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China's Big Move In Easing Zero-Tolerance Covid Strategy
China said Monday it would retire an app used to track Covid-19 contacts, a milestone in the country's rapid turn away from its zero-tolerance coronavirus strategy.
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How China's Covid Curbs Protesters Are Using Dating Apps To Evade Censors
Opponents of China's anti-COVID measures are resorting to dating apps and social media platforms blocked on the mainland to evade censors, spread the word about their defiance and strategy, in a high-tech game of cat and mouse with police.
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Hacker Offers To Sell 48.5 Million Users' Data From Shanghai Covid App
A hacker has claimed to have obtained the personal information of 48.5 million users of a COVID health code mobile app run by the city of Shanghai, the second claim of a breach of the Chinese financial hub's data in just over a month.
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Airbnb Said to Shut Domestic Business in China From July 30 as COVID-19 Lockdown Continues
Airbnb said to shut down its business in China as a pandemic lockdown shows no sign of ending there, according to a source close to the company.
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Red, Yellow, Green: How China Has Defined Covid Era With Colour Codes
Days after buying over-the-counter medicine from a pharmacy in Beijing, university student Yu was stunned to find her prized green health code -- the essential rating needed to enter the city's shops, offices and public transport -- was gone.
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China's Locked Down City Thrown Into Chaos After Covid App Crash
China's Covid-19 health code system that strictly governs people's movements crashed in Xi'an this week, worsening conditions in the locked-down city where the country's worst outbreak since Wuhan has been unfolding.
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Facebook, Instagram Remove Chinese Accounts Over Fake 'Swiss Biologist' COVID-19 Origin Claims
Meta said on Wednesday that it has blocked Facebook and Instagram accounts of an influence operation originating in China that promoted claims of a fake "Swiss biologist" saying the United States was interfering in the search for COVID-19's origins.
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Narendra Modi Speech Highlights: Farmers, Taxpayers Behind COVID Welfare Schemes' Success, Says PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday gave credit to the farmers and taxpayers for enabling the Centre to provide free foodgrains during the COVID-19 phase to the poor and needy in the country.
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Zoom Says China Demanded Shutting Activists' Accounts Over Tiananmen Events
Zoom Video Communications said on Thursday it suspended user accounts and ended meetings linked to the anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown on its platform after the Chinese government demanded it do so.
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Remove China Apps Crosses 50 Lakh Downloads Amidst Anti-China Sentiment
Remove China Apps, an Android app that claims to identify China-made apps on your Android phone and remove them, has gone viral in India. The app is currently at the top spot of Google Play’s top free apps list and it has been downloaded by over 50 lakh users since its launch on May 17.
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Oyo Said to Offload More Loss-Making Hotels Amid Pandemic
India's Oyo Hotels and Homes, backed by SoftBank Group, plans to offload more properties around the world, three sources familiar with the matter said, as the coronavirus pandemic prompts it to speed up a retreat from a rapid global expansion.
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TikTok Tops 2 Billion Downloads, India Accounts for Over 600 Million: Sensor Tower
TikTok, a popular short-video app, has achieved 2 billion downloads via Google Play Store and App Store. According to app intelligence firm Sensor Tower, the first quarter of 2020 has been the best so far for TikTok, as it managed to accumulate 315 million installs.
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Scientists Bat for Smartphone Contact Tracing to Fight COVID-19, but Say Privacy Remains a Concern
Concerns have been raised about what this means for individual privacy rights, and what happens if the data is misused or used beyond the initial purpose.
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How to End Coronavirus Lockdowns? Technology, Test, Coordination
Governments battling a virus that has crossed borders with breathtaking swiftness pinned their hopes Tuesday on tests, technology and a coordinated approach to ease the tight social-distancing restrictions that have slowed the pandemic but strangled the global economy.
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Chinese Smartphone Health Code Rules Post-Virus Life
Since the coronavirus outbreak, life in China is ruled by a green symbol on a smartphone screen.
