Huawei Trump’s Huawei ban also causing tech shocks in EuropeTechCrunch - Natasha LomasThe escalating US-China trade war that’s seen Chinese tech giant Huawei slapped on a US trade blacklist is causing ripples of shock across Europe too, as restrictions imposed on US companies hit regional
Dji DHS warns of 'strong concerns' that Chinese-made drones are stealing dataCNN - By David Shortell, CNNWashington (CNN) — Chinese-made drones may be sending sensitive flight data to their manufacturers in China, where it can be accessed by the government there, the US Department of Homeland Security warned
World News China has a new facial recognition app — this time for pandasThe Washington Post - By Anna FifieldBEIJING — Can’t tell Bei Bei apart from Bao Bao? Fear not. Chinese tech whizzes, who have perfected facial recognition technology for humans to frightening levels of accuracy, have now come up with an
Opinion The Tech Cold War Has BegunBloomberg - Tim Culpan This is the moment Huawei Technologies Co. has been waiting for. Chipmakers including Qualcomm Inc., Xilinx Inc. and Broadcom Inc. have told employees …
Australian aged care provider trials driverless vehicleZDNet - Campbell Kwan The driverless vehicle is being running along an eight stop loop around an IRT retirement village. Aged care provider Illawarra Retirement Trust (IRT) …
Amazon Go Amazon exec reveals one of the biggest things the company has learned about shoppers at its cashierless Go storesbusinessinsider.sg - Dennis Green, Business Insider US The Amazon Go store in New York City is slightly different from the rest of the fleet. But one of the biggest takeaways is that shoppers love snacks.
Long-form Journalism This startup provides health insurance against online harassmentFast Company - Sean CaptainLeigh Honeywell and Logan Dean have raised a million dollars for a new business, Tall Poppy, that helps companies protect employees against trolls and hackers. Anyone who’s spent some time on Twitter that
China 10 Must-Have Apps for Travelers and Expats in Chinapandaily.com - Junjie Whether you are a traveler or expat in China, there are a few apps you’ll need to get to enhance your experience in China. We’ve compiled a list of …
RoboticsDon't tell that nice Ocado man - but this droid will soon be delivering shopping to a street near you following a successfuldailymail.co.uk - Neil Craven Deputy City Editor Robot grocery deliveries could be coming to an address near you following a successful trial by the Co-op. The company launched the shopping droids …
News (China) School of WeChat: the China study tours teaching tech to Singaporescmp.com - Toh Ee Ming When Singaporean restaurant owner Tan Hock Yong visited Shanghai on a WeChat study trip, he was amazed at how easily Chinese shoppers paid bills …
Technology Uber, Lyft and Pinterest prove that private investors are sucking up all the valueCNBC - Ari Levy Nobody in Silicon Valley should be surprised by Uber's disappointing IPO. Or Lyft's. Experts have been predicting this type of performance for …
Advertising Industry The Inside Story of the Burger King Campaign That Changed the Brand’s Entire Outlook on MarketingAdweek - By Fernando Machado In the past few years, Burger King built a reputation for itself. I believe our brand has mastered the art of using creativity to get people’s …
Technology Snapchat’s new gender-changing filter provokes strong reactionsAxios - Ina Fried A Snapchat photo filter that lets people see themselves in highly feminized or masculine form has proven wildly popular. It's drawn a mixed …
Huawei Huawei’s chip unit says it prepared years ago for doomsday scenario of US tech banscmp.com - Li Tao,Iris Deng Years ago when Huawei’s wholly owned semiconductor unit drew up its contingency plans, executives discussed the various doomsday scenarios that could …
WeWork WeWork urges investors to see losses as 'investments' as it reports first-quarter loss of $264 millionCNBC - Deirdre Bosa As newly public companies representing the sharing economy, Uber and Lyft stumbled out of the gate. WeWork is trying to prepare a different narrative …
Play buttoneSports Conservative Asia Is the Gender-Equality Bastion of the Gaming WorldOZY - Ben Halder This is the unexpected future of gaming: Four young Hong Kong women casually dressed in oversize hoodies, each holding a stuffed panda and smiling …
Walmart ‘They threw every option at the wall’: How Walmart is narrowing the delivery gap with AmazonDigiday - Anna Hensel The battle over who can offer e-commerce customers the most convenient shipping options is increasingly shaping up to be a showdown between Amazon …
Neural Networks An AI Pioneer Explains the Evolution of Neural NetworksWIRED - Nicholas Thompson Geoffrey Hinton is one of the creators of Deep Learning, a 2019 winner of the Turing Award, and an engineering fellow at Google. Last week, at the …
Play button Grand theft consciousness: How quantum algorithms will backdoor human-level AITNW - Tristan GreeneThe Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, as the legend goes, was invented when two oblivious young people walking around eating boring snacks accidentally crashed into each other on a city street. Grab one while
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoSearch Engine Marketing The Keyword Is Dead: Accept And Adjustmediapost.com - Jonathan Kagan Fifteen years ago, when I got into SEM, the only thing a marketer could focus on was having the right keyword (and all its variances). Fast forward …
Amazon Exclusive: Amazon rolls out machines that pack orders and replace jobsReuters - Jeffrey DastinSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is rolling out machines to automate a job held by thousands of its workers: boxing up customer orders. The company started adding technology to a handful of warehouses
Infographics Infographic: The Difference Between How Younger and Older Gen Xers Use Social MediaAdweek - By Sammy Nickalls When it comes to data, generational spreads are valued above all else. But lumping an entire generation together may not be the way to go, according …
Communist Party of China Inside China's Massive Surveillance OperationWIRED - Isobel Cockerell The woman remembers the first time she got a smartphone. It was 2011, and she was living in Hotan, an oasis town in Xinjiang, in northwest China. The …
Play buttonSalvador Dalí Salvador Dalí deepfake brings legendary surrealist to life at Florida museumMashable - Alison ForemanIt might surprise you to learn that many of Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí's greatest works can be found at a museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. What might surprise you even more? Thanks to artificial
Teeth Virtual Dentistry And The Culture Of Technological ControlForbes - Julian VigoAs a parent of two small children, getting them into brushing is not as easy as I would have thought. Kids love water, mirrors, and playing, but somehow getting my three-year-old into brushing his teeth
Opinion In China, Even Healthcare for All Isn’t EnoughBloomberg - Adam Minter One wouldn’t think Chinese in their 60s worried about the cost of cancer treatment would be a demographic slice that interested high-flying …
China The Messy Truth About Social Creditchinafile.com - by Shazeda Ahmed Almost every day, I receive an email from Google Alerts about a new article on China’s “social credit system.” It is rare that I encounter an article …
Neural Networks A new way to build tiny neural networks could create powerful AI on your phoneMIT Technology Review - Karen Hao We’ve been wasting our processing power to train neural networks that are ten times too big. Neural networks are the core software of deep learning. …
BusinessTeens are making thousands of dollars selling secondhand clothes and accessories on this social shopping app. Here's howBusiness Insider - Mary HanburyInstead of spending weekends or school holidays washing dishes and waiting tables, entrepreneurially minded teens are launching mini businesses to earn money online. This is largely thanks to new apps
