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Nubia has a new futuristic smartwatch with a curved display that wraps around your wrist. Image: Nubia Technology
Smartphones

This smartwatch has a screen that wraps around your wrist

The company’s new Nubia Watch is half the price of the Nubia Alpha, which had a more futuristic flexible design.

US-listed Chinese stocks

Alibaba’s map app now includes shared umbrellas and raincoats

Huawei

BYD’s new electric car has 5G and runs Huawei software

Internet

China’s porn censors killed 12,000 websites so far in 2020

China’s regular internet clean-up saw 8.4 million pieces of “harmful” content removed and resulted in penalties for video streaming sites iQiyi and Youku

China's regular internet clean-up removed 8.4 million pieces of pornographic and other “harmful” material in the first six months of 2020. Photo: Shutterstock
China's regular internet clean-up removed 8.4 million pieces of pornographic and other “harmful” material in the first six months of 2020. Photo: Shutterstock
Space

Chinese passengers get high-speed in-flight internet

Mobile payments

Apple Pay could add QR code payments in iOS 14

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Huawei

Huawei might have a new foldable phone called Mate V

A new Huawei Mate V foldable phone might be on the way
Xiaomi

Is Xiaomi’s first TV dongle coming soon?

Xiaomi’s first Android TV dongle is the Chinese gadget maker’s latest foray into TV devices

Cinema

China has another Three-Body Problem film in the works

Xiaomi

Xiaomi wants you to talk to a mouse

The Chinese smartphone maker’s new mouse can also be your digital assistant, voice recorder and translator

Xiaomi’s computer mouse probably speaks more languages than you. (Picture: Xiaomi)
OnePlus

OnePlus could be returning to its roots with a more affordable line of smartphones

Once known for budget-friendly handsets, the US$899 OnePlus 8 saw the brand approach Apple and Samsung in price

With the OnePlus 8 Pro, the Chinese brand has brought itself closer to the price ranges of flagship Apple and Samsung devices. (Picture: Handout)
With the OnePlus 8 Pro, the Chinese brand has brought itself closer to the price ranges of flagship Apple and Samsung devices. (Picture: Handout)
China technology

China wants to use 5G to keep buses on time

Guangzhou is the first city in China to pilot 5G for optimizing bus schedules

China technology

China’s super fast train could take you from Beijing to Shanghai in 3.5 hours

The maglev train prototype is set to complete production in late 2020

Propaganda

China wants Twitter to shut down accounts that smear China

Twitter removed more than 170,000 state-backed accounts for platform manipulation

Aside from Chinese-backed accounts, Twitter also removed Russian and Turkish state-backed accounts. (Picture: Monika Skolimowska/ZB/dpa)
Nintendo Switch

This dock promises to turn your Switch into an arcade cabinet

The Switch Fighter is crowdfunding on Indiegogo

The Switch Fighter is scheduled to ship in November. (Picture: Switch Fighter via Indiegogo)
The Switch Fighter is scheduled to ship in November. (Picture: Switch Fighter via Indiegogo)
Coronavirus pandemic: All stories

This subway in China lets you buy a ticket from a hologram

Contactless technology finds widespread use during the Covid-19 pandemic

Coronavirus pandemic: All stories

Computex Taipei postponed again, this time until 2021

2020 has been devastating for big tech events

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Video gaming

12 arrested for selling cheats for China’s version of PUBG Mobile

Kunshan police crack down on game hacks amid clean-up campaign on online content

Peacekeeper Elite hacks sold online let players see through walls. (Picture: Kunshan Police/WeChat)
Peacekeeper Elite hacks sold online let players see through walls. (Picture: Kunshan Police/WeChat)
Weibo

China’s answer to Twitter ordered to freeze its trending topics

Weibo is halting “hot search” for a week

China technology

China’s biggest SUV maker wants to stop kids from dying in hot cars

Vehicular heatstroke affects children trapped in a vehicle in the summer heat

Didi Chuxing

Didi pulls safety shields from cabs as Covid-19 threat eases in China

Chinese ride-hailing giant introduced plastic dividers to separate drivers and passengers during the height of the pandemic

The plastic coverings meant to prevent the spread of the coronavirus are coming to an end. (Picture: Didi Chuxing via Weibo)
Kuaishou

TikTok clone that pays users to watch videos removed from Google Play

One report says Zynn had been stealing videos from other platforms like TikTok, but it's unclear if that's why Google removed the app

Zynn is made by Tencent-backed Kuaishou, which boasts more than 300 million daily active users. (Picture: Zynn)
Zynn is made by Tencent-backed Kuaishou, which boasts more than 300 million daily active users. (Picture: Zynn)
Video gaming

Banned Taiwanese game Devotion gets physical re-release

The horror title was pulled from Valve’s Steam digital game store after mainland Chinese gamers found hidden insults targeting President Xi Jinping

Apple

Apple patents a way to take group selfies during social distancing

Physically apart but virtually together

Internet

Huawei joins China’s push to catch up with Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites

5G giant is partnering with China Unicom to shore up internet coverage from both land and space

A render of a SpaceX Starlink satellite in orbit. (Picture: SpaceX)
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