WeChat: News
02 Jan 2025
Elon MuskX and YouTube may face ban in Malaysia: Here's why
Elon Musk's X and Google's YouTube are on the verge of being banned in Malaysia for not complying with the country's new social media law.
25 Dec 2024
ChinaFrom online dating to dragonflies, China warns citizens against spies
China's State Security Ministry has been launching nationwide campaigns to raise public awareness about foreign espionage.
28 Oct 2024
ChinaWorld's first nuclear radiation-detecting chip can be fitted on smartphones
China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), a state-owned enterprise, has announced the start of mass production for a one-of-a-kind chip that can detect radiation. It can be integrated into smartphones.
23 Oct 2024
ChinaHong Kong bans WhatsApp, WeChat, Google Drive for civil servants
Hong Kong has banned civil servants from using certain messaging and cloud storage services during work hours.
17 May 2024
Elon MuskTwitter's rebranding transition complete: X.com is now official domain name
Twitter has undergone a significant rebranding, officially adopting X.com for all its core systems.
13 May 2024
ChinaChinese journalist imprisoned for Covid reporting to be released
Zhang Zhan, a former lawyer and independent journalist from China, is expected to be released on Monday after serving a four-year prison sentence.
10 Jun 2021
TikTokBiden administration revokes Trump-era orders against TikTok and WeChat
During his term as President, Donald Trump fired executive orders against Chinese-owned apps TikTok and WeChat in August, calling their widespread use a "national emergency".
12 Feb 2021
Donald TrumpBiden slams brakes on Trump's TikTok and WeChat bans
US President Joe Biden has been quite busy passing executive orders undoing Donald Trump's policy decisions. Many of these orders involve reversing Trump administration's measures meant to keep China in check.
24 Nov 2020
India China BorderCentre bans 43 more mobile apps; check full list here
The central government on Tuesday decided to ban 43 mobile applications for being "prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity" of India.
21 Sep 2020
TikTokNewsBytes Briefing: TikTok ban delayed, WeChat ban blocked, and more
Over the weekend, the US ban on TikTok, WeChat saw major developments.
20 Sep 2020
Donald Trump#WeeklyRecap: Potential life on Venus, Apple's new hardware, and more
This week, a number of developments were noted in the world of technology, including an unexpected - and still unconfirmed - case of alien life discovery.
18 Sep 2020
TechnologyUS bans TikTok, WeChat downloads from September 20: Details here
In a major move, the US government has announced the decision to ban popular Chinese services TikTok and WeChat.
09 Aug 2020
X#WeeklyRecap: US blocks out ByteDance; Apple, Google unveil new devices
This week, we witnessed some major hardware launches, but the biggest news in the world of tech was US President Donald Trump's crackdown on TikTok's parent ByteDance and WeChat's parent Tencent.
07 Aug 2020
Donald TrumpChinese giant Tencent loses $35 billion after Trump's ban
A few hours ago, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning certain business transactions with Tencent, the Chinese conglomerate that owns WeChat messaging service.
07 Aug 2020
MicrosoftNewsBytes Briefing: Trump signs order banning business with TikTok's parent
In the updates since yesterday, US President Donald Trump signed executive orders banning business transactions with TikTok's parent company ByteDance and Tencent's WeChat.
17 Jun 2020
UC BrowserWeChat to TikTok, 52 'China-linked' apps red-flagged by Indian intelligence
As many as 52 'China-linked' apps, including some popular ones, have been deemed unsafe by Indian intelligence agencies.
11 Jun 2020
Alibaba GroupChina orders Weibo to disable some features: Here's why
Chinese microblogging platform Sina Weibo has been ordered to disable some of its features for a week.
08 May 2020
WuhanChina: Fundraiser for monument to remember COVID-19 victims allegedly censored
Since the coronavirus outbreak started in China late last year, the nation has been accused of silencing reports on the crisis.
16 Apr 2020
FacebookReliance and Facebook could team up for WeChat-like "super app"
Social media giant Facebook and Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) could soon team up for a WeChat-like "super app".
25 Feb 2020
XChina using WeChat/Twitter to silence people speaking about coronavirus
After mass crackdowns, China is going after individual users sharing completely innocuous stuff on social media.
13 Feb 2020
CoronavirusChina launched an app to detect potential coronavirus cases
As the death toll from the outbreak of coronavirus continues to increase, China, the epicenter of the epidemic, is doing everything possible to isolate diseased patients and prevent the infection from spreading.
