Huawei’s official website in China listed details of the Huawei Pura 70 series. Huawei Huawei launched a fresh line-up of smartphones on Thursday in a bid to continue its resurgence in China and ramp up its challenge to Apple in the market. The Chinese technology giant took the wraps of the Pura 70 series, which …
A 26-year-old pig farmer in China has gone viral because she is educated and beautiful but has chosen an agricultural lifestyle for a monthly salary of 6,000 yuan (US$830). The woman, surnamed Zhou, from Yunnan province in southwestern China, holds a bachelor’s degree and was a literature major. She has worked on the farm for …
(Bloomberg) — Apple Inc.’s iPhone shipments slid a bigger-than-projected 10% in the March quarter, reflecting flagging sales in China despite a broader smartphone industry rebound. Most Read from Bloomberg The company shipped 50.1 million iPhones in the first three months, according to IDC’s preliminary figures, falling shy of an average of analyst estimates compiled by …
Chinese smartphone brand OnePlus is facing multiple grievances against its India operations, from profit margins to warranty and service claims, in another sign of trouble for Chinese brands in the world’s most populous country. In a letter to OnePlus India on Wednesday, the South India Organised Retailers Association (ORA) said members of the body had …
Tencent has made it easier for visitors to mainland China to register for a WeChat account and to link international cards to Weixin Pay. In addition, Weixin Pay is exploring interoperability with more overseas eWallets, Tencent said in a Friday (April 12) press release. Overseas users can register for a WeChat account with an overseas mobile number, fill …
Processors that crunch through supercomputing tasks in the blink of an eye. Batteries that recharge in a flash. Accelerated drug discovery, encryption and decryption, and machine learning. These are just a few of the possibilities that may be enabled by quantum computing, which harnesses the laws of physics to perform calculations much faster than even …
Huawei Technologies launched its revamped Luxeed S7 electric sedan, co-developed with Chinese carmaker Chery Auto, and a new personal computer (PC) with built-in artificial intelligence (AI) support at its latest event on Thursday, but there was no mention of the highly anticipated P70 smartphone. The new version of the Luxeed S7 – the first version …
Chinese conglomerate Alibaba is reportedly offering steep price cuts to its cloud customers. These markdowns — as high as 59% and aimed at customers from the U.S. to Singapore — come amid a leap in demand for cloud computing to support artificial intelligence (AI) projects, Bloomberg News reported Monday (April 8). The company has cut prices by an average …
Alipay has launched a series of “International Consumer Friendly Zones” in China. The company’s owner, owned by China’s Ant Group, announced Monday (April 8) it is working with local merchants, tourism sites and commercial districts to enhance international visitors’ experience and drive business for local merchants in the country’s main tourist destination cities. Ant Group …
Alibaba Group Holding’s cloud computing unit has slashed prices for international customers by up to 59 per cent, as the tech giant fights to woo users amid a global race for computing resources driven by rapid artificial intelligence (AI) development. The international cloud business of Alibaba, which owns the South China Morning Post, is facing …