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Pakistan Army Dumps WhatsApp For China's WeChat Over Spying, Hacking Fears
According to the directive, the military believes WhatsApp poses a higher risk of surveillance, data leaks and hacking of official conversations. As a result, personnel have been asked to move official chats to WeChat instead.
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Chinese Company Fires Employee After Rs 4.5 Crore Salary Package Leaks Online
The company said the leak had caused a serious negative impact both within Tencent and outside the organisation.
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DeepSeek Unveils Update to R1 Model as AI Race Heats Up
DeepSeek has upgraded the R1 Artificial Intelligence (AI) model. DeepSeek completed what it described as a “minor trial upgrade” and told users they can start testing it, according to a company representative’s post in an official WeChat group on Wednesday.
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China, In Comic Strip, Warns Of 'Overseas' Threats To Its Rare Earths
China's chief intelligence agency posted on social media a comic strip featuring foreign-looking characters secretly extracting rare earths, in a story portraying the country's strategic metals under threat from covetous "overseas organisations".
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China Warns "Military Fans" To Stop Posting Pics Of Sensitive Equipment
First time or occasional offenders may receive only a warning but repeat violators rule could be imprisoned for up to seven years.
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WeChat Helps Apple Rack Up Bonus Points in China
Apple's Greater China revenues, which include Hong Kong and Taiwan, soared 28 per cent in April-June from a year earlier to $5.9 billion, and globally, iTunes, Software and Services sales were the company's second-fastest growing product category, up 12 per cent year-on-year to $4.5 billion.
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Canada Bans Chinese App WeChat, Russia's Kaspersky On Government Phones
Canada on Monday banned popular Chinese messaging app WeChat and Russian platform Kaspersky from government smartphones and other mobile devices, citing privacy and security risks.
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China Announces Two-Hour Daily Limit on Children's Phone Screen Time, Tech Shares Tumble
China's cyberspace regulator has cracked down on the use of smartphones by children, introducing a limit of up to 2 hours of screen time. Children in China between the ages of 16 and 18 will get two hours of screen time, those aged eight to 16 would get one hour, while children under the age of eight would only get access to eight minutes of screen...
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Australian Lawmakers Recommend Potential WeChat Ban on Government Devices
A senate committee in Australia has recommended a swathe of rules and restrictions for social media platforms, including potentially banning WeChat on government devices. Companies like TikTok and WeChat posed "unique national security risks" because their parent companies, ByteDance and Tencent, are headquartered in China and subject to its nation...
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Apple Sets Up Online Store on China’s Social Media Platform WeChat
Tencent's WeChat said on Tuesday that iPhone maker Apple had opened a store on its social media platform, marking an expansion of the U.S. firm's retail channels in the world's second-largest economy.
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China Cracks Down on 'Self-Media' Accounts, Deletes 1.4 Million Social Media Posts
China on Friday announced that it had shut 67,000 accounts and deleted 1.4 million posts between March 10 and May 22 as part of the country's efforts to "clean" its cyberspace and make it easier for authorities to control. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said a two-month probe into alleged misinformation, illegal profiteering, and impe...
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TikTok Files Lawsuit Against US State Montana's Ban on App, Says It Violates Rights of Company, Users
TikTok on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging the state of Montana's new ban on use of the Chinese-owned app, the first state to bar the popular short-video sharing service.
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Tencent to Maintain Cost-Cutting Measures Amid First Drop in Annual Revenue
Tencent Holdings on Thursday said it would restrict its focus to its core business, while maintinaing cost-cutting and improving efficiencies, as it reported its first drop in annual revenue to date. The world's largest video game company and operator of the WeChat messaging platform posted revenue of CNY 554.55 billion (nearly Rs. 6,65,600 crore) ...
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Tencent-Owned WeChat Adds In-App Support for China’s CBDC, Here’s Why
WeChat users in China will now be able to use the e-CNY CBDC to pay for eatables and bills via the multi-purpose app. Interested users will have to authorise their WeChat phone numbers with the government-controlled digital yuan wallet operator to activate the service.
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Tencent Is Bringing Content Creators to WeChat to Challenge TikTok's Dominance
WeChat Pay became the second-biggest player in China's mobile payment market within a year of its 2013 launch, behind Alipay which is owned by Jack Ma-founded Ant Group. Two sources familiar with Tencent said the importance of Channels has been repeatedly communicated within the company.
