Debate continues over how much the government should be involved in research and development, and whether a single agency should oversee national tech strategy.
TECHNOLOGY
‘Factory of discoveries’: China thinks big for massive science projects to explain the universe
With the biggest cosmic ray detector in the world and the largest radio telescope, China is investing in massive science projects, hoping for grand results.
Apple is ‘a pawn in China’s malfeasance,’ say four members of Congress
Four members of Congress have accused Apple of being “a pawn in China’s malfeasance” in putting the privacy of customer data at risk in the country. They have urged Apple to reassess its business …
China Mobile tops mobile customer adds in April
China Telecom added only 1.57 million mobile subscribers in China in April this year, compared to 3.45 million in March. China Telecom ended March with a total of 357.82 million mobile subscribers.
China landed its Mars rover on the first try — here’s what’s next
China’s Zhurong rover will search for signs of life, as well as water ice on Mars. Equipped with a magnetometer, it will also measure Mars’ magnetic field.
China calls out ByteDance, Kuaishou, and LinkedIn for illegal data collection
China’s internet watchdog has named and shamed some of the country’s most popular mobile applications for the illegal collection and use of personal data.
China’s Nuclear Weapons Program: A Threat to the U.S. Military?
China’s nuclear ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs, or “boomers”) are soon to become a major worry for the United States. How does this change the balance of power in the Pacific? China completed its …
China’s Mars landing a milestone in its space technology progress
A color picture captured by China’s Tianwen-1 Mars probe shows the planet’s North Pole (XINHUA) China has become the second country in the world to successfully land and operate a rover on Mars. The …
China fund managers embrace robots as competition intensifies
Chinese fund managers, grappling with a rapidly-growing list of publicly-traded securities and mountains of data, are rapidly embracing machine learning and other types of artificial intelligence (AI) …
Microsoft pushes into the growing grocery tech market with a new deal in China
Microsoft’s China arm announced a strategic partnership with Chinese retail tech company Hanshow on cloud-based software for store operators worldwide.
Has China banned cryptocurrency?
Cryptocurrencies could unify an already globalized world, but fears over illegality in the market have led China to ban the trade and use of Bitcoin.
China Unicom (00762) gains 6.713m 5G subscribers in Apr
Limited (00762) said for April 2021, it had 309.478 million mobile billing subscribers. The net addition was 0.185 million. Out of the mobile billing subscribers, there were 98.565 million 5G …
Pentagon needs smarter shoppers to outpace China
China is continuing to close the technology gap, in large part through stealing intellectual property from U.S. private-sector firms.
