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WeChat makes content searchable on Google and Bing
WeChat has made its content searchable on some foreign search engines such as Google and Bing, checks have showed, in the latest tearing down of “walled gardens” in Chi...
Jack Ma spotted in Mallorca in rare trip abroad after China scrutiny
Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma was on the Spanish island of Mallorca where his luxury yacht is anchored, two Spanish newspapers have said, on his first known trip abroad since he fe...
Newspaper: China regulators should act further to free up apps’ access to rivals’ links
Chinese internet platforms have not gone far enough in unblocking external links, as instructed by authorities, and relevant government bodies should take further action to interve...
China to keep up scrutiny of internet sector – Xinhua
China will continue its scrutiny of the internet sector, rooting out practices including the blocking of site links by rival platforms and ensuring smaller players have room to dev...
Square CEO Dorsey says looking to build a bitcoin mining system – tweet
Square Inc CEO Jack Dorsey has said that the leading FinTech player is looking to build a bitcoin mining system based on custom silicon and open source for individuals as well as b...
Rubio calls on Biden administration to blacklist Huawei spin-off Honor
Republican Senators led by Marco Rubio called on the Biden administration to blacklist Honor, a former unit of embattled Chinese giant Huawei, describing the firm as a threat to na...
Microsoft to shut down LinkedIn in China
Microsoft Corp is pulling the plug on LinkedIn in China nearly seven years after its launch and will replace it with a stripped-down version of the platform that would focus only o...
US agency submits initial recommendations on app data security to White House
The US Commerce Department has said it submitted an initial set of recommendations on data security under an executive order signed by Joe Biden.
Billionaire Alibaba founder Jack Ma in Hong Kong?
Jack Ma, largely out of public view since a regulatory clampdown started on his business empire late last year, is currently in Hong Kong and has met business associates in recent ...
China has won AI battle with US, Pentagon’s ex-software chief says
China has won the artificial intelligence battle with the US and is heading towards global dominance because of its technological advances, the Pentagon’s former software chi...
China state media says gaming time limit loopholes should be closed
Chinese state media said loopholes allowing minors to bypass new rules aimed at curbing gaming play time to three hours per week should be removed to “prevent addiction.̶...
Analysis: Zoom’s abandoned Five9 deal shows hurdles to expansion
Zoom Video Communications Inc’s aborted $14.7 billion acquisition of call center software firm Five9 Inc has spotlighted issues that will weigh on the virtual meeting giant&#...
New money: Central banks lay out operating manual for digital cash
A group of central banks sketched out a potential operating manual for digital cash on Thursday as they aim to strike a balance between keeping up with cryptocurrencies and concern...
China drafts new data measures, defines “core data”
Communist China published new draft measures aimed at bolstering its new data security law, including definitions of what it considered “core” and “important̶...