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Huawei releases HMS Core 6.0

Chinese technology giant Huawei announced the global launch of HMS Core 6.0 on July 15, bringing a number of open capabilities to application developers and upgrading existing features and services. HMS Core 6.0 opens up Huawei's technologies in several areas, including media applications, graphics rendering, and network acceleration. In the media area, it adds a…

https://cntechpost.com/2021/07/16/huawei-releases-hms-core-6-0/
Honor to hold global launch event for Magic 3 series on August 12

The Magic series, the high-end flagship line of Chinese smartphone maker Honor, is about to get a new member. Honor will hold a global launch event for the Magic 3 series of phones on Aug. 12, the company announced on Twitter on Thursday. It didn't provide any more information, but according to a digital blogger,…

https://cntechpost.com/2021/07/16/honor-to-hold-global-launch-event-for-magic-3-series-on-august-12/
Chinese regulators launch onsite cybersecurity review of Didi

Chinese regulators have launched an onsite review of local ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing after announcing a decision to conduct a cybersecurity review of the company earlier this month. Seven Chinese authorities were already onsite at Didi's company on July 16 to conduct the cybersecurity review, the Cyberspace Administration said in a statement posted on its…

https://cntechpost.com/2021/07/16/chinese-regulators-launch-onsite-cybersecurity-review-of-didi/
Tencent says chips it is working on not general-purpose ones

The Chinese social networking and gaming giant's recent hiring of chip talents has sparked speculation that it will begin designing a general-purpose chip. But that doesn't appear to be the case. Tencent is hiring chip architects, chip verification engineers, chip design engineers and several other positions, according to recently posted job ads. The company said…

https://cntechpost.com/2021/07/16/tencent-says-chips-it-is-working-on-not-general-purpose-ones/
China's first 12-inch wafer regeneration facility achieves mass production

Previously, Chinese companies wishing to have high-end wafers regenerated needed to send them to Japan and other locations. Now, the capability is available locally in China. Hefei Ultron Semiconductor Co is one of the first company in China to have the ability to regenerate 12-inch wafers and key equipment parts, and its 12-inch wafer regeneration…

https://cntechpost.com/2021/07/16/chinas-first-12-inch-wafer-regeneration-facility-achieves-mass-production/
China's smaller ride-hailing platforms kick into 'wartime mode' as Didi's business goes into overhaul

Several years ago in the early days of the ride-hailing business in China, a large number of companies offered attractive subsidies to users in a bid to capture the market. Those subsidies faded away in recent years as that market stabilized. Now, they're back. On July 4, major app stores removed the app for Didi…

https://cntechpost.com/2021/07/16/chinas-smaller-ride-hailing-platforms-kick-into-wartime-mode-as-didis-business-goes-into-overhaul/
Huawei's first flexible OLED driver chip enters trial production, report says

Huawei's chip division HiSilicon's first flexible OLED driver chip has entered trial production and is expected to be delivered by the end of this year, ijiwei.com reported Sunday, adding that Huawei's products are also expected to use it. The chip uses a 40nm process and is scheduled for mass production in the first half of…

https://cntechpost.com/2021/07/19/huaweis-first-flexible-oled-driver-chip-enters-trial-production-report-says/
Alibaba launches its largest ever campus recruitment

Alibaba launched a campus recruitment campaign for the class of 2022 college graduates on July 19, opening 113 positions, including 45 for fresh graduates for the first time. Alibaba said this is the largest campus recruitment in its history, and graduates can visit the company's website to submit their resumes. Non-technical positions account for more…

https://cntechpost.com/2021/07/19/alibaba-launches-its-largest-ever-campus-recruitment/
Huawei to release P50 series smartphones on July 29

Huawei is about to launch its highly anticipated P50 series smartphones at the end of this month, which will showcase its new imaging technology. The company announced on July 19 on Weibo that it will hold a flagship launch event at 19:30 Beijing time on July 29. The event will include not only the Huawei…

https://cntechpost.com/2021/07/19/huawei-to-release-p50-series-smartphones-on-july-29/
Vivo reportedly to launch first in-house developed chip soon

Chinese smartphone maker Vivo is set to launch its first in-house developed chip, internally codenamed "Yueying," jiemian.com reported Monday. It is not yet clear what the chip's features will be, and it could be a chip designed to improve imaging capabilities, the report said. The company's involvement in chip manufacturing has been sparked by media…

https://cntechpost.com/2021/07/19/vivo-reportedly-to-launch-first-in-house-developed-chip-soon/
Tencent says it's buying game developer Sumo Group for nearly $1.3 billion

Tencent said Monday it has agreed to buy British game developer Sumo Group for 513 pence per share for a total of £919 million (about $1.27 billion). At the close of trading on Friday, Sumo Group was priced at 358 pence per share, with Tencent's bid equaling a premium of about 44 percent. The stock…

https://cntechpost.com/2021/07/19/tencent-says-its-buying-game-developer-sumo-group-for-nearly-1-3-billion/
China's maglev train with speed of up to 600 km/h rolls off line

