Tech Thursday Episode 45
Say goodbye to the QQ Pet, AI ensures dating app photos are real, Shanghai gets Telsa Gigafactory 3 and more
Say goodbye to the QQ Pet, AI ensures dating app photos are real, Shanghai gets Telsa Gigafactory 3 and more
An inability to recall payments leaves some WeChat and Alipay users high and dry
Crackdown on FIFA betting, interns eat bitterness, students lag on illegal loans, and 27-year-old burnouts—it’s Viral Week
Advanced lock-pick on Taobao, Chinese Academy of Sciences develops laser assault rifle, and everybody else develops AI
China gets a horse in international racing, as investors at home hope for relaxed gambling regulations
One Country Two Dorms, star salary caps, love hotel voyeur, and bad Chinese tourists at a mosque—it’s Viral Week
Facing a growing crisis, the private health industry is betting on dedicated cities for seniors—and banking on foreigners to help
China’s Hyperloop, drones that look like doves, and the social credit system spreading overseas. The future is today—it’s Tech Thursday
Despite not actually playing in the 2018 World Cup, China has found plenty of ways to participate—and make money
Weighty beauties, grandmothers’ naming dispute, ESP for children, and Chinese Harry Potter—it’s Viral Week
Ten years of the human flesh search, China’s online vigilante system—and its devastating real-life consequences