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Pakistan Army Dumps WhatsApp For China's WeChat Over Spying, Hacking Fears
According to the directive, the military believes WhatsApp poses a higher risk of surveillance, data leaks and hacking of official conversations. As a result, personnel have been asked to move official chats to WeChat instead.
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Chinese Company Fires Employee After Rs 4.5 Crore Salary Package Leaks Online
The company said the leak had caused a serious negative impact both within Tencent and outside the organisation.
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DeepSeek Unveils Update to R1 Model as AI Race Heats Up
DeepSeek has upgraded the R1 Artificial Intelligence (AI) model. DeepSeek completed what it described as a “minor trial upgrade” and told users they can start testing it, according to a company representative’s post in an official WeChat group on Wednesday.
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China, In Comic Strip, Warns Of 'Overseas' Threats To Its Rare Earths
China's chief intelligence agency posted on social media a comic strip featuring foreign-looking characters secretly extracting rare earths, in a story portraying the country's strategic metals under threat from covetous "overseas organisations".
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China Warns "Military Fans" To Stop Posting Pics Of Sensitive Equipment
First time or occasional offenders may receive only a warning but repeat violators rule could be imprisoned for up to seven years.
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WeChat Helps Apple Rack Up Bonus Points in China
Apple's Greater China revenues, which include Hong Kong and Taiwan, soared 28 per cent in April-June from a year earlier to $5.9 billion, and globally, iTunes, Software and Services sales were the company's second-fastest growing product category, up 12 per cent year-on-year to $4.5 billion.
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Canada Bans Chinese App WeChat, Russia's Kaspersky On Government Phones
Canada on Monday banned popular Chinese messaging app WeChat and Russian platform Kaspersky from government smartphones and other mobile devices, citing privacy and security risks.
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China Announces Two-Hour Daily Limit on Children's Phone Screen Time, Tech Shares Tumble
China's cyberspace regulator has cracked down on the use of smartphones by children, introducing a limit of up to 2 hours of screen time. Children in China between the ages of 16 and 18 will get two hours of screen time, those aged eight to 16 would get one hour, while children under the age of eight would only get access to eight minutes of screen...
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Australian Lawmakers Recommend Potential WeChat Ban on Government Devices
A senate committee in Australia has recommended a swathe of rules and restrictions for social media platforms, including potentially banning WeChat on government devices. Companies like TikTok and WeChat posed "unique national security risks" because their parent companies, ByteDance and Tencent, are headquartered in China and subject to its nation...
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Apple Sets Up Online Store on China’s Social Media Platform WeChat
Tencent's WeChat said on Tuesday that iPhone maker Apple had opened a store on its social media platform, marking an expansion of the U.S. firm's retail channels in the world's second-largest economy.
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China Cracks Down on 'Self-Media' Accounts, Deletes 1.4 Million Social Media Posts
China on Friday announced that it had shut 67,000 accounts and deleted 1.4 million posts between March 10 and May 22 as part of the country's efforts to "clean" its cyberspace and make it easier for authorities to control. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said a two-month probe into alleged misinformation, illegal profiteering, and impe...
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TikTok Files Lawsuit Against US State Montana's Ban on App, Says It Violates Rights of Company, Users
TikTok on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging the state of Montana's new ban on use of the Chinese-owned app, the first state to bar the popular short-video sharing service.
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Tencent to Maintain Cost-Cutting Measures Amid First Drop in Annual Revenue
Tencent Holdings on Thursday said it would restrict its focus to its core business, while maintinaing cost-cutting and improving efficiencies, as it reported its first drop in annual revenue to date. The world's largest video game company and operator of the WeChat messaging platform posted revenue of CNY 554.55 billion (nearly Rs. 6,65,600 crore) ...
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Tencent-Owned WeChat Adds In-App Support for China’s CBDC, Here’s Why
WeChat users in China will now be able to use the e-CNY CBDC to pay for eatables and bills via the multi-purpose app. Interested users will have to authorise their WeChat phone numbers with the government-controlled digital yuan wallet operator to activate the service.
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Tencent Is Bringing Content Creators to WeChat to Challenge TikTok's Dominance
WeChat Pay became the second-biggest player in China's mobile payment market within a year of its 2013 launch, behind Alipay which is owned by Jack Ma-founded Ant Group. Two sources familiar with Tencent said the importance of Channels has been repeatedly communicated within the company.
