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Microsoft Cloud To Help Baidu Self-Driving Car Effort

Microsoft's cloud computing platform will be used outside China for collaboration by members of a self-driving car...

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Chinese Censors Scrub Emoji Tributes To Nobel Winner

China's censors raced Friday to scrub social media networks of candles, RIP and other tributes to Nobel laureate Liu...

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Alibaba Reveals Echo-Like Smart Speaker

Alibaba is the latest technology giant to unveil a smart speaker. The voice-controlled Tmall Genie can be used to play...

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China Cracks Down On Online Peddlers of Celebrity Gossip

Online peddlers of celebrity gossip have fallen foul of China's new cybersecurity law, with officials ordering internet...

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Nifa SHS Appeals For Assembly Hall

Headmaster of the Nifa Senior High School, Adukrom, Dr Philip Victor Akoto, has called on philanthropic organisations...

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Chinese Tech Firm LeEco Reverses Course In US, Cuts 325 Jobs

Cash-strapped Chinese tech firm LeEco on Wednesday confirmed that it is throttling back plans to invade the US market,...

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China To Launch Own Encyclopaedia To Rival Wikipedia

China plans to launch its own online encyclopaedia next year, hoping to build a "cultural Great Wall" that can rival...

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Netflix Poised For Elusive China Breakthrough

Netflix has reached an agreement with a unit of internet giant Baidu that could see the US-based video-on-demand leader...

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Akufo-Addo Forms Akan Government

Contrary to President Akufo-Addo’s pledge to “preserve, protect and defend the constitution” and to “do right...

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Baidu To Share Self-Drive Car Technology

Chinese internet giant Baidu has said it will share much of the technology it has created for its self-driving cars....

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Apple Gets Permit To Test Self-Driving Cars

Apple has joined the list of companies with permits to test self-driving cars in California, according to an updated...

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Chinese Tech Firm LeEco Ends Bid To Buy TV Maker Vizio

Cash-strapped Chinese tech firm LeEco on Monday abandoned its effort to buy US television maker Vizio, citing...

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New Board Chair Meets MiDA

New Chairperson of the MiDA Board, Professor Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu, has met with MiDA’s management team a few days after...

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New Board Chair Meets MiDA Management Team

Chairperson of the MiDA Board, Prof. Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu(top right) met with the management team The new chairperson of...

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China’s Xi Calls For Peace In Meeting With Netanyahu

Chinese President Xi Jinping called Tuesday for peace between Israel and an independent Palestine "as soon as possible"...

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AKUFO-ADDO Swears In MiDA Board

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has sworn into office the 11-member Board (voting members) of the Millennium...

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China Counts Over 100 Billionaires Among Top Communist Legislators

China counts more than 100 billionaires among its top legislators, with 209 of the richest holding wealth nearly...

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Why Snapchat’s Owner Is Hiring In China

Snapchat may be banned in China, but that isn't stopping the messaging app's parent company from building a toehold in...

International

Skyscanner Sold To China Travel Firm Ctrip In £1.4bn Deal

Skyscanner, the UK-based travel search business, has been bought by Ctrip, China's biggest online travel firm. The deal...