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Amazon spent $10 million on blacklisted surveillance tech from China
Trump's White House blacklisted Dahua last year after authorities implicated the firm in human rights abuses against Muslim ...
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China arrested a US university student for mocking its president in tweets
Censorship in China never ceases to baffle us, and the country has taken yet another surprising step by arresting a University of Minnesota student for posting ‘offensive’ tweets while he was in the US. According to a report by Axios, Luo Daiqing, a 20-year-old freshman in ...
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Shanghai is testing facial recognition at pharmacies to catch drug abusers
Every few days, China finds a new way to introduce facial recognition in people's daily lives. According to a report from the South China Morning Post, Shanghai is testing face recognition terminals at pharmacies to catch folks attempting to buy controlled substances in substantial ...
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US Navy officers can't use TikTok on government-issued phones because it's a 'cybersecurity threat'
Last week, the US Navy banned TikTok, the short video sharing app, from government-issued mobile devices, as it represented ...
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Horrible Chinese game asks players to beat up Hong Kong protestors
There have been plenty of games and apps that have sprung up as a result of Hong Kong protests. Now, a rather distasteful game called Everyone Hit the Traitors is being circulated in China, Abacus reports. The propaganda game lets you hit black-clad Hong Kong protestors with ...
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China introduces mandatory face scans for new SIM card purchases
The Chinese government loves face recognition and including it in various services for authentication. In its the latest move, it has made it mandatory for people in China to scan their face when signing up for a new mobile or mobile data connection contract. The new rule, first ...
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Xiaomi co-founder Lei Jun steps down as China president in a leadership reshuffle
Xiaomi's chairman and co-founder Lei Jun has stepped down from being the company's Chinapresident, as per a report from Technode. In an internal letter circulated last week, the company notified its employees of major changes across leadership roles. Lu Weibing, the head of Xiaomi's ...
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Alibaba and WeChat will let foreigners make mobile payments in China
If you have ever visited China, you know not every outlet accepts cards. Some of them will only accept mobile payment methods such as AliPay or WeChat pay. Till now, these apps didn't allow foreigners to link their credit or debit cards to the app to make mobile payments. However, ...
