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7 years of software updates for the Google Pixel 8 series
Re:TikTok Spied on Me. Why?
on Friday May 05, 2023 @06:37AM (#35827473)
TikTok Spied on Me. Why?
Re:StopTheMadness – Take back your web browser
on Sunday June 05, 2022 @09:28PM (#31636500)
For example, the top bar on New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-uk/riding-lon... .
Or a more obviously one, the HUGE top bar on Material Design site: https://material.io .
New on Reddit: Comment search, improved search results relevance, search design
Google Play to enable alternative billing systems for users in South Korea
Re:Bear plus snowflake equals polar bear
on Thursday June 17, 2021 @10:44AM (#27540120)
The Chinese character "企" has multiple meanings. One is "to stand on tiptoe".[1] So "企鹅 (penguin)" means "standing goose".
What happens when there are competing app stores – the case study of China
Inner Mongolia protests at China's plans to bring in Mandarin-only lessons
Re:Telegram Traces Cyber Attack to China During Hong Kong Protests
on Thursday June 13, 2019 @01:05PM (#20176742)
Correct me if I'm wrong: Telegram has been blocked in China mainland. So if normal Chinese botnets want to DDOS Telegram, they will be blocked by GFW first. So how these botnets succeeded? Does that mean they are "special"?
Refinitiv blocks Reuters stories on Tiananmen from its Eikon platform
Re:Google confirms Play store will continue to function for existing H...
on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @05:17AM (#19968631)
Google didn't withdrawn. They stopped censorshipping sensitive keywords and moved their servers to Hong Kong. Then China blocked their sites. You can't withdraw from the Internet by simply move your servers. Bing censor sensitive keywords so China allows them to stay.
Re:Tencent replaces PUBG with a Chinese government-friendly alternative
on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @03:04PM (#19861857)
Related to Chinese game censorship:
1. A game developed by Taiwanese studio, Devotion, has been removed from Stream by its developers due to a hiding meme about Xi Jinping founded by Chinese gamers earlier this year.[1]
2. Still earlier this year, Chinese Overwatch players being instantly banned from the game for typing the words "Winnie the Pooh" in public chat.[2]
[1] https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/25/18239937/taiwanese-horror...
[2] https://www.dexerto.com/overwatch/chinese-overwatch-players-...
CBS censors a ‘Good Fight’ segment whose topic was Chinese censorship
Re:In China, an App About Xi Is Impossible to Ignore – Even If You Try
on Monday April 08, 2019 @05:49AM (#19603668)
And you can't rate & review this app on Apple App Store.[0] I think only some apps made by Apple have this privilege.
Chinese government censors ruling lines through Australian books
Arkive.org will close on 15 February 2019
Re:Company Update
on Friday January 18, 2019 @10:31AM (#18939935)
Tesla starts building Gigafactory in China, expects to begin production in the second half in 2019. Also they start for hiring locals[1]. Is this related?
[1]https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/06/teslas-china-factory-set-to-...
Re:Ask HN: How to found a company as a single founder?
on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @07:47AM (#18864288)
Hi, checked the Android version Meta Meme app. One suggestion: split it into arm and x86 version for the the ffmpeg lib to reduce the apk size. Each of them is 9MB which is not a small number.
Africa Construction Trends 2018 and the Role of China in Africa
Re:An open letter to FB, Twitter, Instagram regarding algorithms and m...
on Thursday December 13, 2018 @04:06AM (#18670930)
And now she starts getting adoption ads: https://twitter.com/gbrockell/status/1072992972701138945 .
"We're sorry your baby passed away, how about get a new one from here?"
That's sick.
Re:Choose Firefox Now, or Later You Won't Get a Choice (2014)
on Friday December 07, 2018 @09:39AM (#18627997)
Opera Software is acquired by a group of Chinese companies,[1] and one of them is Qihoo 360, which has a lot of negative history.[2]