China's high-speed magnetic levitation train that can travel at speeds of up to 600 kilometers per hour rolled off the assembly line Tuesday in Qingdao, Shandong province, People's Daily reported. The system, which has been integrated and commissioned, is the world's first maglev transportation system to reach that speed and is a cutting-edge technological achievement…

https://cntechpost.com/2021/07/20/chinas-maglev-train-with-speed-of-up-to-600-km-h-rolls-off-line/
China's largest general-purpose drone makes successful maiden flight

China's largest general-purpose drone made a successful maiden flight, CAAC News reported Tuesday. The Yun-5 general-purpose UAV, developed by Aviation Industry Tongfei, took to the blue sky at 8:02 a.m. on July 20 at Moqi Airport in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and successfully completed its flight plan, the report said. During the flight,…

https://cntechpost.com/2021/07/20/chinas-largest-general-purpose-drone-makes-successful-maiden-flight/
Huawei to discontinue 'Cloud PC' service on Aug. 16

Three years after its launch, Chinese tech giant Huawei's "Cloud PC" will soon cease operations. Huawei announced on Wednesday that the "Huawei Cloud PC" App will cease service and operation on August 16, after which users will no longer be able to log in and use it. Huawei reminded users to transfer all data in…

https://cntechpost.com/2021/07/22/huawei-to-discontinue-cloud-pc-service-on-aug-16/
Loongson launches 3A5000, first processor to use its own LoongArch architecture

Chinese chipmaker Loongson Technology has released Loongson 3A5000, the first processor based on its own instruction system, LoongArch, the company said Friday. LoongArch builds on Loongson's two decades of experience in CPU development and ecosystem building, designing everything in-house from top-level architecture to instruction functions and ABI standards, without the need for foreign licensing, the…

https://cntechpost.com/2021/07/23/loongson-launches-3a5000-first-processor-to-use-its-own-loongarch-architecture/
Honor says it has become third largest smartphone brand in China

Honor's weekly market share has reached 14.6 percent, making it one of the top three brands in China's mobile market, the company told employees Monday, citing data from an unnamed third party. Thanks to the persistence of all employees, Honor's market share has rebounded from a low of 3 percent to the top three in…

https://cntechpost.com/2021/07/26/honor-says-it-has-become-third-largest-smartphone-brand-in-china/
Vivo, courier firm partner to get consumers new phones as fast as 15 minutes after placing order

Chinese smartphone maker Vivo and courier company Dada Group have entered into a strategic partnership to get its products into the hands of consumers faster. As an example, Vivo said that a user placed an order for a single Vivo phone through JD Daojia and a Dada courier picked it up at a designated outlet…

https://cntechpost.com/2021/07/26/vivo-courier-firm-partner-to-get-consumers-new-phones-as-fast-as-15-minutes-after-placing-order/
Tencent invests in one gaming studio every 3.8 days on average, report says

Chinese social media and gaming giant Tencent invests in an average of one gaming studio every 3.8 days, data provider Qichacha said in a recent report. The report showed that Tencent made a total of 163 investment events in the first half of the year, with a disclosed amount of RMB 93.1 billion ($14.3 billion).…

https://cntechpost.com/2021/07/26/tencent-invests-in-one-gaming-studio-every-3-8-days-on-average-report-says/
China's version of 'Starlink' completes trial

China completed its first trial of converging low-orbit broadband satellites with a dedicated 5G network in Beijing and Jinan on July 25, a Chinese version of "Starlink," CCTV reported Monday. The convergence of low-orbit broadband communication satellites and wireless networks could form a global communications network, the brief report said. The report did not provide…

https://cntechpost.com/2021/07/26/chinas-version-of-starlink-completes-trial/
OPPO, Vivo reportedly to launch their own chips soon

Following Xiaomi's launch of its in-house developed Surge C1 Image Signal Processing (ISP) chip, two other Chinese smartphone giants, OPPO and Vivo, will soon release their own ISP chips, Tencent News reported Tuesday. In addition to ISP chips, OPPO and Vivo are also pushing ahead with plans to develop SOCs that could replace some Qualcomm…

https://cntechpost.com/2021/07/27/oppo-vivo-reportedly-to-launch-their-own-chips-soon/
WeChat suspends new user registration for personal accounts, expected to resume in early August

Tencent's social networking software WeChat has closed its new user registration portal for personal accounts, saying it is undergoing a technical upgrade. Tencent customer service, when asked about this, gave an automatic response, saying that the platform system is currently undergoing a technical upgrade, during which new user registration for WeChat personal accounts is suspended.…

https://cntechpost.com/2021/07/27/wechat-suspends-new-user-registration-for-personal-accounts-expected-to-resume-in-early-august/