This story is part of Generation China, CNET’s series exploring the nation’s technological ambition. Artificial intelligence — which encompasses everything from service robots to medical diagnostic tools to your Alexa speaker — is a fast-growing field that is increasingly playing a more critical role in many aspects of our lives. A country’s AI prowess has major …
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Millions of people in China who use loan apps to borrow money have ended up paying with their privacy. A security researcher discovered a public database left exposed online containing sensitive data on more than 4.6 million devices, including location history, debt logs, financial information and contacts. The database had over 899 gigabytes of data coming from more than 100 …
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Black Friday — and Cyber Monday — is a great invention because we get to go crazy buying stuff at lower prices. But you know what’s even better? Alibaba’s Singles Day shopping bonanza. Called the 11/11 Global Shopping Festival, it’s an annual 24-hour online shopping spree of sorts by the Chinese internet giant which falls on Nov. 11, otherwise known …
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On this podcast, we talk about: How the Japanese company Zozo hopes to reinvent online clothing shopping. Amazon will start direct sales of a lot more new Apple devices. Alibaba’s Singles’ Day hits yet another sales record. Now playing: Watch this: Buying clothes online is about to get super weird (The… 4:37 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis …
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Disney entertainment will flow into China. Buena Vista International, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Co., has signed a multi-year licensing deal with the media and entertainment arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba. The deal will bring more than 1,000 episodes of animated Disney series to the Youku video-streaming platform and other platforms, Alibaba said Monday in a statement. The deal …
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Apple won a Chinese silver medal last year, with the iPhone 7 Plus being the second-highest selling phone in the populous nation in 2017. In 2018, though, the electronics giant is going for gold. In something of an uncharacteristic move, Apple is partnering with Ant Financial, an affiliated company of e-commerce giant Alibaba, to allow for customers to buy products …
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The digital wallet crowd is getting a little more packed in the US, with Apple and Android Pay being joined by two new competitors from the East. Alipay, the payment platform offered by e-commerce giant Alibaba, has joined forces with US credit card processing service First Data Corporation, Bloomberg reported on Monday. The partnership enables Chinese tourists who visit the …
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eBay says it may block Australian shoppers from buying off overseas sellers if changes to GST laws come into effect. The federal government is currently proposing changes to online GST, including dropping the threshold for GST collection on imported goods from AU$1,000 down to zero. While you might be used to getting slugged with GST on your Dolce & Gabbana …
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Alibaba founder Jack Ma made the headlines last month when he took to Weibo (think Twitter but Chinese) with a lengthy post urging the Chinese government to crack down on counterfeiting in the country. Today, Ma and Alibaba have been taken to court for allegedly allowing the sale of a fake fire-extinguishing ball, reports Bangkok Post. Fake goods are a …
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Some of the biggest names in e-commerce are grappling with fake goods problems. Amazon in November filed its first-ever lawsuits against alleged counterfeit sellers, and Alibaba’s Taobao a month later got placed on a US list of notorious markets for fakes. This month, Alibaba, too, filed its first-ever suits against alleged fake sellers. Looking to avoid similar woes, eBay on …
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