Apple hiring more engineers in China to work on automotive software

Apple sees potential in the China's burgeoning transition to intelligent EVs, hoping to work more with local business customers. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 1 year ago

Indie game developers recreate experiences of Alzheimer’s patients

The game developers hope players will better understand Alzheimer’s and have sympathy for those who live with the disease. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 1 year ago

Top Chinese LGBTQ apps in 2022

With one of the world’s largest LGBTQ populations, China has a host of social apps to cater to the varying needs of the community. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 1 year ago

China's Supreme Court sets limits on facial recognition

The interpretation by China’s highest court sets boundaries on how businesses in China can use facial recognition technology.  | Continue reading


@technode.com | 2 years ago

ByteDance to End Weekend Work

ByteDance announced Friday that it will cancel weekend work days amid a national backlash against extreme working schedules like 996. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 2 years ago

ByteDance’s Douyin sues Tencent for unfair competition

The suit between Douyin and Tencent comes as China tightens antitrust regulations for tech companies and refines laws to better rein in the internet sector. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 3 years ago

Adobe’s Flash kill switch shuts down Chinese railway

Adobe ended support for its notoriously virus-prone web standard on Jan. 12 and Flash was little missed—except in the Chinese government. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 3 years ago

NYSE backs off delisting Chinese telecom firms

The New York Stock Exchange said on Monday it no longer plans to delist China’s three major telecom companies, reversing a decision made last week. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 3 years ago

Life in India After TikTok

Some homegrown Indian apps saw an immediate surge in new users after the country's Tiktok ban, but many creators still seek a virtual place to call home. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 3 years ago

Beijing unveils plan for blockchain-based government

China's capital city released a blueprint for its plans to incorporate blockchain into every aspect of government. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 3 years ago

The sun never sets on Tencent’s gaming empire

Tencent’s sprawling investments across the video game value chain have insulated it from competitors like Netease and Bytedance. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 3 years ago

Note-taking app Notion is no longer accessible from China

Notion says its service is blocked in China. The blockage came weeks after a Chinese company launched a Notion clone, Hanzhou. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 3 years ago

Zoom suspends Chinese individuals users from hosting meetings

Zoom has become one of the most popular choices for Chinese business professionals working from home. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 3 years ago

Gap in AI chips between China and US may be larger than it seems

But competition could fracture a global research community as US and Chinese governments bid for local control of AI chips. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 4 years ago

Douyin is suspending Cantonese speakers on its livestreaming app

By suspending Cantonese speakers, Douyin is showing how far it is willing to go comply with China's strict online content regulations. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 4 years ago

EV maker BYD debuts ‘world’s largest’ mask factory

Electric car giant BYD converted smartphone facilities in Shenzhen to mask-producing plants, which run continuously and produce 5 million masks per day. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 4 years ago

Huawei Testing Its Own Search App in Challenge to Google

The company is launching its Huawei Search app soon and is recruiting users in the UAE with help beta testing, according to its website. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 4 years ago

China orders state offices to replace foreign computers, software

The move is likely to deal a blow to US tech firms such as HP, Dell, and Microsoft. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 4 years ago

Bytedance officially launches productivity tool Lark

Lark is an online collaborative platform that combines calendar, documents, and chat. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 4 years ago

Huawei draws ire after ex-employee wrongly detained for 251 days

The online condemnation has reversed some of the firm's positive sentiment generated online following its US blacklisting. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 4 years ago

Chinese EV maker Nio deemed too risky as government ends factory talks

Nio’s share prices fell 5.2% to $1.47 in pre-market trading on Wednesday. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 4 years ago

JHU Professor Daniel Povey in Talks to Join Xiaomi

Xiaomi has sharpened its focus on its smart home ecosystem. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 4 years ago

China blocks US video-conferencing tool Zoom

The ban comes as China and the US are locked in protracted battle over technology and trade. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 4 years ago

Apple overpays Chinese developers by 7 times due to Deutsche Bank ‘issue’

Apple may have paid Chinese developers in US dollars instead of Chinese yuan. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 4 years ago

