surveillance Foreigners visiting China are increasingly stumped by its cashless society Cory Doctorow

Business Pinduoduo: China's "Groupon on steroids" Cory Doctorow

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science fiction China's own live-action adaptation of The Three Body Problem is live now, with English subs Thom Dunn

law U.S. appeals court rejects Trump's WeChat ban, for now Xeni Jardin

Technology Judge to decide by Sunday if TikTok will remain in U.S. app stores Xeni Jardin

Business WeChat users in U.S. will not be penalized, says Justice Department Xeni Jardin

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china China's government is limiting the number of hours kids can play computer games Mark Frauenfelder

china Son of Ghostnet: the mobile malware that targets Tibetans abroad Cory Doctorow

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Business China's AI industry is tanking Cory Doctorow

privacy What the rest of the world doesn't know about Chinese AI Cory Doctorow

security Small stickers on the ground trick Tesla autopilot into steering into opposing traffic lane Cory Doctorow

happy mutants It's January, so it's time to settle in with the annual WELL State of the Union address, with special guest James Bridle! Cory Doctorow

scholarship A once-respected academic games conference has turned into such a dumpster fire that Steve Bannon is keynoting it now Cory Doctorow

security Hackers find exploitable vulnerabilities in Amazon Echo, turn one into a listening device Cory Doctorow

Business Chinese law professor: AI will end capitalism Cory Doctorow

surveillance It could happen here: How China's social credit system demonstrates the future of social control in smart cities Cory Doctorow