Tech Industry
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China's central bank denies digital RMB used in property transactions
A recent rumor that Shenzhen has started using digital currency in second-hand housing transactions has been widely spread on WeChat. In response, the People's Bank of China - China's central bank - has denied it.
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Linux Lab starts full support for Loongson development environment
The "Linux Lab" open source project has recently been adapted to the Loongson development environment with the support of Loongson Technology's embedded division, the Chinese chip maker said on its WeChat account.
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Russia ready to cooperate with Huawei on 5G
Russia is ready to cooperate with Huawei on 5G technology, the Interfax news agency quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying.
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China's first open-road automated bus line goes into trial operation
China's first open road smart bus line has recently started normal trial operation in Changsha and buses from the CRRC Times Electric Vehicle Co., Ltd are the only permitted vehicles on this line. Currently, passengers can ride the line for free.
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TikTok owner says it will formally sue the Trump administration on Aug 24
Popular short-video sharing app TikTok's owner ByteDance said today in its official WeChat account that it will formally sue the Trump administration on August 24, US time (August 25, Beijing time).
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China uses large drones for logistics for the first time
An SF Express large drone took off from Ningxia on the morning of August 21 for its first cargo-carrying mission and successfully arrived at its destination airport in Inner Mongolia nearly an hour later, marking the first time a large drone has been used in a logistics scenario in China, according to Ningxia Daily.
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Five-year-old Huawei Mate8 gets system update
After two big version Android OS upgrades, the Huawei Mate8 is now running EMUI 8.0 based on Android 8.0. However, even five years after its release, this old Huawei flagship still has system updates now.
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China officially launched emergency use of Covid-9 vaccine on July 22
China has officially launched the emergency use of the Covid-9 vaccine on July 22, Zheng Zhongwei, director of the National Health Commission’s Science and Technology Development Centre and head of the State Council's Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism Research and Development Task Force on Vaccine, said on today's CCTV program.
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Huawei exec says 5G is cheaper because it has 10,000 times the capacity of 2G
5G is much cheaper than 4G, 3G or 2G, mainly because of the capacity of the network and has little to do with speed and latency, Paul Scanlan, CTO of Huawei's carrier business, said in a recent interview with Semiengineering, a European semiconductor research organization.
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Baidu's driverless taxi Apollo Robotaxi used in downtown area for first time
Baidu has opened its Apollo Go automated taxi service in Cangzhou, Hebei province, making the city the first in China to use Robotaxi in the downtown area.