About this Episode Episode 74 of Voices in AI features host Byron Reese and Dr. Kai-Fu Lee discussing the potential of AI…
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Apple News censorship reminds us how fleeting digital content is
Apple is reportedly preventing the use of its Apple News service in mainland China — lending more credence to the idea that giving the…
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Considering the security implications of CloudFlare’s partnership with Baidu
Earlier this year, Citizen Lab revealed an attack tool that redirected Internet traffic in mainland China to take down websites like GitHub or…
Read MoreStrange bedfellows: Amazon sets up shop on Alibaba site
Amazon.com has opened an online presence on rival Alibaba’s Tmall superstore, according to Reuters and other outlets citing an Alibaba spokesman. [company]Amazon[/company] and [company]Alibaba[/company] are both…
Read MoreA sneak peek at Xiaomi’s Android-based Mi TV
Chinese smart phone maker Xiaomi may be getting ready to sell some of its wares in the U.S., but its smart TV…
Read MoreXiaomi is looking to bring everything but its phones to the U.S.
Chinese smart phone maker Xiaomi isn’t ready just yet to sell its phones in the U.S., but the company wants to start selling…
Read MoreQualcomm to pay $975M to China in antitrust settlement
Qualcomm chips and intellectual property are increasingly found in smartphones around the world, but there’s been a cloud of uncertainty hanging over the…
Read MoreReport: China wants backdoors in imported tech, but only its own
Western companies are doing big business in China, but storm clouds lie on the horizon. According to a New York Times report,…
Read MoreMPAA sues China’s Xunlei for copyright infringement
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has sued Chinese file sharing operator Xunlei for copyright infringement, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The…
Read MoreWhere the clean energy money flowed last year
New investments in clean energy — from project financing to government funding to VC — rebounded in 2014 to $310 billion invested…
Read MoreChinese attacks cost U.S. Defense Department over $100M
Chinese army hackers apparently caused more than $100 million worth of damage to U.S. Department of Defense networks, according to NSA research…
Read MoreSneak peek: This is TCL’s GoLive video streaming service
All eyes were on Dish’s new Sling TV service at CES this year, but others are moving forward with their own video…
Read MoreChina slams cyberattacks after Sony job leads US to ask for help
The United States has asked China for help in blocking cyberattacks emanating from North Korea, officials told CNN and the New York…
Read MoreWith slim profits, China’s Xiaomi is more like Amazon than Apple
Xiaomi reported only 347.5 million yuan in net profit last year on a regulatory filing which works out to USD $56 million -- which means Xiaomi's operating margin works out to a slim 1.8 percent.…
Read MoreUber gets investment from Baidu to aid China push, report claims
The Chinese web giant Baidu will buy a stake in Uber worth up to $600 million, according to sources quoted by Bloomberg.…
Read MoreFacebook courts developers to compete with rivals in Asia
Monday Facebook's mobile app server company Parse released statistics on its biggest user growth. Its adoption in Asia has skyrocketed.…
Read MoreWhy China’s big plan to cut emissions is good for tech business
What China does to curb its emissions is good both for the environment and for tech companies looking for a large market. So it's worth paying attention to a report released Monday that argues that the world's largest polluter could double its renewable energy use between 2010 and 2030 by investing $145 billion annually.…
Read MoreChina makes abortive push for global web censorship declaration
The hosting of a “World Internet Conference” tech industry talking shop in censorship-happy China was always going to raise eyebrows, but this…
Read MoreGoogle appears poised to open an app store in China
There are tens of millions of smartphones running Android in China, but very few use Google Play services and almost none of them have access to Google's app store. It looks like Google wants to change that.…
Read MoreHSBC bank portal reportedly caught up in China’s Great Firewall
GreatFire.org, which monitors the activities of China's monolithic web censorship mechanism, claims HSBC's Akamai-using corporate banking portal has falled victim to the Great Firewall.…
Read MoreWireLurker malware attacks Chinese Apple users, installing bad apps on iOS devices via OS X
Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks have identified a novel and nasty strain of malware that steals device and user data -- but they reckon its full functionality is yet to surface.…
Read MoreWhy is Chinese smartphone startup Xiaomi reportedly worth 13 times as much as Motorola?
Xiaomi the money: The Chinese smartphone maker is reportedly seeking funding at a valuation of $40 billion.…
Read MoreIBM to build Chinese cloud presence with help from Tencent
U.S. cloud companies see China as a huge opportunity. Now Big Blue is partnering with Tencent Cloud to bring cloud and SaaS business applications to that market.…
Read MoreChina denies involvement in “man-in-the-middle” iCloud hack
A Chinese government spokeswoman has strenuously denied accusations of state involvement in a widespread eavesdropping attack on iCloud users, despite evidence that the attacks took place in core infrastructure.…
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