Neowin News Feed for: Chinese

Firefox advances privacy for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean users

Paul Hill — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 08:28:01 +0000

Mozilla has begun rolling out Chinese, Japanese, and Korean translation support in Firefox. It's privacy-friendly and even works offline. Read more...

This may be your last TP-Link router as they could be banned in the US soon

Sayan Sen — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 21:30:01 +0000

According to a new report, the USA may be planning to ban TP-Link, especially its routers, very soon. Read more...

TRUSTe has certified Chinese phone maker Xiaomi with full GDPR compliance

Paul Hill — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 18:16:01 +0000

Xiaomi's products have received certification from TRUSTe showing that they work in compliance with the EU's GDPR which guarantees strong privacy protections for people in the economic bloc. Read more...

Didi Chuxing set to de-list from NYSE and list in Hong Kong

Paul Hill — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 04:36:01 +0000

Didi Chuxing has said it will de-list from the New York Stock Exchange and will instead list in Hong Kong. Chinese tech firms have faced pressure to take these measures from Chinese regulators. Read more...

Huawei sells Honor brand to a Chinese consortium to save its supply chain

Rajesh Pandey — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 05:34:01 +0000

Huawei has sold its Honor sub-brand to a consortium of over 30 agents and dealers in China. It will no longer have any stake in Honor, with the sale being done to save Honor's industry chain. Read more...

Vivaldi first browser with vertical reader mode

Paul Hill — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 12:40:01 +0000

Vivaldi 1.14 has now been released. It includes vertical reader mode for reading pages in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean which are formatted vertically; and Markdown support has been added to Notes. Read more...

Duolingo finally adds Mandarin, but only after High Valerian

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:46:01 +0000

The popular language learning program Duolingo has finally added Mandarin. Users of Duolingo will apparently be able to get their Mandarin as high as level 3 on an official Chinese proficiency test. Read more...

Xiaomi MIUI contains several security vulnerabilities making it easy to clone the device

Dreyer Smit — Sat, 12 Aug 2017 10:12:01 +0000

When it comes to security, we mostly look for fingerprint sensors and the like to secure the devices we use every day; but a recent study found Xiaomi devices contain several security flaws. Read more...

Hydrogen OS 3.0 now available for OnePlus 3 and 3T

Muhammad Zaid Tariq — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 19:20:01 +0000

Hydrogen OS 3.0 - which is based on Android 7.0 Nougat - is now available for OnePlus 3 and 3T devices. The update contains a number of improvements and functionalities including call recording. Read more...

Tesla updates its cars after Chinese researchers hack and control them

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 10:22:01 +0000

Security researchers have proven they can hack into and control some Tesla cars. They were able to open the car's doors, turn on some of its systems and even stop it in the middle of the road. Read more...

China asks Microsoft to explain "major issues" uncovered in antitrust investigation

Andy Weir — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 18:52:21 +0000

China's State Administration of Industry and Commerce says that Microsoft must provide a complete explanation for "major issues" that it has uncovered as part of an ongoing antitrust investigation. Read more...

Oukitel starts accepting international pre-orders for its dual-screen U6

Steven Parker — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 13:20:01 +0000

True to its word, Chinese manufacturer Oukitel has confirmed the availability of their dual screen U6 smartphone. It has a 5-inch screen on the front and a 4.7-inch e-ink screen on the back. Read more...

Phil Spencer: "Paying for third party games isn't our long-term strategy"

Chris Schroeder — Sat, 01 Aug 2015 19:08:01 +0000

Phil Spencer speaks candidly about the strategies of the Xbox One going forward, the elite controller, simplified Chinese translations and whether Microsoft will invest in their own VR unit. Read more...

Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 heating issues possibly fixed

Usama Jawad — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 19:26:01 +0000

A report claiming that Snapdragon 810 processors were facing overheating issues was revealed a couple of months ago. Now, a Chinese analyst states that the issue has been fixed and the chip is ready. Read more...

Apple is 'failing to protect Chinese factory workers', says the BBC

Daniel Moxon — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 15:36:01 +0000

An undercover BBC Panorama investigation reveals that workers in Chinese factories that make Apple products have been discovered of being treated poorly. Read more...

7 Days: A week of Windows XP, Chinese takeaways and love, virtually

Andy Weir — Sat, 30 Aug 2014 18:48:02 +0000

From another Xbox One update and the death of MSN, to Surface, Spotify, iThings, recalls and other explosive events, we take a look back at some of the highlights from this week's tech news on Neowin. Read more...

China approves sales of 5 million Xbox Ones

Andy Weir — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 18:01:53 +0000

China has approved sales of 5 million Xbox One consoles there, according to Microsoft's Chinese partner BesTV, with domestic sales of foreign games consoles predicted to grow to 50 million by 2019. Read more...

China government denies that it has banned Apple purchases

Andy Weir — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 17:28:16 +0000

The Chinese government has refuted claims that it banned Apple from a list of companies approved to sell devices for official use, saying that Apple never applied to be on the list in the first place. Read more...

China bans Apple devices from government over 'security concerns'

Andy Weir — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 12:35:06 +0000

Apple is the latest tech company to be barred from supplying devices to the Chinese government, as it continues to reduce its dependence on hardware and software provided by foreign firms. Read more...

World's thinnest smartphone gets a Snapdragon processor and LTE

Steven Johns — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 09:47:17 +0000

The Gionee Elife S5.5 launched a few months ago has gone under an internal makeover: a larger battery, better screen, and a shiny new Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset with full LTE support. Read more...

