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Huawei launches HarmonyOS 2.0 for smartphones in uphill battle against Google's Android, Digital News
Huawei Technologies Co will this week launch HarmonyOS 2.0, the updated version of its in-house developed mobile operating system, as the Chinese telecommunications giant accelerates its move away from Google ’s Android platform amid its struggles with US trade restrictions. Shenzhen-based Huawei, the world’s largest telecoms equipment maker and formerly China’s biggest smartphone vendor , will… → Read More
Huawei revs up drive for 5G-equipped smart electric cars with launch of Arcfox luxury sedan, Digital News
Huawei Technologies Co and Chinese carmaker Arcfox have launched the first electric car with a full suite of autonomous-driving features, as the telecoms equipment giant looks for new sources of revenue after its networking gear and smartphone businesses were hobbled by US sanctions. The Arcfox αS HBT is the first car to get Huawei HI, a complete intelligent automotive solution... → Read More
China's Big Tech erase H&M from the country's internet, Digital News
A number of major Chinese tech firms have erased the virtual presence of Swedish multinational clothing retailer H&M from their platforms amid a public uproar in China over the brand’s position on the alleged use of forced labour by Xinjiang cotton producers. Although the Chinese government has not singled out any particular company, a nationwide consumer boycott against foreign brands... → Read More
Intel pulls Chinese ad featuring comedian Yang Li after it angered men
After removing a laptop advertisement featuring the popular stand-up comedian Yang Li, semiconductor giant Intel is having a hard time pleasing both men and women who say the US firm is guilty of sexism – but for different reasons. Yang, 29, is known in China for her piercing jokes targeting men. An ad posted last Thursday (March 18) to the... → Read More
Huawei's founder calls for more open US policy towards China under Biden, China News
Huawei Technologies is urging the new US administration under President Joe Biden to establish a more open policy towards Chinese companies, said founder and chief executive Ren Zhengfei at a round table meeting with several news outlets in Taiyuan, capital of the northern Chinese coal hub of Shanxi, on Tuesday. The world’s largest telecommunications equipment supplier and the bestselling… → Read More
Oppo's new phone gets wider in your hands thanks to a rollable display, Digital News
Chinese smartphone brand Oppo has announced a new concept phone with a rollable screen on Tuesday. The Oppo X 2021 was part of the company’s Oppo Inno Day event, which used the theme “Leap into the Future” to showcase experimental products. Oppo said its new handset features three proprietary technologies: the Roll Motor powertrain, 2-in-1 Plate and the Warp Track... → Read More
Huawei unveils new Mate 40 series smartphones despite US sanctions, Digital News
Huawei Technologies has introduced its latest 5G flagship smartphone line, the Mate 40 series, indicating China’s largest tech company is pushing ahead despite the impact of US trade sanctions on the supply of chips for its biggest business. “Each year, the Huawei Mate series brings the most exciting technology together into one stunning package,” said Richard Yu Chengdong, chief executive... → Read More
Harmony OS: Everything you need to know about Huawei's Android alternative, Digital News
In early September, Huawei Technologies, the world’s biggest smartphone maker, announced that it was preparing to switch from Google’s widely-used Android operating system to Harmony OS for all of its smartphones next year. Here’s what you need to know about Huawei’s proprietary operating system (OS): Harmony (known as Hongmeng in Chinese) is an OS that Huawei first started developing way... → Read More
A 'smart ukulele' taught me how to play music when a real teacher couldn't, Digital News
Two years ago I bought a ukulele on impulse, promising myself to master it. “How hard could it be?” I thought. The ukulele only has four strings compared to six on a regular guitar and is known for being easier for novices to pick up. But the group classes I signed up for proved to be a brutal reality check.... → Read More
Britain bans Huawei from national 5G network, Digital News
Huawei Technologies will be banned from Britain’s 5G network, the British government announced on Tuesday in a major policy reversal. The decision follows escalating tension with Beijing and pressure from Washington and could add to the pressure on other European countries to review their approach to the Chinese telecoms giant. By tearing up his earlier decision to allow Huawei up... → Read More
