Gionee, once one of China largest smartphone manufacturers, said it has begun laying off employees at its headquarter, according to NetEase reports (in Chinese). The Shenzhen-based company is reportedly cutting as much as 50% of jobs at its headquarter. The job cut is merely a continuation of bad news from Gionee. Just last week, Gionee released […]
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Beijing to set up standard organ for blockchain and distributed ledger technologies
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced Monday its plans to set up a national committee for the standardization of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies. The move comes against the backdrop of an increasingly standardized industry. International standardization entities, including the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and World Wide Web Consortium […]
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Tencent to launch its own smart speaker, enabling WeChat by voice command
Tencent is to launch its own smart speaker that offers functionality from the Tencent family such as sending WeChat messages via voice command and—unlike all the other smart speakers on the market, contains a battery and so is fully portable—according to 36Kr (in Chinese). The official launch date is not yet available, but the app […]
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NIO and SAIC given China’s first licenses to road test driverless cars
China issued on Thursday the first batch of licenses for road tests of driverless vehicles to NIO, a Chinese electric vehicle startup, and the state-owned auto maker SAIC Motor. The licenses would allow the two auto makers to test the vehicles (in Chinese) on a 5.6-km public road in Jiading District of Shanghai, as reported by […]
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YY’s esports video streaming arm Huya files for US IPO
Chinese live streaming company YY is planning to spin off its gaming streaming unit Huya for an independent IPO. The company has submitted a draft registration statement on a confidential basis to the US Securities and Exchange Committee for a possible listing in the US market. The parent firm made the news public in its […]
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Analyse Asia 243: From Huawei’s US entry to Wechat’s future with Juro Osawa
Editor’s note: This originally appeared on Analyse Asia, a weekly podcast hosted by Bernard Leong, dedicated to dissecting the pulse of business, technology, and media in Asia. The podcast features guests from Asia’s vibrant tech community. Juro Osawa, a reporter at The Information joined us in a conversation to discuss the recent challenges faced by China’s […]
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OnePlus denies sending users’ clipboard data to China
A Twitter post claims that an app on Chinese smartphone manufacturer OnePlus’s phones is identifying and uploading bank account numbers to a Chinese server, but the company has told TechNode that this is incorrect. The @OnePlus #clipboard app contains a strange file called badword.txt 🤔 In these words, we can find: Chairman, Vice President, Deputy […]
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The company most known for its Android lock screen just revealed a bevy of robots
Cheetah Mobile—known to international audiences through apps such as Clean Master and live streaming product Live.me—is riding China’s AI wave. Their latest initiative: replacing your favorite barista with a robot. Fu Sheng, Chairman and CEO of Cheetah Mobile, showcased his resolve to dive into the new area by taking a swim (literally) during the AI-themed […]
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A year in constant review: China’s surveillance breakthroughs in 2017
Developments in hardware, software, AI, and networking in China have allowed the country to make huge leaps in security. As AI and networking allow the systems to become smarter and connected to more databases, they are increasingly proactive and effective. Many of these advances have come with little fanfare at home, but others have caught […]
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Planet, Force, and Black Diamonds: NetEase tests gamified blockchain platform
Blockchain technology is the new buzzword, luring Chinese tech giants to jump on the bandwagon. Several blockchain technology-based products have emerged such as Xiaomi’s cryptorabbits, Baidu’s cryptodoggies, and NetEase’s Lucky Cat. NetEase released a blockchain sharing platform dubbed “Planet” (星球基地), where users can store and trade their data. NetEase expects Planet to “engage individual value […]