Chinese upgrade version of Windows 8 to be discounted to $49 for limited time

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 09:14:22 +0000

In a bid to get folks to upgrade from out of date, (pirated) copies of Windows XP, Microsoft is greatly discounting the price of Windows 8 in China. Starting on November 11th for two weeks. Read more...

English Windows 8.1 RTM 'Frankenbuild' out in the wild

Steven Parker — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 09:51:23 +0000

The rumours of an English RTM build leaking 'soon' has gotten some people so desperate (or helpful, you decide) that now someone has repacked the Chinese leak into an English 'Frankenbuild'. Read more...

Chinese x64 version of Windows 8.1 Enterprise RTM reportedly leaked

John Callaham — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 16:07:19 +0000

Two separate reports from our Neowin readers claim that a Chinese version of the Windows 8.1 Enterprise RTM build has been leaked to the Internet, just after Microsoft's official RTM announcement. Read more...

Intelligence services fear Lenovo products due to back-doors [Updated]

Paul Ferson — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 15:37:50 +0000

Intelligence services across the world are wary of products from Chinese tech manufacturing giant Lenovo, fearing the company has been including 'back-doors' that could be use to steal data. Read more...

Shanghai could be home to secretive Chinese hackers

Paul Ferson — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:35:28 +0000

Unit 61938, a group of Chinese governmental hackers responsible for more than 100 documented attacks since 2006, might have been nailed on the outskirts of the world's biggest city - Shanghai. Read more...

White House confirms cyber-attack on secure network

Paul Ferson — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 20:34:05 +0000

The White House has admitted a cyber-attack occurred on Sunday, in which the hackers could have accessed information about the country's nuclear arsenal. China has been suggested as a perpetrator. Read more...

Anonymous defaces hundreds of Chinese websites

John Callaham — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:41:46 +0000

The hacker group Anonymous has claimed it has launched cyber attacks against hundreds of websites based in China, including defacing them with messages denouncing the country's government. Read more...

Fake Chinese 500 GB external drive is one clever paperweight (literally)

Denis Wong — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 22:34:33 +0000

Just in time for this weekend, there appears to be a humourous story making its rounds on several news sites. You are probably all too familiar with some malicious eBay sellers selling portable electronics -... Read more...

Microsoft investigating Chinese sweatshop accusations

Brandon Boyce — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:43:44 +0000

KYE Systems, a factory in China has been accused of being a sweatshop. The National Labor Committee got inside the organization and got pictures and quotes from the staff. "We are like prisoners... We do... Read more...

Another attack executed on law firm suing China

Owen Williams — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:27:35 +0000

Techweb reports that CYBERsitter software company specialising in web filtering software, has sued the People's Republic of China, two Chinese software makers, and seven computer manufacturers for distributing web filtering software called "Green Dam" with... Read more...

Chinese Internet giant hit with scandal

Brad Sams — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:40:25 +0000

Baidu, China's largest search giant has been accused by the state run media that it is allowing unlicensed medical providers to buy high search rankings. Baidu dominates the Chinese market with about 60% of... Read more...

Chinese Windows 2000 attack crashes PCs

Steven Parker — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:45:16 +0000

Security researchers have spotted malicious code that triggers a critical vulnerability in the Chinese version of Windows 2000, and warned non-Chinese users to expect attacks. Symantec confirmed that the proof-of-concept code publicly posted to the... Read more...

Chinese Internet Users Up to 210 Million

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:43:47 +0000

The official China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) announced yesterday that the country's online population was now at 210 million, having grown 53%, from 137 million reported at the same time last year, and was... Read more...

Iomega Acquires Chinese Hard Drive Manufacturer

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:39:09 +0000

External disk storage maker Iomega on Dec. 12 announced that it will acquire ExcelStor Great Wall Technology, an $800 million hard drive manufacturer based in Shenzhen, China, through exchange of stock. No cash will change... Read more...

Yahoo Exec Apologizes for Chinese Journalist Incident

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 14:33:29 +0000

Michael Callahan, executive vice president and general counsel at Yahoo Inc., has apologized for failing to inform U.S. lawmakers about the circumstances under which the Internet company gave the Chinese government information on one of... Read more...

Chinese government at the center of five cyber attack claims

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:38:25 +0000

A wave of attacks in the UK, Germany, and the United States from Chinese-based computers had the Chinese foreign ministry issuing an official denial that their government had been involved. Afterwards, officials from New Zealand... Read more...

Seagate: No Buyout Offer from Chinese Company

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:28:11 +0000

Contrary to previous reports, Seagate Technology has announced the world's largest disk drive maker has not received an offer to be acquired by any foreign or domestic company and that it is not for sale.... Read more...

Chinese Anti-Corruption Game Proves too Popular

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:39:20 +0000

A Chinese government-sponsored online game that allows players to learn government anti-corruption measures and to kill corrupt officials and their bikini-clad mistresses has been overwhelmed by user demand. The Ningbo Haishu District Discipline Commission in... Read more...

Chinese Company Interested in Buying Seagate

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:16:25 +0000

An unnamed Chinese technology company has shown interest in acquiring disk drive maker Seagate Technology, which owns about 30% of the world market share in the sector. The possibility of such a transaction raises concerns... Read more...

Chinese cyber-dissident jailed for 4 years

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:15:49 +0000

According to Reporters Without Borders, Chen Shuqing, an outspoken critic of the Chinese government and advocate of democratic reforms, has been sentenced to four years in jail after he was convicted of "inciting the government's... Read more...