Live-streaming craze pushes China shopping event beyond e-commerce, Digital News
Beijing resident Maggie Li had never taken part in China’s mid-year 618 online shopping festival until her favourite live-streaming anchor Li Jiaqi – the country’s top beauty product influencer – appeared on the shopping extravaganza. The 38-year-old Li admits she is a live-stream shopping maniac, having spent over 13,000 yuan (S$2,600) on products that her idols endorsed during the shopping... → Read More
The birthplace of WeChat now wants to become China's live streaming capital, Digital News
Live streaming is driving a bigger share of online consumption in China and now a local authority has gone one step further by offering people rewards if they can make a success of it. Guangzhou, the birthplace of China’s ubiquitous social media platform WeChat, has announced an incentive plan to boost e-commerce live streaming development in the city, aimed at... → Read More
Tencent boss Pony Ma won't hand out red packets this year, Digital, China News
Tencent Holdings founder Pony Ma Huateng will not hand out red packets to employees for the Lunar New Year, the first time this has happened in nearly two decades, as China deals with the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus. Shenzhen-based Tencent has cancelled its traditional hongbao handout to staff on the first working day after this year's Spring Festival, which is on February 1, according to a… → Read More
China's Gen Z falling victim to scams aided by one-touch mobile payments, Digital, China News
It's one of the oldest scams in the book - a caller says your son or daughter is in trouble and asks for money to be transferred to an unfamiliar bank account. The surprise is that many people, usually the elderly, still fall for this age-old trick. But a bigger surprise may be that the racket is getting a Gen Z makeover, and young people are also falling for it. The accomplices: easy one-touch… → Read More
Nerves, waiver, screaming, lift-off: A test ride in a passenger drone, Digital News
Futurists have been promising us flying cars for quite some time and who can forget the imagery from movies like Blade Runner and The Fifth Element? Those dreams are now closer to reality though, thanks to Guangzhou-based Ehang, which describes itself as the world's first electric passenger-grade autonomous aerial vehicle maker. Ehang's mission statement is to "Let humankind fly freely like a… → Read More
Chinese teens are avoiding WeChat posts to avoid prying parents, Digital News
Wang Jiaying spends three hours on WeChat every day and knows the minutiae of her friend's lives through their online posts. But the 45-year-old stay-at-home mom knows little about what her 18-year-old daughter is up to because the first-year university undergraduate seldom posts to the Tencent-owned social media platform. → Read More
China's app-crazy consumers are starting to worry about 'big brother', Digital News
Frustrated and hungry, Wang Xiaoxu finally gave up on a meal with her friends at a local restaurant one night, after the ordering system blocked her when she refused to share personal data via her mobile phone. "There were no paper menus only a QR code that can be scanned on the table," said Wang, a 28-year-old engineer in China's tech hub of Shenzhen. "I had to agree with a request to collect… → Read More
As China turns towards facial recognition payments, are QR codes on their way out?, Digital News
The QR code, a bar code system first invented by a Japanese automotive parts maker to keep track of components, found widespread popularity in China through the use of mobile payments. But as the familiar square mosaic gains greater popularity outside China, the tech giants that helped to drive its adoption are already moving away from the app-based payment method to something even more… → Read More
Chinese AI firm wants to tap multiple service sectors with cloud robots, Digital News
CloudMinds Inc. may be a late entrant to the field of robotics but the Chinese robotics and artificial intelligence start-up has grabbed attention since its inception in 2015 as it provides the "brains" and not just the mechanical arms for its products. The four-year-old firm, established by Huang Xiao Qing, a Chinese-American telecoms industry veteran, has developed a cloud-based platform… → Read More
What you need to know about Elon Musk's plan to merge man and machine, Digital News
From reusable rockets and electric cars to underground tunnels for rapid transit, the iconoclastic entrepreneur Elon Musk has always generated global attention with his ideas. Musk, perhaps the world's most flamboyant tech name since Steve Jobs, has done it again. The brain-computer interface has become a buzz phrase after Musk announced his ambition of linking brains directly to machines to… → Read More