Read: Forced smiles at Huawei as pressure mounts

Huawei put on a brave face for the cameras yesterday at an event to announce the troubled telecom player's H1 results. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 4 years ago

Alibaba releases RISC-V processor

UC Berkeley-developed RISC-V, an open-source hardware ISA, is not covered by US export restrictions. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 4 years ago

China invests $29B to build semiconductor industry

China’s efforts to develop its own semiconductor industry have become urgent following the US Huawei ban. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 4 years ago

China's chipmakers could use RISC-V to reduce impact of US sanctions

There is growing interest from China's semiconductor sector in the open-source instruction-set architecture. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 4 years ago

Alibaba opens its B2B e-commerce platform to US sellers

The company is pushing its presence in B2B e-commerce to global markets. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 4 years ago

Ethereum Co-Founder Gavin Wood’s Polkadot Comes to China

Gavin Wood, co-founder of Ethereum, speaks about his new blockchain project, Polkadot, and why he sees China as a crucial market for it. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 4 years ago

Apple gives up ’tax’ on Chinese medical apps after outcry

The controversial “Apple tax” is the company's 30% commission for every sale made through its App Store, | Continue reading


@technode.com | 4 years ago

Did AMD give away ‘keys to the kingdom’?

Accusations about transferring x86 architecture make little sense. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 4 years ago

China seeks to build ‘responsible AI’ with newly issued industry principles

The principles underscore important issues including privacy protection, international cooperation, and fair and inclusive research. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 4 years ago

Briefing: Chinese database exposed 48.5M dating app user records

Around 38 million data points include the ages, usernames, and locations of users from the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and other countries. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 4 years ago

Briefing: European firms say forced tech transfers rising in China

The incidence of reported transfers was as high as 30% in chemical and petroleum industries. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 4 years ago

Oracle to layoff around 1k employees in China R&D center

The latest round of job cuts in China comes on the heels of previous layoff plans by Oracle. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 4 years ago

Briefing: Backdoors found in Huawei equipment, says Europe’s top carrier

Vodafone's reports of backdoors found in Huawei equipment support allegations made by the US about Huawei equipment. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 5 years ago

EV maker Faraday Future says it procured an additional $225M in financing

Faraday's trouble began in 2017 but culminated after a fallout with a major investor. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 5 years ago

Chinese smartphone makers comprise 66% of Indian market

As smartphone market growth slows in China, India has become a battlefield for Chinese smartphone makers. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 5 years ago

Baidu and ByteDance sue each other for unfair competition

The two companies filed lawsuits within hours of one another. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 5 years ago

Huawei ownership murky as company lashes out at critics

The debate over the Chinese telecoms giant sheds more heat than light | Continue reading


@technode.com | 5 years ago

Bilibili source code containing user names and passwords leaked on GitHub

The repository had amassed at least 6,000 "stars" on Github before it was taken down. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 5 years ago

China's Starbucks Rival Luckin Coffee Files for US IPO

The IPO filing comes less a week after the company’s $150 million Series B+ that raised its valuation to $2.9 billion. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 5 years ago

The largest phone seller in Africa comes from China,with more Chinese coming

Sluggish growth at home is pushing Chinese smartphone brands to look to Africa for growth. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 5 years ago

Douyin is slowing down, but China’s short-video stars are here to stay

After a year of 'explosive' growth, the app's number of active users has largely come to a standstill. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 5 years ago

Huawei’s claim of 100% employee ownership false, may be state-owned: paper

Employees actually hold "virtual stock" allowing for participation in the company profit-sharing scheme, according to the report. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 5 years ago

Vendors protest eviction from Shenzhen’s historic Huaqiangbei electronics market

The electronics market was a place known for its openness, where innovation blossomed from the wisdom of the crowd. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 5 years ago

Recent data leaks highlight China’s cybersecurity flaws

Data-gathering systems are pieced together like a patchwork made up of ill-fitting and poorly matching pieces of cloth. | Continue reading


@technode.com | 5 years ago