Apple is using humour to trumpet the privacy and security functions of its iPhones in its latest advertising campaign targeting Chinese consumers, at a time when personal data leaks on Android phones have become a concern in China. Apple has published video skits featuring well-known Chinese comedian Yue Yunpeng, in which an Apple employee introduces … Read more
Hu, 54, died on Wednesday, two days after she was stabbed multiple times trying to restrain an attacker at a school bus stop. The man first attacked the mother and child waiting at the stop and then tried to get on the bus, which was carrying Japanese schoolchildren. Suzhou police said Hu immediately rushed to … Read more
Ren, 79, accompanied Li on a tour of the European-themed campus – the Shenzhen-based company’s research and development base – according to photos and videos circulating on various Chinese social media platforms. Both wore casual attire during their visit. The photos and videos sparked discussion on Chinese social media, as netizens were puzzled about Ren’s … Read more
The US tech giant on Monday unveiled its long-awaited AI blueprint during its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, charting out plans to bake a range of related functions into iPhones, iPads and Mac computers. The new functionality includes text generation, photo editing and call transcription. The company has also teamed with Microsoft-backed OpenAI to use ChatGPT … Read more
Ke had been working for the CCAFC’s 9958 Rescue Centre, which arranges emergency aid for critically ill children. He was detained and the case has since been handed over to prosecutors, the ministry said on Tuesday. The case had exposed management issues at the charity, the ministry said, noting that investigations had also revealed activities … Read more
But a number of short videos posted online also showed students voicing support for Palestine. By Monday afternoon, the final day of the exams, many of the original posts of media interviews with those students were no longer available on the Chinese version of TikTok called Douyin, the WeChat video channel or the X-like Weibo. … Read more
Version 20 of Baidu Maps, a desktop and mobile web-mapping application released in April, will soon be available on Tesla’s EVs, the Beijing-based artificial intelligence (AI) champion said in a post on microblogging platform Weibo on Monday. Baidu Maps’ new lane-level, 3D navigation software will have a user interface that is “more intuitive” and “better … Read more
Spanish luxury fashion brand Balenciaga’s latest offering is a 4,700 yuan (US$650) T-shirt in collaboration with Chinese mobile payment platform Alipay, sparking discussions and chaff on Chinese social media. The short-sleeved, oversized garment – which is unisex in design – only comes in two sizes and one colour, black. The iconic Balenciaga print is brandished … Read more
Much of the film focuses on the mobile phone screen of a film crew member character. On the phone, the audience sees actual news reports and short videos that were posted during the Covid-19 pandemic in China between 2020 and 2022 – most of which were later removed by censors. Nationalist online commenters have argued … Read more
Dozens of cities in the provinces of Guangdong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Hunan, Shaanxi, Shandong and Jiangsu, as well as Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, have announced plans so far this year to cut back on government department websites, social media accounts and smartphone applications, research by the Post shows. One of the latest to do so was … Read more
