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Global smartphone market continues rebound with 26% Q1 bump

More signs of the global market righting the ship after a disastrous 2020. New figures from Gartner point to 26% increase in global sales year over year for the first quarter of 2021. The overall incr

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Huawei officially launches Android alternative HarmonyOS for smartphones

Think you’re living in a hyper-connected world? Huawei’s proprietary HarmonyOS wants to eliminate delays and gaps in user experience when you move from one device onto another by adding in

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Jai Kisan, a fintech startup aimed at rural India, raises $30 million

Jai Kisan, an Indian startup that is attempting to bring financial services to rural India, where commercial banks have a single-digit penetration, said on Monday it has raised $30 million in a new fi

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Jai Kisan, a fintech startup aimed at rural India, raises $30 million

Jai Kisan, an Indian startup that is attempting to bring financial services to rural India, where commercial banks have a single-digit penetration, said on Monday it has raised $30 million in a new fi

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US removes Xiaomi’s designation as a Communist Chinese Military Company

Xiaomi, one of China’s high-profile tech firms that fell in the crosshairs of the Trump administration, has been removed from a U.S. government blacklist that designated it as a Communist Chines

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Xiaomi removed from U.S. blacklist

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi was officially removed from a U.S. government blacklist of "Chinese military companies," said Xiaomi in a statement on WednesdayThe U.S.

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Lenovo won’t be attending MWC in person, either

Shortly after Samsung announced that it won’t be attending the upcoming MWC Barcelona, Chinese hardware giant (and Motorola parent) Lenovo has confirmed with TechCrunch that it has also decided to for

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Chew Shou Zi, former Xiaomi executive, becomes TikTok's new CEO

TikTok, the short video company that was mired in the China-U.S. geopolitical standoff, recently made a significant move, announcing Chew Shou Zi from Singapore, as its

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Chinese tech devices gaining popularity among Iraqi students

Iraqi consumers at a shopping mall in Baghdad, Iraq, July 19, 2020. /CFP Chinese-made smartphones and laptops have witnessed an increasing demand among Iraqi students for their online learning

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Is Washington prepared for a geopolitical ‘tech race’?

When Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan sat down with Chinese officials in Anchorage, Alaska for the first high-level bilateral summit of the new administrat

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ByteDance CFO assumes role as new TikTok CEO

Eight months after former TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer quit in the midst of a full-court press from the Trump administration against the Chinese-owned social media giant, TikTok finally has a new permanent

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Smartphone shipments jumped 27% globally in Q1

More good news from a smartphone market currently rebounding from the far reaching impacts of the pandemic. New numbers from Canalys put global shipments for Q1 2021 at 27% above where they were the s

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China producing medical equipment for virus-ravaged India

01:53 Chinese companies have been working against the clock to manufacture oxygen concentrators, one of the most needed medical supplies for India, which has been ravaged by the coronav

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Apple sales bounce back in China as Huawei loses smartphone crown

Huawei’s smartphone rivals in China are quickly divvying up the market share it has lost over the past year.92.4 million units of smartphones were shipped in China during the first quarter, with

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Countries offer COVID-19 support as India's hospitals swamped

A boy reacts next to the body of his father, who died from COVID-19, at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, April 24, 2021. /Reuters As India battles a devastating second wave of coronavirus, m

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Xiaomi may join AI chip-maker Black Sesame's $231m fundraising efforts

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is among a group of investors considering joining the latest fundraising bid by chipmaker Black Sesame Technologies Inc., sources familiar with the matter have reveale

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Huawei to invest $1 billion on car technologies in 2021

A car driven by the Huawei smartphone outside the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, on the first day of the Mobile World Congress, February 26, 2018. /CFP Huaweiwill invest $1 billion in i