Apple to expand applied research labs in Shanghai and Shenzhen as iPhone sales weaken in world’s largest smartphone market

Apple to expand applied research labs in Shanghai and Shenzhen as iPhone sales weaken in world’s largest smartphone market

Apple is enlarging its applied research operations in mainland China, as the US technology giant’s iPhone sales slow in the world’s largest smartphone market amid increased competition from Huawei Technologies and other major domestic handset vendors. Cupertino, California-based Apple plans to expand its research centre in Shanghai to support all of its product lines and …

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Why is Shanghai using surveillance cameras and AI to monitor its autumn trees?

Why is Shanghai using surveillance cameras and AI to monitor its autumn trees?

Shanghai has turned to hi-tech surveillance technology to manage the city’s “unswept fallen leaves” campaign, which aims to preserve an autumnal aesthetic on a select number of its streets. Surveillance cameras – traditionally used for security purposes – have been trained on the canopies of trees in nine of Shanghai’s 41 landscape roads, while an …

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