Phate Zhang

  • Bilibili gets $400 million investments from Sony, shares up 6% pre-market

    Bilibili announced it got a strategic investment of $400 million from Sony. The two parties will also cooperate in multiple fields, especially in the fields of animation and mobile games.

  • Honor Play 4T series released in China, starting at $170

    Honor today held a new product launch event online, launching the Honor Play 4T series of phones.

  • Huawei starts recruiting EMUI 10.1 testers for 5 models including nova 5

    Huawei EMUI said on Weibo today that 5 smartphone models including Huawei nova 5 and Honor 20S have started EMUI 10.1 internal test recruitment.

  • World's first new coronavirus vaccine starts Phase II clinical trial

    China-based CanSino Biologics announced on April 9 that its recombinant new coronavirus vaccine (adenoviral vector) is planning to conduct a phase II clinical trial in China in the near future based on preliminary safety data from the phase I clinical trial.

  • Checkra1n gets 0.10.1 beta update with iOS 13.4.1 jailbreak support

    Recently, the iOS jailbreak tool checkra1n has been updated with 0.10.1 beta and contains multiple bug fixes.

  • China-made UOS gets support from another popular security software

    The Unity Operating System (UOS) has got support from two core security software products from Rising, a popular web security solution provider in China.

  • Can 5G SMS replace apps in China?

    China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom jointly released the "5G SMS White Paper" on Wednesday. The industry believes that this new 5G application will catalyze more service upgrades and industrial innovation.

  • Chinese scholar develops rapid detection system for coronavirus nucleic acid

    A team led by researcher Wang Daming of Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences has recently developed a new rapid detection system for coronavirus nucleic acid.

  • WannaRen ransomware author provides decryption key

    On April 9, the author of the "WannaRen" ransomware actively contacted Huorong, a Chinese network security provider, and provided decryption keys for his virus. 

  • iFlytek releases smart notebook with e-ink screen for $495

    Chinese technology firm iFlytek today released a smart notebook using a e-ink screen for 3,499 yuan ($495).