China
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Finance
Redpoint Ventures is raising another $400M to invest in Chinese companies
Redpoint Ventures is doubling down on China. The firm, headquartered in Menlo Park, has filed documents with the U.S. Securities…
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Grab moves to offer digital insurance services in Southeast Asia
Grab is Southeast Asia’s top ride-hailing firm, thanks in no small part to its acquisition of Uber’s local business last…
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WeChat is quietly ranking user behavior to play catch-up with Alibaba
Over one billion people leave behind trails of information on WeChat every day as they use the messenger to chat,…
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Scooter startup Bird tried to silence a journalist. It did not go well.
Cory Doctorow doesn’t like censorship. He especially doesn’t like his own work being censored. Anyone who knows Doctorow knows his…
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An unsecured database exposed the personal details of 202M job seekers in China
The personal details belonging to more than 202 million job seekers in China, including information like phone numbers, email addresses,…
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China’s Nreal raises $15M to shrink augmented headsets to size of sunglasses
A former Magic Leap engineer believes the problem with most consumer-facing augmented headsets on the market is their bulky size.…
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Smartphone shipments in China fell by up to 15.5% in 2018
(Reuters) — Smartphone shipments in China fell between 12-15.5 percent last year, market data indicated, suggesting a bleak outlook for…
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China’s Baidu says its answer to Alexa is now on 200M devices
A Chinese voice assistant has been rapidly gaining ground in recent months. DuerOS, Baidu’s answer to Amazon’s Alexa, reached over…
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