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Digital banks race to capture the next generation

When John Hibbs' daughter Xanthe received her first bank card in the mail, the six-year-old spent the next week Googling how to buy a horse.
Source: Reuters-Global Times | 2020/11/19 18:28:42

Canada seeks $630 million from streaming firms to fund domestic content

Canada introduced a bill that would strengthen the broadcast regulator and allow it to collect up to C$830 million ($630 million) by 2023 from online streaming companies such as Netflix and Amazon to fund Canadian content.
Source: Reuters | 2020/11/5 20:28:40

COVID-19 smartphone app finally launches in England and Wales

England and Wales launched a COVID-19 smartphone app on Thursday, allowing users to trace contacts, check the local level of risk and record visits to venues such as pubs, four months after the technology was promised to the public.
Source: Reuters-Global Times | 2020/9/24 18:43:41

Brain-computer interface technology helps paralyzed patient say 'Hello'

A paralyzed man who could only communicate by blinking his eyes, used a brain implant to say "Hello" through a computer, reportedly the first in the world, which touched medical staff at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
Source: Global Times | 2020/8/21 1:30:05

China-proposed cyber security mechanism blocks 2.8m attacks in 48 hours at intl contest

China-proposed Cyber Mimic Defense (CMD) system successfully blocked 2.8 million times of attacks from top world white-hat from 14 countries in 48 hours at a cyber security contest.
Source: Globaltimes.cn | 2020/6/21 21:36:31

Intl cooperation enhances China's role in net connectivity, safeguarding cyber sovereignty

Russia's unplugged test is not a defense measure to close itself, but a tactic to strengthen global network integration so that it will not be used by the US for military and political purposes
Source: Global Times | 2020/1/13 20:28:40

Spotlight: Cool techs we can't wait to see in 2020

Spotlight: Cool techs we can't wait to see in 2020
Source: Xinhua | 2020/1/3 15:49:47

China extends lead in quantity of Top500 supercomputers

China extended its dominance in a list of the world's fastest supercomputers by the number of systems, according to a semi-annual ranking of the Top500 published Monday.
Source: Xinhua | 2019/11/19 7:57:57

Tencent Music's quarterly revenue beats on subscriber growth

China's Tencent Music Entertainment Group reported better-than-expected third-quarter revenue on November 11 as the streaming company added more paying users.
Source: Reuters | 2019/11/14 22:58:40

Artificial intelligence IQ Over 9,000: Russian Military to Get Support of Artificial Intelligence

In mid-October, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the national strategy for artificial intelligence (AI) development during the period until 2030.
Source: Sputniknews | 2019/11/14 16:24:44