Talking Smart
AI voice assistants promise to revolutionize human-machine interaction, but their performance falls short of expectations
Losing Face
Facial recognition technology surges in China, but privacy protections fail to catch up
Viral Week Ep. 206
Shirts for civilization, CEO splashed, junk-sorting prodigies, and ‘Mulan’ trailer mistakes—it’s Viral Week
Tech Thursday Episode 48
Bill Gates becomes Beijing’s “toilet techie,” Didi gets new video surveillance, aviation technology astounds, and a Baidu smart park, and robot news anchor
Tech Thursday Episode 35
Henan’s internet gets healthy, foreign investment in Chinese surveillance, China’s chip sector rises, and sexism in tech firms
The Best April Fool Fake News in China
Tech companies rush to out-spoof each other in alarming AI comedy bonanza
Hands off the Wheel
China’s autonomous vehicle companies are ready to start racing toward market dominance—if regulators don’t put the brakes on
Tech Thursday: Episode 2
Baidu CEO in trouble over AI and traffic, robot couriers, fusion power, and the elevated bus investigated