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Alibaba taps international influencers to sell more globally

For years, Chinese e-commerce exporters have been learning the ins and outs of ad placement on Facebook, Instagram and other mainstream social media platforms to reach customers around the world. But

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Volleyball legend Lang Ping's documentary to premiere in China

A much-anticipated documentary film about China's volleyball legend Lang Ping was set to premiere on YouTube on June 7, but the plan has suddenly changed, and the film is now aiming for a China re

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Does tech have the guts to deploy its resources against police brutality?

The protests and unrest of the last week have produced enormous volumes of footage documenting police brutality and other crimes. Where is the platform for this important evidence to be collected, col

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Unpacking tech’s response to the killing of George Floyd

The brutal police killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man in Minneapolis, has prompted one of the greatest civil uprisings of the modern day. In the weeks following Floyd’s death, the conv

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TV viewers in UK tune into hit program looking at China life

Lockdown rules are being relaxed in many parts of Britain, but cross-border travel is still largely limited. An increasing number of Britons are now turning to TV or going online to watch China-relate

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Sony reschedules PS5 event for June 11th

After an indefinite postponement last week, Sony’s PlayStation 5 event is officially back on. The event has been rescheduled for a live-stream on June 11 at 1:00 pm Pacific Time according to a t

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Startups Weekly: The George Floyd protests come home to the tech industry

The tech industry has generally wished that structural discrimination would go away, while pretending that it already has. But technology can be used by anyone for anything. And so, the world has watc

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PhotoRoom automagically removes background from your photo

Meet PhotoRoom, a French startup that has been working on a utility photography mobile app. The concept is extremely simple, which is probably the reason why it has attracted a ton of downloads over t

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Twitter disables Trump video tribute to Floyd over copyright complaint

Twitter has disabled U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign tribute video to George Floyd on its platform, citing a copyright complaint.The clip, which is a collation of photos and videos of prote

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FTC fines kids app developer HyperBeard $150K for use of third-party ad trackers

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today announced a settlement of $150,000 with HyperBeard, the developer of a collection of children’s mobile games over violations of U.S. Children’s Onli

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Kids now spend nearly as much time watching TikTok as YouTube in U.S., U.K. and Spain

A new study on kids’ app usage and habits indicates a major threat to YouTube’s dominance, as kids now split their time between Google’s online video platform and other apps, like Ti

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Facebook strikes global licensing deal with Indian music label Saregama

Facebook said on Wednesday it has entered into a global deal with Saregama, one of India’s oldest music labels, to license its music for video and other social experiences across its eponymous servi

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Zigazoo launches to be a ‘TikTok’ for kids, surpasses 100,000 uploads and downloads

Like many parents, Zigazoo founder Zak Ringelstein worries about his children’s screen time. His worries only grew when COVID-19 led to school shutdowns and kids came home to a world of remote learnin

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Tech companies mark Blackout Tuesday

Over the weekend, music industry execs Jamila Thomas and Brianna Agyemang called on fellow industry members to protest police violence against black people by pausing operations for the day. The pair

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Spotlight: "China Hour" offers window on Chinese culture to UK audience amid COVID-19 lockdown

At a time when crossborder travel is strictly limited, China Hour, a program on Sky TV, has hit record high viewings in Britain, offering a window on the oriental country and its culture under COVID-

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Android update delivers new ‘Bedtime’ features focused on improving sleep

At Google’s 2018 I/O developer conference, the company debuted a new suite of “digital well-being” aimed at helping Android users better manage their screen time. At its 2019 event,

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With fact-checks, Twitter takes on a new kind of task

The Twitter logo and binary cyber codes are seen in this illustration taken November 26, 2019. /Reuters In addition to disputing misleading claims made by U.S. President Donald Trump about mai