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Author
Heather Zeiger
Date
October 8, 2021

Categorized
Business and Finance, Global Technology

Tagged
Alibaba, Ant Group, antitrust, Baidu, ByteDance, China, Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Didi Global Inc., Evergrande Corp., Jack Ma, Meituan, Tencent, Xi Jinping}

Will China’s Huge Tech Sector Crackdown Stifle Innovation?

_{Part I: How will the Common Prosperity program really play out in the private sector?} _{Heather Zeiger

October 8, 2021

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Business and Finance, Global Technology}

Didi Chuxing (Didi Global, Inc.), the largest ride-hailing company in the world, was reprimanded when it opened on the New York Stock Exchange after regulators warned it needed to shore up its data security issues. Meituan, China’s massive shopping and coupon app, was recently fined $533 million for “anticompetitive behavior.” Alibaba, owned by tech billionaire Jack Ma, had to pay a $2.8 billion fine for the same reasons. Antitrust regulators dinged Tencent, Baidu (China’s Google alternative), ByteDance (parent company for TikTok), and ecommerce company JD.com Inc. The billion-dollar online private tutoring industry sank after the Chinese government declared that after-school tutoring is now non-profit only. Then the online gaming industry was hit when the Chinese government declared children are only allowed to play for a few Read More ›

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Author
Caitlin Cory
Date
September 21, 2021

Categorized
Censorship, Social Media, Technocracy

Tagged
Baidu, Bing, Brave Search, Google, Josh Hawley, Monopoly, Nathan Jacobson, Robert Epstein, search engines, Search engines and bias, The Tyranny of Big Tech (book), Yandex}

If Google Thinks For You, Use THEIR Search Engine. Otherwise…

_{Google’s monopoly affects the free exchange of ideas in the public square and our electoral process} _{Caitlin Cory

September 21, 2021

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Censorship, Social Media, Technocracy}

For years, the internet has been dominated by the all-seeing Google. Google has been so successful in its execution and protection of its brand that we culturally understand that to “Google” something is to conduct an internet search, despite the existence of alternative search engines. Google holds a massive advantage over all other search engines. More than 88% of all web searches are conducted through Google while the second-largest web browser, Bing, claims not quite 6% of all web searches. While alternative search services have existed for years (such as DuckDuckGo, Ask, and Startpage), only two English language indexes exist – Google’s and Bing’s. Most of the familiar search “alternatives” pull from those two datasets. Alternative search engines, then, aren’t all that Read More ›

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Author
News
Date
March 3, 2021

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Environment

Tagged
Apple (company), Autonomous Vehicles, Baidu, Batteries (electric cars), Britain, Cars (as addiction), China, Daimler, Electric car market, Electric vehicles, Farhad Manjoo, Geely, iCar concept, Jonathan Bartlett, Level 4 vs. Level 5 self-driving, Public transit (autonomous), self-driving cars}

Apple Is Once Again Eyeing the Smart Car Market

_{Other firms are jumping in or ramping up and, with the fog from the COVID-19 pandemic clearing, we are looking out at a broader array of new vehicle plans} _{News

March 3, 2021

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Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Environment}

Early in February, rumor had it that Apple is once again eyeing the smart car market, both electric and self-driving. Improved batteries and new environment regulations might make smart cars a promising new business area. According to USA Today, the “iCar” is certain to be an electric vehicle costing over $40,000. The self-driving part is more of a challenge: But a self-driving car could introduce a “longer timeframe” in part due to Apple CEO Tim Cook’s cautious approach to unveiling new products, Ives said. Automakers and tech companies have yet to solve the thorniest challenges associated with autonomous driving. Nathan Bomey, “Is Apple making an electric, self-driving car? If it does, here are 5 things you could see” at USA Read More ›

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Author
Heather Zeiger
Date
August 26, 2019

Categorized
Data Privacy, Global Technology

Tagged
Baidu, biometrics, China, Surveillance, Uyghurs, Voice identification}

China: What You Didn’t Say Could Be Used Against You

_{An AI voiceprint could be used to generate words never said} _{Heather Zeiger

August 26, 2019

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Data Privacy, Global Technology}

Given the Chinese government’s loose interpretation of “counterterrorism” actions, there is a concern that such voice cloning could be used to incriminate religious minorities or those who do not show appropriate loyalty to the governing CCP. Read More ›