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TikTok’s fall from grace and its hurdles to come
Zhang Yiming, the founder of TikTok’s mother company ByteDance, wanted to make a global Chinese tech company, but he knew what needed to be done to accomplish that. He made TikTok unavailable in China and stored data outside the country. This kept Chinese censors away from the app and user data, supposedly, out of Beijing’sContinue reading “TikTok’s fall from grace and its hurdles to come”
Tech in Asia weekly briefing︱August 11th
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Tech in Asia weekly briefing︱August 4th
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Tech in Asia weekly briefing︱July 28th
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Tech in Asia weekly briefing︱July 21st
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Tech in Asia weekly briefing︱July 14th
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Tech in Asia weekly briefing︱July 7th
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Tech in Asia weekly briefing︱June 30th
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Tech in Asia weekly briefing︱June 23rd
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Tech in Asia weekly briefing︱June 16th
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Tech in Asia weekly briefing︱June 9th
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Why the two most popular manufacturing alternatives to China aren’t as flawless as the media makes them out to be
Vietnam and India have long been touted as manufacturing alternatives to China. This year, their governments have been welcoming foreign investment consideration relocation from China. However, the two countries aren’t quite the exemplary options that some make them out to be. The world has long relied on Chinese factories and firms to provide all kindsContinue reading “Why the two most popular manufacturing alternatives to China aren’t as flawless as the media makes them out to be”
Tech in Asia weekly briefing︱June 2nd
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Tech in Asia weekly briefing︱May 26th
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Tech in Asia weekly briefing︱May 19th
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Will facial recognition really be able to identify covered faces?
Before the pandemic, the fingerprint scanner was gaining popularity as a new way to identify ourselves to authorise payments or clock into offices. Now, we can expect that the technology will be dropped in favour of a contactless one – facial recognition. But facial recognition technology relies on seeing our whole face, or as muchContinue reading “Will facial recognition really be able to identify covered faces?”
Tech in Asia weekly briefing︱May 12th
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The 7th-century technology helping keep millions of Japanese from working at home
On May 4, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe extended Japan’s state of emergency until May 31, amid fears of a second COVID-19 wave in Japan. A month earlier, Abe had asked people to reduce social contact “by 70-80%.” Unlike compulsory lockdowns prevalent worldwide, Japan’s measures are unenforced and rely on voluntary cooperation. Nonetheless, as COVID-19 casesContinue reading “The 7th-century technology helping keep millions of Japanese from working at home”
Tech in Asia weekly briefing︱May 5th
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