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Traveling to China? Here Are the Apps You’ll Need to Survive (cnet.com)

2026-09-14 | by Katie Collins | get Huawei MatePad Pro tablet → | tags: shenzhen, great firewall, tiktok

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WeWorm: Zero-Click WeChat Worm (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-12 | get YubiKey 5C NFC security key → | tags: weworm, wechat, zero-click

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Chinese tech giant Tencent sees spending surge, defends potential 'superior' AI returns (cnbc.com)

2026-08-12 | by Arjun Kharpal | tags: tencent, wechat, china

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Chinese tech giant Tencent posts revenue beat on accelerating games sales, AI-driven ads (cnbc.com)

2026-08-12 | by Arjun Kharpal | tags: tencent, wechat, delta force

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TikTok maker ByteDance pulls the plug on AI companion services in China, as users grieve (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: bytedance, tiktok, ai companions

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Elon Musk Is Reportedly Building an AI Device to Replace Your Phone. He Just Won’t Call It That. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-02 | by Jonathan Small | get Smartphone AI Assistant → | tags: spacex, xai, starlink

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Amazon seller reveals glimpse of shadow bribery market (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-30 | tags: amazon, wechat, black market

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An Amazon Seller Says They Were Offered a Way to Bribe an Amazon Employee (slashdot.org)

2026-06-28 | by Posted | get Amazon Seller Bribe Guide → | tags: amazon, jack nekhala, wechat

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Tencent tests AI assistant in China's most popular app as it looks to catch up with rivals (cnbc.com)

2026-06-22 | by Arjun Kharpal Evelyn Cheng | get AI Assistant for WeChat → | tags: wechat, tencent, xiaowei

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Malaysia’s AI agent-powered messaging app Respond.io raises $62.5M, eyes acquisitions (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-16 | by Kate Park | get AI Chatbot Development Kit → | tags: respond.io, malaysia, ai agents

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TikTok’s road to becoming a super app (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-30 | by Aisha Malik | get TikTok Creator Fund → | tags: tiktok, super app, tiktok shop

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Stealer Spoofs Google, Microsoft & Apple, Then Backdoors macOS (darkreading.com)

2026-05-19 | get MacOS Security Toolkit → | tags: shub reaper, wechat, miro

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Disney looking to make a unified ‘super app,’ report says (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-07 | by Amanda Silberling | get Disney Streaming Stick → | tags: disney+, disneyland resort, disney cruise line

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When career anxiety becomes gameplay: lessons from China’s ‘young-faculty simulator’ (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-08 | by Yuan | get Educational Simulation Game → | tags: china, green pepper simulator, academia

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Which mobile app was the first to reach 1 billion users? (techspot.com)

2026-04-07 | get WhatsApp Messenger → | tags: tiktok, whatsapp, facebook

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Uber and WeRide ramp up robotaxi operations in Dubai (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-31 | by Kirsten Korosec | get Self-Driving Car Model → | tags: uber, weride, dubai

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Lobster buffet: China’s tech firms feast on OpenClaw as companies race to deploy AI agents (cnbc.com)

2026-03-12 | by Evelyn Cheng Dylan Butts | get OpenClaw AI Development Kit → | tags: openclaw, baidu, tencent

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How Stablecoins Became the Digital Gold Standard (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | get smartphone → | tags: app, apps, china