Tue, 21-Oct-2025

China blocks social media accounts of Covid policy critics

China blocks social media accounts

More than 1,000 accounts that criticized the government’s Covid got blocked. Weibo did not identify the posts that had sparked the response. China will no longer require foreign visitors to undergo quarantine. More than 1,000 social media profiles that criticized the government’s Covid policy have been deleted in China, some of which had millions of … Read more

China could eventually ‘co-exist’ with Covid: top scientist

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BEIJING: China could move away from its zero-Covid strategy “in the near future” and co-exist with the virus, a top Chinese scientist said in a possible sign that the country’s leadership is rethinking its strict approach. The country where the coronavirus was first detected in 2019 is now one of the last places still hewing … Read more

China’s Weibo falls on Hong Kong debut

China's Weibo falls on Hong Kong debut

HONG KONG, Dec 8, 2021 (AFP) – China’s Twitter-like social media platform Weibo fell during its debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange Wednesday as investors remain wary of tech during Beijing’s crackdown on the sector. Weibo finished 7.2 percent down from its initial listing price of HK$272.80, a poor showing compared with recent first-day trade by major … Read more

China’s Twitter-like Weibo plans $547 million Hong Kong listing

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BEIJING: US-listed Chinese microblogging platform Weibo is seeking to raise up to $547 million in a share offer in Hong Kong, documents showed on Monday, the latest China tech company to list closer to home as tensions with the United States rise. Several US-listed Chinese tech firms such as Alibaba have held initial public offerings in … Read more

Fortnite inaccessible in China as developer pulls the plug

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BEJING: Players in China said Monday they could no longer access popular survival game Fortnite as its developer Epic Games pulled the plug on a Chinese version amid a crackdown by authorities on gaming and the tech sector. Epic had announced two weeks ago that it would shut down the Chinese version of the game … Read more

Redmi teases new G notebook with Ray tracing, coming on Sept 22

Redmi teases new G notebook with ray tracing, coming on Sept 22

Redmi has teased its new G notebook which will be unveiled on September 22. It will have Ray tracing support, according to the official Weibo account. The successor to last year’s Redmi G featured a 16.1″ 1080p 144Hz screen with a 10th-gen Intel Core i5-10300H and up to Nvidia GTX 1650 Ti. This year’s Redmi … Read more

Realme GT Master Edition Reveals Two Versions Coming

Realme GT Master Edition Reveals Two Versions Coming

Realme GT Master Edition was teased by Realme Vice President Xu Qi Chase earlier this month. He shared some pictures taken from the phone which will be featuring the Kodak lens. Another phone with the model number RMX3366 also claimed to be a part of the Realme  portfolio of upcoming devices. The Chief Marketing officer … Read more

One UI 4.0 Beta Program Rumours Frustratingly Vague; No Official Announcement from Samsung as of yet

One UI 4.0 Beta Program Rumours Frustratingly Vague; No Official Announcement from Samsung

One UI 4.0 is going to be the next major upgrade for Samsung devices. It will be based on Android’s next major release, Android 12, which is currently in early beta testing and is said to be released later this year. Samsung will run its beta program for One UI 4.0 as it has done … Read more

Realme GT ME to Be the First Flagship After Realme-Kodak Collaboration

Realme GT ME to Be the First Flagship After Realme-Kodak Collaboration

Realme launched its latest phone, Realme C25s, on June 8. And last week we heard about a new model being in the works, named Realme GT ME (Master Edition). Now more leaks are starting to emerge. Xu Qi Chase, Vice President Realme, shared an image on his Weibo profile hinting it was taken from the … Read more