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China's Big Move In Easing Zero-Tolerance Covid Strategy
China said Monday it would retire an app used to track Covid-19 contacts, a milestone in the country's rapid turn away from its zero-tolerance coronavirus strategy.
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How China's Covid Curbs Protesters Are Using Dating Apps To Evade Censors
Opponents of China's anti-COVID measures are resorting to dating apps and social media platforms blocked on the mainland to evade censors, spread the word about their defiance and strategy, in a high-tech game of cat and mouse with police.
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Hacker Offers To Sell 48.5 Million Users' Data From Shanghai Covid App
A hacker has claimed to have obtained the personal information of 48.5 million users of a COVID health code mobile app run by the city of Shanghai, the second claim of a breach of the Chinese financial hub's data in just over a month.
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Airbnb Said to Shut Domestic Business in China From July 30 as COVID-19 Lockdown Continues
Airbnb said to shut down its business in China as a pandemic lockdown shows no sign of ending there, according to a source close to the company.
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Red, Yellow, Green: How China Has Defined Covid Era With Colour Codes
Days after buying over-the-counter medicine from a pharmacy in Beijing, university student Yu was stunned to find her prized green health code -- the essential rating needed to enter the city's shops, offices and public transport -- was gone.
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China's Locked Down City Thrown Into Chaos After Covid App Crash
China's Covid-19 health code system that strictly governs people's movements crashed in Xi'an this week, worsening conditions in the locked-down city where the country's worst outbreak since Wuhan has been unfolding.
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Facebook, Instagram Remove Chinese Accounts Over Fake 'Swiss Biologist' COVID-19 Origin Claims
Meta said on Wednesday that it has blocked Facebook and Instagram accounts of an influence operation originating in China that promoted claims of a fake "Swiss biologist" saying the United States was interfering in the search for COVID-19's origins.
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Narendra Modi Speech Highlights: Farmers, Taxpayers Behind COVID Welfare Schemes' Success, Says PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday gave credit to the farmers and taxpayers for enabling the Centre to provide free foodgrains during the COVID-19 phase to the poor and needy in the country.
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Zoom Says China Demanded Shutting Activists' Accounts Over Tiananmen Events
Zoom Video Communications said on Thursday it suspended user accounts and ended meetings linked to the anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown on its platform after the Chinese government demanded it do so.
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Remove China Apps Crosses 50 Lakh Downloads Amidst Anti-China Sentiment
Remove China Apps, an Android app that claims to identify China-made apps on your Android phone and remove them, has gone viral in India. The app is currently at the top spot of Google Play’s top free apps list and it has been downloaded by over 50 lakh users since its launch on May 17.
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Oyo Said to Offload More Loss-Making Hotels Amid Pandemic
India's Oyo Hotels and Homes, backed by SoftBank Group, plans to offload more properties around the world, three sources familiar with the matter said, as the coronavirus pandemic prompts it to speed up a retreat from a rapid global expansion.
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TikTok Tops 2 Billion Downloads, India Accounts for Over 600 Million: Sensor Tower
TikTok, a popular short-video app, has achieved 2 billion downloads via Google Play Store and App Store. According to app intelligence firm Sensor Tower, the first quarter of 2020 has been the best so far for TikTok, as it managed to accumulate 315 million installs.
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Scientists Bat for Smartphone Contact Tracing to Fight COVID-19, but Say Privacy Remains a Concern
Concerns have been raised about what this means for individual privacy rights, and what happens if the data is misused or used beyond the initial purpose.
-
How to End Coronavirus Lockdowns? Technology, Test, Coordination
Governments battling a virus that has crossed borders with breathtaking swiftness pinned their hopes Tuesday on tests, technology and a coordinated approach to ease the tight social-distancing restrictions that have slowed the pandemic but strangled the global economy.
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Chinese Smartphone Health Code Rules Post-Virus Life
Since the coronavirus outbreak, life in China is ruled by a green symbol on a smartphone screen.
