US tech companies enabled the surveillance and detention of hundreds of thousands in ChinaAn investigation reveals that US tech firms helped build China's surveillance system. Companies sold technology to Chinese police and gover...
09 Sep, 2025, 07.15 PM IST
Swiggy’s costly quarter; India unblocks X handleSwiggy’s net loss nearly doubled to Rs 1,081 crore in the fourth quarter, from Rs 555 crore a year ago. This and more in today’s ETtech Top...
09 May, 2025, 07.54 PM IST
After US Navy, Congress bans DeepSeek use for employees. Did China's AI startup copy ChatGPT to make new AI chatbot?DeepSeek: After US Navy, Congressional offices have been warned not to use DeepSeek, an upstart Chinese chatbot that is roiling the America...
31 Jan, 2025, 07.59 PM IST
Why DeepSeek could change what Silicon Valley believes about AIDeepSeek claimed to have achieved this by using innovative engineering to replace raw computing power, accomplishing it in China—a country ...
29 Jan, 2025, 12.57 PM IST
Wary Paytm to avoid regulated biz; Foxconn to make AI servers in IndiaHappy Friday! Paytm is steering clear of regulated businesses and will instead focus on building a strong distribution network. This and mo...
28 Jun, 2024, 07.27 AM IST
Election wave and AI disinformation raise stakes in 2024With elections due in countries representing half the world's population and new technologies turbo-charging disinformation, 2024 will be a...
19 Jan, 2024, 12.05 PM IST
Why chatbots like ChatGPT weren't invented in ChinaJust a few years ago, China was on track to challenge U.S. dominance in artificial intelligence. The balance of power was tilting in China'...
20 Feb, 2023, 08.57 AM IST
China's Taiwan drills accompanied by wave of misinformationChina raged against a visit to Taipei by United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, sending warships, missiles and jets into the waters and ...
15 Aug, 2022, 12.08 PM IST
Buying influence: How China manipulates Facebook and TwitterChina's government has unleashed a global online campaign to burnish its image and undercut accusations of human rights abuses. Much of the...
10 Jan, 2022, 08.31 AM IST
Troops on high alert: China escalates border tension on TwitterThe flurry of posts, closely monitored by Indian agencies, follows a recent report by the Pentagon that said China has been taking incremen...
08 Nov, 2021, 07.08 AM IST
How China's ultra-loyal web army silences Beijing's criticsAs with Western platforms such as Twitter and Facebook, Chinese social media is very much polarized, but the nationalists are increasingly ...
26 Aug, 2021, 09.46 AM IST
Year after lockdown, Wuhan dissident more isolated than everFor a few fleeting months, as public anger erupted at authorities who hid critical information on the coronavirus, Zhu Tao felt his early c...
24 Jan, 2021, 11.09 AM IST
Xi Jinping makes a big political gamble by telling Chinese to clean their platesThis week, Xi rolled out a new push to curb the “shocking and distressing” problem of discarded leftovers, as he seeks to fortify a fragile...
17 Aug, 2020, 09.38 AM IST
Donald Trump to order China's ByteDance to sell TikTok in USThe U.S. has been investigating potential national security risks due to the company’s control of the app, and Trump’s decision could be an...
31 Jul, 2020, 11.38 PM IST
What I read this week: Long winter ahead for Indian market before springWith 85% of the currency in circulation removed, and the replacement likely to take longer, near-term disruption in economic growth could b...
19 Nov, 2016, 12.55 PM IST
Islamic State doesn't need Facebook and TwitterAs Paris came under attack on Friday, the social networks scrambled to delete celebratory tweets and threats from Islamic State supporters.
18 Nov, 2015, 04.39 AM IST
- Many wired Chinese unfazed at possible Google exit
A world without Google? They can imagine it just fine in China. After all, it's not like losing "World of Warcraft."
03 Feb, 2010, 05.41 AM IST