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‘Creepy’: Amazon’s Alexa is randomly laughing at users, freaking them out a little
Several people who own Amazon’s Echo speakers have reported a strange bug: the Alexa voice assistant has been laughing for no reason. Some users on Twitter and Reddit say the outbursts have been entirely spontaneous. Others have said that Alexa has laughed after...
China’s top smartphone brands narrow the gap with Samsung in Southeast Asia
If there seems to be more people using Chinese smartphones in the streets of Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta or Manila, that is because these brands now collectively outsell Samsung Electronics, the long-standing market leader in Southeast Asia. Oppo, Vivo and Huawei Tech...
Foxconn gets Shanghai’s nod in record time to raise US$4.3 billion in initial public offer
Foxconn Industrial Internet, a unit of the world’s biggest contract manufacturer whose products include Apple’s iPhones, was put on the fast track for securing the nod by China’s securities regulator to raise capital through an initial public offering. The unit ...
Asia’s richest man sees advertising, social media driving growth amid addiction debate
Tencent Holdings, the world’s largest video game company, is betting that its new initiatives in advertising and social media would spur growth amid renewed debate in China over gaming addiction among the youth. “Social and performance-based advertising will be ...
LG V30S ThinQ review: AI phone you can tell to shoot video offline
While Samsung dominated the headlines from this year’s Mobile World Congress with the unveiling of its new flagship phones, the Galaxy S9 and S9+, LG – South Korea’s other tech giant – quietly announced a minor update to its autumn 2017 flagship, phone, the V30....
Sogou launches Chinese language translator as it goes head to head with Google
Chinese travellers may have one more essential gadget to pack for overseas trips after Sogou, China’s second largest search engine after Baidu, launched an AI-powered language translator, with more than 3,000 pre-sold within the first 24 hours. The gadget, which...
Huawei counts on badge of Honor to lead race with Samsung, Apple for global smartphone crown
Honor, the mobile sub-brand of Huawei Technologies that helped it become the world’s third-largest smartphone supplier, is likely to double its overseas shipments this year, underscoring the Chinese company’s dual-brand strategy with handsets available in a rang...
Tencent disables comments section for new official WeChat accounts at request of Beijing
WeChat, China’s biggest social network and messaging app with more than 1 billion users, disabled the comments section of newly registered official accounts on Tuesday to comply with a Chinese government request. Tencent Holdings, which operates the app on the C...
Smart speakers, other AI-enabled devices poised to become the Next Big Thing in China
China, already the world’s biggest smartphone and internet market, appears set to become a major consumer of a range of gadgets enabled with artificial intelligence (AI), including voice-activated smart speakers and robots for the home, according to a new study....
Balancing act: Chip giant Qualcomm caught between Washington and Beijing
Chip maker Qualcomm, blocked this week from a takeover bid amid national security fears, was already walking a Pacific tightrope: it has government and defence contracts in the United States, but two-thirds of its revenue come from China. US President Donald Tru...
Nike, McDonald’s jump on China mobile gaming craze to entice young consumers
Multinational companies are experimenting with new ways to grab the attention of China’s consumers and are willing to spend several million yuan to garner attention in the world’s largest market. The tool that companies such as McDonald’s and Nike have chosen ...

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Tesla introduced its first electric Semi truck

Tesla Semi - this is the name of the prototype of the first Tesla electric traction truck. It was unveiled on Thursday at the airfield of the airfield at the KB office in Horton, California. According to its founder Ilona Mask, addressed to the audi...

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New Mission E photos prove that Porsche is dead serious about taking on Tesla – BGR

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Will Tesla will have 32 million cars on the road by 2040? – BGR – Technewtips

Tesla may have started out as a niche automaker, but Elon Musk over the last few years has masterfully transformed the company into a force to be reckoned with. Buoyed by the immense popularity of the Model S and later the Model X, not to mention unexpectedly...

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