly is Google’s censored search engine for China
Google is also working on two mobile apps for search named Maotai and Longfei.
Mobile phones in China are spying on users through their cameras
Recently, new evidence of such backdoors was revealed on the new Vivo NEX smartphone.
In trouble with the U.S. Commerce Department, ZTE may have a lifeline… in President Trump
Given President Trump’s “America First” mantra, it is very curious to see him mentioning “too many jobs in China lost” over the ZTE ban.
Huawei’s woes continue as phone sales are banned on U.S. military bases
The plot continues to thicken and it will be interesting to see where this goes from here.
Beijing is cracking down on honking with new acoustic camera systems
The “acoustic camera” system consists of a 32-microphone array, a high-definition camera, a display screen, a flash, and a processing system.
A robot in China performs dental implant surgery unassisted
There were human doctors present for the procedure but they were simply observers while the robot performed its task.
Selling VPN software lands Chinese man in jail for nine months
The Chinese communist party is obsessed with controlling the information its citizens have access to and banning VPN’s in one way they do this.
Apple Inc will be removing VPN apps from its Chinese app store
A VPN could allow users in China to get around their “Great Firewall” and access information beyond its borders.
Fireball is a Chinese malware that could affect 250 million computers
This operation is run by Rafotech, a large digital marketing agency based in Beijing.
Apple wins Chinese lawsuit seeking to ban iPhone sales in China
This court case may not be over. Baili still has the option to appeal the ruling and there could be yet another round to fight.
Nokia 6 officially unveiled, launching in China early 2017
The Nokia 6 will launch in China exclusively on JD.com for 1699 CNY in early 2017.
Samsung unveiled the W2017 flip phone in China
Pricing for the new model has not been confirmed but will probably run around 20,000 Yuan or around $3,000USD.
LeEco Unveils Three Android Smartphones
Chinese smartphone Manufacturer LeEco have announced three new Android smartphones earlier this week and while none of the three have a headphone jack, one of the handsets … Read more…
China Banhammers iBooks And iTunes Movies
iTunes Movies and iBooks have been unceremoniously given the banhammer by China’s media regulator, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television. The governing … Read more…
Chinese Self-Driving Cars Set Out On First Long Distance Trip
Google has rather famously been working on self-driving cars here in the U.S. but they certainly aren’t the only ones interested in the technology. Changan Automobile … Read more…
