China’s BeiDou navigation system is set to reap more domestic users and accelerate its replacement of the US-based GPS system after a state-owned telecoms giant teamed up with major domestic mobile phone makers to popularise the use of its unique short messaging function. Under the short messaging service (SMS) communication partnership announced on Tuesday, China…
New data released Wednesday from a Chinese government-affiliated research firm showed sales of foreign-branded smartphones, including Apple’s iPhone, fell 44.25% year-on-year in China in October, while overall phone sales in China have increased 1.8%, Reuters reported. The data released by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology revealed sales of foreign-branded phones in China…
Huawei Technologies has unveiled its Mate 70 smartphone series, marking a significant step in the Chinese tech giant’s comeback to the premium smartphone market. This launch comes nearly a year after the release of its Mate 60 series, which was seen as a pivotal moment for Huawei’s recovery in the face of mounting challenges due…
The Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR), established by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Hong Kong in 2019, unveiled its latest AI model, Cares Copilot 2.0, on Friday. The model is designed to support surgeons with tasks such as surgical planning, generating diagnostic reports, and retrieving similar case files. The upgraded model,…
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s Huawei, blacklisted by the U.S., said on Saturday it is targeting 100,000 applications for its Harmony operating system in coming months as it seeks widespread help to achieve self-reliance. The tech giant has more than 15,000 applications based on Harmony that can meet consumers’ basic needs, but the ecosystem requires more…
The chip is set to be included in some phones of the Mate 70 series to go on sale next week, they said. With the series, the Chinese smartphone maker hopes to challenge Apple and build on market-share gains since last year. The iPhone maker still counts China as its second-largest market after the U.S.,…
The first US presidency of Donald Trump coincided with a rapid growth in China’s ability to transfer its emerging technologies between military and civilian use, according to a study by Chinese researchers. The project team led by Tian Qingfeng of the school of management at Northwestern Polytechnical University (NWPU) draws a line between US sanctions…
Chinese chip industry experts and investors have congregated in Beijing for one of the largest annual chip forums to discuss the impact of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) cutting advanced foundry services for some mainland clients and the outlook for the country’s chip sector under a new Donald Trump administration in the US. Despite US…
Chinese bloggers riding on strong national confidence in science and technology prowess are launching “unscrupulous hype and personal attacks” to shut down differing opinions online, state-affiliated media has warned. Several Chinese scientists were recently labelled pro-American after they said there was a US-China gap in basic research or commented negatively on the tech ecosystem, as…
1. ByteDance’s ChatGPT-like Doubao AI bot becomes No 1 in China with 51 million users Doubao has become China’s top AI app with 51 million active users, surpassing competitors like Baidu’s Wenxiaoyan and Alibaba’s Kimi. Free and versatile, it excels in various tasks including text, image, audio and video generation, and data analysis, making it…