China
News from tech giants of China like TenCents, Huawei and AliBaba as well as the small companies and tiny startups.
Android
Xiaomi India teases for the upcoming Redmi 9, Redmi Note 9 series
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The Chinese tech company Xiaomi has plans to launch the successor of Redmi 8 in the first quarter of 2020. Redmi 9 is now part of the new smartphone leaks. According to the news by Android Authority, the upcoming Redmi device is power-packed with powerful processors...
Electric Cars
Tesla takes $1.4 billion loan for Shanghai factory from Chinese banks
A group of Chinese banks has agreed to provide a loan to Tesla Inc. of more than 10 billion yuan ($1.4 billion), a five-year loan facility, to help further set up the gigafactory in Shanghai, China. China Construction Bank (CCB), Agricultural Bank of China (AgBank), Industrial...
China
TikTok suspends teen’s account for criticizing China
TikTok has suspended an account of a teenager Feroza (username: getmefamouspartthree), who posted a series of viral videos attacking China on Uighur Muslims. The videos start as eye-makeup tutorials, to avoid being moderated, but later persuade people and countries to raise voice against...
Huawei
Microsoft will export its software to Huawei
After the restriction, Microsoft now has been granted a license to sell its software to Huawei. In the wake of the recent trade war, President Trump’s administration put sanctions on some companies to export their services and products to Huawei. The Commerce Department of...
Apple
Trump made false claims while visiting Mac Pro manufacturing facility in Austin, Texas
In a recent visit to Apple's manufacturing plant, Mr. President made false claims to give shallow justification to his economic policies. Perhaps, Donald Trump is personifying that betrayal is the heart of politics. Trump tweeted, Today, I opened a major Apple Manufacturing plant in Texas that...
Startups
African fintech startup Opera’s OPay received $120 million in funding from Chinese investors
Incubated by Opera, famous for its web browser, Africa-based startup OperaPay, widely known as OPay, has gained $120M from the Chinese investors in series B round. Along with PalmPay, OPay is now one of the most funded fintech startups in Africa. Series B investors included Chinese local life...
Apple
Donald Trump to visit Apple’s manufacturing plant in Texas on November 20
President Trump will be visiting Apple's Mac Pro factory in Austin on Wednesday, 20th November. Apple announced in September that the latest Mac Pro dubbed as cheese grater will be manufactured in Texas, the same facility where Mac Pro had been made since 2013. The Trump...
Huawei
Huawei all set to reveal its MatePad Pro
Huawei executive director and CEO of business group Richard Yu shared on the Chinese social microblogging network Weibo that they would be unveiling new Mate series products on Nov 25. He announced the news by sharing the poster from his Weibo account. Mr. Yu didn’t reveal...
Gadgets
China’s DJI has come up with the app to track nearby drones
World’s largest drone manufacturing company DJI, has been working on technology that would allow smartphone users to keep track of nearby drones. To detect the presence of a drone, it should be within the range of 0.62 miles, i.e., 1 km. The company has...
Gaming
China’s new effort to combat gaming addiction in youngsters
Chinese authorities have introduced new regulations in a bid to combat gaming madness in the country. Young gamers under the age of 18 will no longer be able to play video games without any restrictions. Under the new regulations introduced, children will be banned...