30 Jan 2020
WuhanIndia shares evacuation forms with citizens stuck in China: Report
As the deadly coronavirus infection spread to all provinces and regions of China, the Indian embassy in Beijing has prepared to evacuate Indians stuck in Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak.
08 Dec 2019
NetflixSome women are paying for virtual boyfriends: Here's why
Today, a large number of people use smartphone technology to fight their loneliness.
23 Nov 2019
FacebookHackers can steal your posts, location from Facebook apps
Facebook and Instagram dominate as the most favored social media apps on the internet.
20 Sep 2019
MoonMysterious substance photographed on Moon's far side: Details here
Last year, China's Chang'e-4 mission delivered a rover called Yutu-2 on the far side of the Moon, the part that never faces Earth.
02 Sep 2019
App StoreViral Chinese app ZAO can swap your face with anyone
Just as people began moving on from the FaceApp trend, another AI-based app has gone viral on the internet - ZAO.
01 May 2019
IndiaReliance Jio to launch WeChat-like Super App with 100+ services
Reliance Jio is working to launch a Super App which will provide over 100 services under one platform, according to a Business Standard report.
19 Apr 2019
iOSGoodbye BBM! BlackBerry Messenger shutting down next month
After 14 years of service, the iconic BlackBerry Messenger, the service that introduced us to web-based instant messaging, is coming to an end.
26 Dec 2018
InstagramNow, WeChat mimics Snapchat Stories, launches self-disappearing 'Time Capsule'
Snap's famous 'Stories' feature has been mimicked, once again.
29 Nov 2018
WhatsAppWeChat deserves more of your attention than WhatsApp: Here's why
Ever since the dawn of smartphone age, WhatsApp has been serving as our irreplaceable messaging tool, keeping us connected with friends, family.
26 Oct 2018
Liu HeChina: Woman attacks kindergarten children with knife; 14 injured
In a terrifying incident, a knife-wielding woman attacked children at a kindergarten in China's southwestern city of Chongqing today, injuring 14 of them.
28 Jun 2018
SnapchatSnapchat to launch its own gaming platform
According to a report by The Information, Snap is developing a gaming platform inside Snapchat.
27 May 2018
Social Media'Sugar daddy' website riles China, official website blocked on WeChat
Chinese agencies have stepped up clampdown on a US 'dating site' called SeekingArrangement. In the latest move, social media app WeChat has blocked its official website.
11 May 2018
Baahubali'Baahubali' and 'Avengers' in a single frame, courtesy China
The release of 'Baahubali 2' and 'Avengers: Infinity War' in China has brought the creative side of the Chinese fans to the fore.
19 Mar 2018
IndiaChinese are targeting Indians on WhatsApp, army warns. Safety-tips here
The Indian Army has warned citizens against Chinese hackers, who are now apparently targeting Indians through WhatsApp.
01 Mar 2018
WhatsAppViber Community: Group chat with a whopping 1 billion members
The Rakuten Inc. owned messaging app Viber is launching a service called Viber Community - the biggest group chat ever.
11 Nov 2017
FacebookHow can WhatsApp generate revenue for Facebook?
Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp has one of the world's largest user-bases with over 1.3 billion users.
26 Sep 2017
WhatsAppReports: Chinese censors block WhatsApp after several disruptions
China has blocked the Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp in its territory, security experts have confirmed.
24 Aug 2017
FacebookWeChat users have started self-improvement groups with failure tax
While Chinese social media app WeChat was already offering loads of features from instant messaging, online publishing, online payments, business networking, online shopping etc., Chinese WeChat users have started using the app's features for self-improvement purposes.
06 Jul 2017
MalaysiaChinese gods fly business class to Malaysia
Flyers on a flight from China's Xiamen to Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur had an unexpected co-passenger: the goddess Mazu and her two companions, Qianliyan and Shunfeng'er.
08 May 2017
Alibaba GroupChina's Internet gets more shackles added to its existing burden
China already has a strongly fortified Internet firewall in place to block elements that the government considers to be a misfit in their present scheme of things.
18 Oct 2016
FacebookMeet Musical.ly, an app that is taking USA by storm
Founded in Shanghai in 2014 as a platform to create, share and discover short music videos, Musical.ly has grown in popularity, particularly in the US, and has over 100 million users today.
22 Sep 2016
WhatsAppWhatsApp transactions gone wrong
E-commerce through WhatsApp poses a problem which concerns the transacted products' 'genuinity'.
31 Aug 2016
iOSY Combinator: The world's most prestigious start-up school
Y Combinator, based in California is a start-up accelerator.
