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MWC 2018

Baidu and Ford China Join Forces to Bring Smarter Cars

[adrotate group=”9″] As MWC Shanghai 2018 is kicking into gear, Ford Motor and Baidu just joined forces “to transform the mobility...

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Smart Life

IBM Summit Helps US Overtake China in Computing Power

[adrotate group=”9″] It’s official and it’s another point for the US in the computing powers arms race against China: IBM’s Summit was...

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Misc

Surveillance Drones Disguised as Birds Used in China

[adrotate group=”9″] China seems to be taking the lead when it comes to surveillance, as drones disguised as birds are keeping tabs...

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MWC 2018

Palm Scanners and Facial Recognition, Soon at the Subway in Beijing

[adrotate group=”9″] The 10 million people that the subway in Beijing expects daily will use the latest biometric technology to access...

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Vehicles

Ride-sharing Giant Didi Chuxing Goes to Australia

China’s ride-sharing scene is dominated by Didi Chuxing, a service that actually merged with Uber China in a $35 billion deal back...

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Vehicles

China Will Track All Cars with RFID Chips in 2019

If you thought the Chinese social credit system was 1984-levels of dystopia, think again. And get even more paranoid, as China wants...

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Phones

Second App Launch in China by Google

Google’s Files Go app has now released in China, making it the company’s second China-specific app. As most Google products are still...

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Phones

You Can File for Divorce on WeChat IM App in China

WeChat, China’s most popular instant messaging service, is used by more than 100 million Chinese citizens for many casual functions like chatting...

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Security

Chinese Students Are Monitored with Facial Recognition Cameras

China has fully embraced facial recognition technology, previously making headlines with their own “Skynet” technology, a tech that uses facial recognition to...

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Misc

China’s Social Credit System Stopped 11 Million Flights

Back in December, reports were popping up about the deployment of China’s social credit system, a rating system for their citizens’ “trustworthiness.” Since...