China's internet regulator warns Kuaishou, Weibo over content violationsThe Cyberspace Administration of China said in two separate statements the actions to be taken include summoning company representatives, i...
Chinese firms unveil AI tech that rivals American systemsDuring the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, Chinese firms launched advanced AI tech competing with American counterpar...
China's ecommerce platforms not doing enough on climate: GreenpeaceIn a report ranking the environmental record of six of China's ecommerce giants, Greenpeace said the discount online shopping platform Pind...
Chinese tech firms working on ChatGPT-style technologyLike Microsoft and Google, Chinese tech giants such as Baidu and Alibaba as well as smaller start-ups have been working on AI projects for ...
Chinese government acquires stake in video platform Kuaishou, a TikTok rivalThe Chinese government acquired a modest but significant equity position in Kuaishou, China's second-largest short video platform and a dir...
Chinese social media platforms to ‘rectify’ financial self-media accountsThis follows an announcement by Cyberspace Administration of China that it would look into accounts that have repeatedly released financial...
China Telecom surges in 2021’s biggest listing, passing KuaishouChina Telecom could be followed by more listings by Chinese companies in the mainland or Hong Kong, as Beijing extends a crackdown on local...
China says ByteDance, Baidu, Microsoft improperly collected user dataChina Cyberspace Administration says companies including ByteDance, Baidu and Kuaishou improperly collected user data.
China regulators held talks with Alibaba, Tencent, nine others on 'deepfake' techChina's cyberspace administrator said in a statement on Thursday that it and the public security ministry met with the companies to talk ab...
Short-video app Lomotif is set to enter IndiaThe imminent entry comes at a time when the short-video space has gone through a big shift following the ban on leading Chinese players inc...
ETtech Morning Dispatch on March 1, 2021: Govt vs WhatsApp (again)Here's a look at the top tech news to start your day.
Kuaishou IPO valuation lights up India’s short-video spaceIndian short-video apps—from Sharechat’s Moj to MXPlayer’s MX TakaTak—see the blockbuster Kuaishou IPO as underscoring the massive potentia...
Bytedance rival Kuaishou aims to raise up to $5.42 billion in Hong Kong IPOKuaishou operates apps that allow user-uploaded videos as well as live-streaming programs through which vendors can promote consumer produc...
Digital policy think tank seeks ban on Snack Video appTencent-backed Kuaishou Technology’s other short-video app, Kwai, was among those banned and is no longer available on the Google Play stor...
Banned Chinese apps re-enter in new avatarsScores of new Chinese apps have flooded Indian app stores in the last few months including several rebranded versions of applications banne...
Snack Video, Zili, Resso and several others escape China apps banSnack Video is a Singapore-based app that is seen as a TikTok alternative and whose parent, Kuaishou Technology, is a popular Chinese softw...
Chinese TikTok clones vying to click with Indians, three now in Google Play Store's top 10 listA raft of Indian short-video apps, such as Trell, Bolo Indya, Chingari and Mitron, have not been far behind, aggressively trying to fill Ti...