Taiwan bans Chinese social media app RedNote for one year on fraud risks

cnbc - It said that it will block access to the app, describing it as one that is "potentially becoming a high-risk area for online shopping fraud."

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Chinese AI Chip Maker Moore Threads Makes Strong Debut After $1 Billion IPO

Tracy Qu / wsj - Moore Threads, founded in 2020 by a former Nvidia executive, soared more than fourfold in its first day of trading on Friday after raising over $1 billion in its initial public offering.

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India Orders Apple to Preinstall Government Security App on All iPhones

Juli Clover / macrumors - India is requiring smartphone makers like Apple and Samsung to preload devices sold in the country with a state-owned cyber security app that can't be deleted, reports Reuters.The Department of Communications in India is giving smartphone companies 90 day…

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Kakao completes spinoff of No. 2 internet portal Daum after 11 yrs

Kim Boram / co - SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Yonhap) -- Kakao Corp. has completed the legal and administrative...

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(LEAD) Online commerce platforms on alert as Coupang set to face fine over data leak

Kang Yoon-seung / co - SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean online platforms were seen carrying out e...

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Alibaba Launches Quark AI Glasses to Rival Meta with $536 Micro LED Wearable

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Alibaba has launched the Quark AI smart glasses, a $536 Micro LED wearable powered by Qwen AI that undercuts Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses by 30%.The post Alibaba Launches Quark AI Glasses to Rival Meta with $536 Micro LED Wearable appeared first on WinBuz…

Back to Top / Thursday, November 27, 2025, 7:22 am / permalink 16346 / 7 stories in 3 months

Singapore Orders Apple, Google To Prevent Government Spoofing on Messaging Platforms

msmash / slashdot - An anonymous reader shares a report: Singapore's police have ordered Apple and Google to prevent the spoofing of government agencies on their messaging platforms, the home affairs ministry said on Tuesday. The order under the nation's Online Criminal Harm…

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Malaysia may ban users under 16 from social media starting next year

Ram Iyer / techcrunch - The country's communications minister Fahmi Fadzil said the administration is considering systems for implementing age restrictions on social media sites.

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Takeoff of China's flying taxis hits turbulence

techxplore - An unmanned, oval-shaped craft from flying taxi maker EHang hovers, whirring noisily like a mini-helicopter over a riverside innovation zone on the outskirts of the southern Chinese business hub of Guangzhou, part of a trial of a mini-flying taxi that onc…

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Anthropic warns of AI-driven hacking campaign linked to China

go - Researchers at an artificial intelligence firm say they've found the first reported case of foreign hackers using AI to automate portions of cyberattacks

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ChatGPT launches pilot group chats across Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and Taiwan

Kate Park / techcrunch - OpenAI on Thursday unveiled a group chat feature for ChatGPT, currently in pilot across Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and Taiwan, allowing users to collaborate directly within the app.

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Chinese Hackers Used Anthropic’s Claude AI to Automate Cyber Espionage Campaign

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Anthropic reports that Chinese state-sponsored hackers used its Claude AI to autonomously execute a large-scale cyber espionage campaign, marking a new era of AI-driven threats.The post Chinese Hackers Used Anthropic’s Claude AI to Automate Cyber Espionag…

Back to Top / Thursday, November 13, 2025, 2:21 pm / permalink 15942 / 9 stories in 3 months

Apple told to remove LGBTQ+ dating apps by China

Sarah Fielding / engadget - LGBTQ+ rights and acceptance have taken another hit in China, with Apple removing two of the countries biggest LGBTQ+ dating apps. Wired reports that Blued and Finka are no longer available on the iOS App Store or certain Android App Stores following orde…

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Google Plans Secret AI Military Outpost on Tiny Island Overrun By Crabs

msmash / slashdot - An anonymous reader shares a report: On Wednesday, Reuters reported that Google is planning to build a large AI data center on Christmas Island, a 52-square-mile Australian territory in the Indian Ocean, following a cloud computing deal with Australia's m…

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‘China is going to win the AI race’ — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang decries the price of electricity in the US, contrasts it with China's subsidized pricing

tomshardware - Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that China will win the AI race because of its abundance of power and the fact that the U.S. is losing out on the chance for its hardware to become the standard tool that Chinese AI developers use.

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Studio Ghibli and other Japanese publishers want OpenAI to stop training on their work

Amanda Silberling / techcrunch - OpenAI's approach to working with copyrighted content is to ask forgiveness, not permission.

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China deploys wind-powered underwater data center off Shanghai coast — $226 million project could top 24 megawatts, harnessing the cooling power of the sea

tomshardware - China has launched what it claims is the world’s first wind-powered undersea data center — a sealed, seawater-cooled cluster sitting 35 meters beneath the surface off the coast of Shanghai.

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Samsung's Wild-Looking Tri-Fold Phone Debuts at APEC Summit in South Korea

David Lumb / cnet - The Galaxy phonemaker showed off a twin-hinged foldable at a Korean consumer tech show.

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US–China reach trade framework that could avert 100% tariffs and pause rare-earth curbs — development comes as Trump and Xi prepare to meet this week

tomshardware - US and Chinese trade negotiators say they’ve reached a framework agreement that, if approved by both governments this week, would roll back proposed 100% tariffs on Chinese imports and pause Beijing’s escalating export restrictions on rare-earth materials.

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