
Tag : china
Surprise Telsa Rival Emerges from China
A wild Tesla rival appeared! From nowhere, Chinese electronics company LeEco has unveiled its first electric car, designed to be a direct rival to Tesla Motors’ Model S electric sedan, while adding more self-driving and connectivity…
Chinese Agencies Demands Result in iBooks and iTunes Shut Down
Apple is one of the few companies that has managed to stay active in China where regulation of digital services is strictly controlled by the countries many agencies. That was until last week when several of Apple’s…
Apple Denies Handing Over Source Code to China
During an Energy and Commerce Committee hearing earlier this week, entitled “Deciphering the Debate Over Encryption: Industry and Law Enforcement Perspectives,” which discussed the feud between Apple and the FBI over an iPhone tied to the…
Meet China’s New Realistic Robot “Jia Jia”
Robots that look like humans are a growing trend in recent times, with a number of organizations showing off their robots that mimic human looks and expressions often in a creepy manner. The latest of these…
Restaurants in China Fires Robot Staff for Incompetence
It seems we shouldn’t worry about automation taking away jobs from us humans just yet, with one restaurant in Guangzhou, China being forced to “fire” its robotic staff members for incompetence, while two others with robot…
Elderly Women In China Seen Praying to League of Legend Character
League of Legends is a world-famous game, with characters appearing all over. So what happens when you put a giant statue of one of the games most famous characters outside your door? You probably don’t expect…
Man Pleads Guilty To Leaking US Military Aircraft Blueprints
When it comes to security and privacy, there is little more protected than military details. As a result, the information is often protected by several layers of protection, and even if these are breached the chances…
John McAfee Wants China to Handle US Cybersecurity
Crackpot plutocrat and self-professed “cybersecurity legend” John McAfee believes that the US is doing such a terrible job of protecting its cybersecurity interests, and that it should outsource the task to a country better equipped at…
China Looking at Creating “Precrime” System
When people start to think about digital surveillance and their data stored online, they think about cases such as Apple vs the FBI where modern technology is used to try track down criminals or find out more…

China’s Not Happy About US Sanctions On ZTE
ZTE is a well-known manufacturer of telecom equipment, and while they have seen success in the past they are more than worried about the future with the US looking to impose sanctions on the company. As…
UK Scientists to Begin Gene-Editing Human Embryos
UK scientists have been given permission by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority to use gene-editing techniques to modify human embryos. Dr Kathy Niakan and the Francis Crick Institute, who made the application to the HFEA,…
China Releases True Colour HD Photos of the Moon
The China National Space Administration has released a series of beautiful images from its recent moon mission. The photos – all true colour and high definition, taken by the Chang’e 3 lunar lander and Yutu rover…
Exquisite Eggshell Carving Artwork Is No Yolk
Artists are always finding exciting and fresh ways to promote their artwork; this is, well, no exception, after the China Youth Network recently reported concerning a craftsman who conveys his artwork on eggshells. The artist in…
China Plans Construction of a Floating Nuclear Plant by 2020
China has announced plans to build a floating nuclear power plant, and wants it to be seaworthy by 2020, according to Shanghai List. The ship, known by the unwieldy moniker ACPR50S, would be a 200MW floating…
Bank of China Releases a Laser Blasted “Monkey” Coin
Tech is always advancing in new and exciting ways. With the aim of developing and modernizing techniques for the 21st century, the coin production process at The People’s Bank of China placed into circulation a $10…
Chinese Soldiers Now Equipped With Laser Guns
The Chinese military has begun equipping its soldiers with handheld laser guns, in direct contravention of international treaties banning the use of blinding laser weapons. The PY132A laser gun, revealed during the Chinese Police Expo in…
A Visual Photographic Collage Of China’s Air Pollution
China’s air quality is poor to say the least, recent reports of families having to use an air purifier in their own homes to avoid breathing the air is quite shocking. The atmosphere in China has…
China Launches its Most Advanced Disaster Prevention Satellite
2015 has been a good year for the space industry across the world and now China have closed out the year with a landmark launch of their own. Today they successfully launched the Gaofen-4 satellite as…

China have ‘Gamified’ Your Life and It’s Frightening
China is one of the weirdest countries on the planet and I swear that they must have a weekly government meeting where they brain storm and there really are no bad answers or suggestions and one…
Chinese Anti-Terrorism Law Forces Companies to Provide Encryption Keys
While the debate on the topic rages on in the West, China now has joined Kazakhstan in the club of nations that have compromised the encryption of their citizens’ data for the sake of the state.…
15,000 Hoverboards Confiscated After Safety Scares
Hoverboards, the new cool thing to have, have already been deemed illegal by the British government. But in the newest step on what some would consider the government’s war on fun, after testing many of the…
Chinese Woman Missing for 10 Years Found Living in Internet Café
A Chinese woman presumed dead after she went missing at the age of 14 has been found in an internet café, where she had allegedly been living and playing online games for the past ten years,…
Google Play Store Set to Hit China in 2016
It has been reported that Google is working tirelessly to re-establish its products in China, with the Google Play Store set to spearhead the effort by as soon as February 2016. It has been a number…
China’s New Space Robot Looks Like an Iron Man Knockoff
At the 17th China International Industry Fair in Shanghai, China’s space agency rolled out their new Mars Probe, which consists of a new orbiter and landing rover, and while normally that would be the star of the…
iPhone 6s Clone Costs a Mere $37 And Works Surprisingly Well!
The launch of Apple’s iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus resulted in record operating sales figures despite implementing only a few iterative changes from the previous generation. However, Apple products incur a hefty price premium in…
Pepsi Spokesperson Confirms Pepsi P1 Smartphone
Do you like Pepsi? Ever wanted a Pepsi phone? Your lifelong dream could soon come true. Ok maybe it’s not going to reach the top ten things on your bucket list, but it sounds pretty cool…
Tsinghua Group Look to Acquire SanDisk and Toshiba
China is looking to expand heavily into the storage industry with the latest acquisition rumour. According to the report, Tsinghua Group, a Chinese government-controlled investment group is looking into acquiring either SanDisk or Toshiba to get…