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Expectations low for U.S. release of 'Warcraft,' but it's breaking records in China

While it is expected to perform poorly at the domestic box-office, Warcraft is already a sensation in China.
Uber

Uber says it’ll beat Didi in China within a year, Didi says “cute”

According to Zhen Liu, SVP of Strategy at Uber China, the car service will not only catch up to, but beat dominant rival Didi within the next year.
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China’s new heavy-lift ship is one of the biggest ever built

The Guang Hua Kou falls into a class of vessels known as heavy lift semi-submersible ships and, at 98,000 tons, it’s one of the biggest in existence.
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No rest for ‘The Rock’: Busy actor to star in ‘Die Hard’-style flick set in China

A Die Hard-style action flick set in China, Skyscraper looks like a fitting star vehicle for the man formerly known as The Rock.
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China may send the first unhackable messages with quantum encryption

China is set to become the first nation in the world to launch a quantum communications satellite, which might make its data hacker-proof.
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China’s fake wall of social media posts is driving its citizens to distraction

A new study has revealed the massive extent of fake, pro-government social media posts being shared by workers employed by China's Communist Party.
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Second time lucky? China’s GAC Group will return to the Detroit Auto Show in 2017

GAC Group will return to the Detroit Auto Show in 2017. The Chinese company showed its Trumpchi GS4 crossover there in 2015.
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Hate ordering fried chicken from human beings? KFC’s new restaurant has you covered

KFC and Baidu have partnered to open the first fast food restaurant run exclusively by artificial intelligence robots in Shanghai.
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Take a VR step onto Shanghai’s shores with us for CES Asia

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Tim Cook lines up meetings with Chinese government to discuss issues

Apple's CEO Tim Cook is set to visit China before the end of the month, to discuss some of the legal and sales troubles the company has had of late.
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Chinese computer manufacturers want to get in on gaming

Several major Chinese manufacturers are reportedly preparing to release budget-friendly gaming laptops.
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Side bezels? The Ulefone Future doesn’t know the meaning of those words

Recently announced by Chinese company Ulefone, the Future certainly lives up to its name with the inclusion of a USB Type-C port and a fingerprint sensor.
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A Chinese firm is selling iPhone-branded bags, and Apple’s not happy about it

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Uber’s canny deal with Alipay could bring big rewards

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Keyever's Windows 10 smartphone shocks the world by including a physical keyboard

Keyever unveiled its unnamed Windows 10 Mobile smartphone, which is the first Windows 10 smartphone to feature a physical keyboard.
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Don't be fooled by its cute exterior; This robotic guard can tase people who get unruly

The National Defense University in China unveiled the country's first "intelligent security guard," equipped with on-board cameras and a taser
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China is building floating nuclear power stations

According to new reports, China is working on floating nuclear power plants that will provide power to its manmade chain of islands.
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China’s National Space Administration just announced plans to land on Mars by 2020

In a rare news conference, Xu Dazhe, the head of the China National Space Administration, has reiterated the country's plan to land on Mars by 2020.
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Apple suffers China setback as authorities block iTunes movie and book sales

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Mice embryos can develop in space, Chinese scientists report

After spending just 80 hours aboard a Chinese research satellite this month, a batch of mouse embryos showed successful early-stage blastocyst development.
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Chinese scientists built a ‘robot goddess,’ then made it subservient and insecure

A new interactive robot named Jia Jia is unveiled in China. Its creators hope it will one day develop into an intelligent "robot goddess."
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WeChat Enterprise could be the app to take down Slack

Slack isn't the only office chat app around. WeChat has finally launched it's own take on the service, called WeChat Enterprise.
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Medium is the latest casualty of the Great Firewall of China

Medium, a blogging tool founded by a former Twitter CEO, has been blocked in China as the country ramps up Web censorship following the Panama Papers leak.
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Twitter ignores China ban to target ad dollars with new exec appointment

Twitter has appointed a greater China managing director to pursue more advertising revenue in the country. The role is described as a key exec position.
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Intel shamelessly enticing OEMs to use upcoming ‘Apollo Lake’ CPUs during IDF 2016

This week during the Intel Developer Forum in China, Intel is pushing OEMs to use the upcoming "Apollo Lake" family of CPUs in Cloudbook solutions.
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Robot waiters get fired after disastrous performance

If the humans ain't broke, don't replace them with robots. Otherwise, your whole restaurant will itself be -- you guessed it -- broke.
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Forget AlphaGo; China’s Alibaba is using its AI to predict TV talent show winners

China's Alibaba is using its AI to guess the winner of a popular TV talent show. Aside from analyzing data, the AI can also assess a singer’s “voice pitch."
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Volvo's self-driving cars will hit the road in China

Volvo will launch an autonomous car experiment in China, putting self-driving cars in the hands of ordinary Chinese drivers.
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Chinese funeral parlor repairs the dead via 3D printing

The technology can also be used to make the corpses of their loved ones appear younger or better looking.
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Thinking he bought an iPhone 6S, this man found out he bought a Chinese pancake instead

A Chinese man thought he got away with quite a deal when he purchased an iPhone 6S for incredibly cheap. Unfortunately, things didn't end up that way.
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It hasn’t even been a year, and there’s already an improved Samsung Galaxy A9

Announced for China, the Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro is a slightly updated version of the original Galaxy A9, which was announced last December.
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China may soon block access to all domains outside the country

China's iron grip on the Internet is tightening, as its government considers further restrictions to keep "outsiders" on the outside.
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Google was unblocked in China for more than an hour

Due to a few new servers Google introduced into Asia, the search engine was accessible in China for the first time in more than three years.
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The Chinese government can soon use Windows 10, but it’s not the same as elsewhere

Microsoft and CETC have finished developing a special version of the Windows 10 platform for the Chinese government and its agencies.