“China fired a fresh regulatory shot at its tech giants on Monday,” writes Reuters, “telling them to end a long-standing practice of blocking each other’s links on their sites or face consequences.”
The comments, made by the Ministry of Industry and …
Defence pact with Australia and the US increases chance of confrontation with China and spurs nuclear proliferationLife got a little more dangerous last week. It wasn’t due to the pandemic or the climate crisis. It was entirely the result of the consci…
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world. This week, China gets serious about breaking down the walled gardens that its internet giants have formed for decades. Two major funding rounds were announced, […]
Australia says it looks forward to engaging with France again but experts say submarine decision was ‘deeply humiliating’ for ParisFrance recalls ambassadors to US and Australia after Aukus pactAustralia has said it “notes with regret” France’s extraor…
中華IT最新事情の記事によると、中国では問題の写真を撮ると、AIを活用してその回答や解説を表示してくれる「拍照捜題」という分野のサービスが「子どもたちの間で」人気だそうだ。本来、このサービスは児童の親が宿題を教える目的で作られた学習アプリの一機能だったが、めざとい子どもたちに見つかり、アプリをインストールして勝手に使い始めてしまったという経緯があるらしい（中華IT最新事情）。
しかし、これは問題があると中国共産党は考えたらしく、このようなアプリを使うことは子どもたちの思考能力育成を阻害するとして…
An unusually scripted Elon Musk issued conciliatory and complimentary comments to Chinese automakers during a pre-recorded appearance at China’s World New Energy Vehicle Congress, striking a pose that is worlds away from his commentary style in the United States. “I have a great deal of respect for the many Chinese automakers for driving these [EV […]
Zhao Wei was the Reese Witherspoon of China, then she was censored by the Communist Party amid a clampdown of the country’s entertainment industry. WSJ: She directed award-winning films, sold millions of records as a pop singer and built a large follow…
Similar to how certain macroeconomic conditions have provided a long-term boost, a reversal of those conditions could do the opposite.
The Third Pole is a multilingual site focused on the Himalayan Mountains, the rivers that originate there and the stories of the peoples who live in its watersheds. Stories on unravelling air pollution in Asia. Songs about loss, longing and rivers in …
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged App Annie, a leading mobile data and analytics firm, as well as its co-founder and former CEO and Chairman Bertrand Schmitt, with securities fraud. App Annie and Schmitt have agreed to pay over $10 million to settle the fraud charges which are related to “deceptive practices […]
