A quarter of Americans indicated that they either are not getting the vaccine for the Chinese coronavirus, or they are not sure, and a majority of those who remain unvaccinated say they will not get the shot, a Yahoo! News/YouGov survey released this week found. The survey, taken October 1-4, 2021, among 1,640 U.S. adults, asked…
David Aikman, former chief representative officer, Greater China, World Economic Forum One of the biggest trends in China’s tech industry in recent years is that “Chinese entrepreneurs and startups are being born global,” David Aikman, former chief representative officer, Greater China, World Economic Forum, shared his thoughts on the current state of China’s tech development…
Jia Yueting, the founder of Nasdaq-listed electric vehicle startup Faraday Future, responded to a negative report from short-seller J Capital Research, calling it “nonsense” and “nothing more than a rehash of old news,” Chinese media reported Friday. J Capital Research released a 27-page report on Thursday, accusing Faraday Future of inventing most of its car…
Chinese PC-maker Lenovo on Friday withdrew plans to list on Shanghai’s Nasdaq-style STAR Market, eight days after it filed the listing application. Lenovo had planned to sell as much as 10% of its Hong Kong equity as Chinese depositary receipts (CDRs) in the STAR Market. The company’s stock dropped 4.76% on Friday on the Hong…
Chinese artificial intelligence chip maker Horizon Robotics is considering moving a US listing plan to Hong Kong as Beijing deepens crackdown on overseas listings, Bloomberg reported on Friday. The firm had been weighing a US initial public offering that could raise as much as $1 billion, but it is now working with advisers for a…
Chinese tech giant JD launched a veterinary service platform on Friday. The service, called JD Pet Hospital, has more than 3,000 veterinarians providing pet health consultation through text, images, and video calls. The platform offers medical advice, medicine prescription, and physical examination report analysis, mainly for cats and dogs. Users can access the service through…
I’m not sure if this is a brilliant marketing strategy or what, but this music video for Sarah Brand’s Red Dress is making the rounds on the internet and everybody has understandably started dunking on it. If you watch it you’ll immediately understand why, because it’s absolutely one of the worst things I’ve ever seen/heard/experienced…
A charity led by Formula1 driver Lewis Hamilton has plans for a two-year pilot aimed at training and recruiting black teachers for science, technology, engineering and maths subjects By Clare McDonald, Business Editor Published: 08 Oct 2021 17:04 Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has announced a two-year pilot programme aimed at training and recruiting…
Vulnerability in brewer’s mobile app could have resulted in serious consequences for its shareholders and customers By Alex Scroxton, Security Editor Published: 08 Oct 2021 14:19 Brewer and pub chain BrewDog has updated its mobile app after ethical hackers uncovered a vulnerability that could potentially have exposed the personally identifiable information (PII) of about 200,000…
Commentary This is the season of abortion alarm. On Oct. 2 abortion-rights activists led a Women’s March focusing on “reproductive justice” in some 600 municipalities across the United States. The total number of participants nationwide—in the tens of thousands, according to the march’s spokespeople—was nowhere near the estimated 1 million that the original Women’s March,…
