Tech Thursday Episode 37
Students exit moon lab, high schoolers get facial recognized, WeChat blog shuttered after Didi murder, and further Weibo crackdowns
Students exit moon lab, high schoolers get facial recognized, WeChat blog shuttered after Didi murder, and further Weibo crackdowns
Daoist ritual for the nuclear gods, UFO in the sky, semiconductor ambitions, and more woeful news for human Go players
Henan’s internet gets healthy, foreign investment in Chinese surveillance, China’s chip sector rises, and sexism in tech firms
Blockchain scam, Alipay issues digital ID cards, LeTV’s (further) downward spiral, and Chinese AI start-up becomes the world’s most valuable
Further crackdown on Toutiao, AI translator’s Waterloo, self-driving courier, and Longjing tea delivered by drones
China’s metro technology goes global with Ethiopia’s first light rail network
AI with feeling, another crackdown, and Ready Player One takes China by storm
Tech companies rush to out-spoof each other in alarming AI comedy bonanza
How a Beijing electronics market became the cradle of China’s tech revolution
The seniors’ dance market is a potential gold mine for tech entrepreneurs—but pensioners won’t easily part with their pennies
In Guiyang, the world’s largest radio telescope is taking astronomy—and the local economy—rapidly into the future
Hongbao wars, “water army” sinks, adopt a Baidu dog, and Alipay (finally) in Apple stores