China is imposing new restrictions to ensure children’s sleep and prevent video game addiction. China’s largest technology company Tencent Holdings Limited has introduced a new face recognition system. Gamers younger than 18 will be prohibited from playing online games for more than 90 minutes on weekdays and will be illegal from playing between 10 pm … Read more
Tencent, a Chinese web company, has begun to ban children from its games using face recognition technology. According to a post on Chinese social networking platform qq.com, the web giant will verify accounts registered in adults’ names if they are playing games between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. Tencent will next take a face recognition test. … Read more
Chinese company Xiaomi Corp announces to invest more than 50 billion Yuan in fifth generation internet technologies for the next 5 years. Xiaomi announces this investment as competition in the sector grows. Xiaomi Chief Executive Lei Jun made the announcement in a letter posted on the company’s social media account. The specific investment details are … Read more
Chinese tech giants Tencent and Xiaomi have been reprimanded by Beijing for designing apps that infringe on users’ privacy. China has recently tightened its privacy of companies that gather data from consumers. China as well exercises close surveillance of online activity. Xiaomi Finance and Tencent’s instant messaging service QQ were among dozens of problematic apps … Read more
