China’s regulator ordered the removal from app stores of 25 apps owned by Didi Global Inc., the country’s largest ride-hailing service, citing severe violations of rules against collecting personal data. The Cyberspace Administration of China had already taken down the main Didi app last Sunday, pending a cybersecurity review, after …
Read More »In a first, China defines the "necessary" info that apps can collect from users, closing a "bundled consent" loophole and limiting unauthorized data collection (Xinmei Shen/South China Morning Post)
Xinmei Shen / South China Morning Post: In a first, China defines the “necessary” info that apps can collect from users, closing a “bundled consent” loophole and limiting unauthorized data collection — Users of live-streaming, short video, news, browser and utility apps can access basic services … News Source link
Read More »A report from the National Security Commission on AI, which is chaired by Eric Schmidt, finds that the US is not fully prepared for AI competition with China (Mila Jasper/Nextgov)
Mila Jasper / Nextgov: A report from the National Security Commission on AI, which is chaired by Eric Schmidt, finds that the US is not fully prepared for AI competition with China — Retaining any edge will take White House leadership and a substantial investment, according to the National Security …
Read More »WHO mission to China fails to find animal source of coronavirus, Health News, ET HealthWorld
WUHAN: The WHO mission to China to uncover the origins of the coronavirus has failed to identify the animal source, scientists said Tuesday. Experts believe the disease — which has gone on to kill more than 2.3 million people worldwide — originated in bats and could have been transmitted to …
Read More »China, World Health Organisation should’ve acted quicker to stop coronavirus pandemic, Health News, ET HealthWorld
GENEVA: A panel of experts commissioned by the World Health Organization has criticized China and other countries for not moving to stem the initial outbreak of the coronavirus earlier and questioned whether the U.N. health agency should have labeled it a pandemic sooner. In a report issued Monday, the panel …
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