
China's Baidu defers earnings date to 27 Feb as coronavirus outbreak threatens to affect business
Baidu said the revised date would give it more time to observe the business condition for the first quarter of 2020.

Baidu shares rise by 5 percent, video streaming platform iQIYI, contributes most
Baidu has been trying to cut its dependence on the core search business and expand into areas such as AI.

TikTok parent ByteDance introduces a new search engine in China called Toutiao Search
Parent company of TikTok, ByteDance, is also moving into work-place messaging and music streaming.

Baidu reported net loss of $47.51 million, records loss for the first time since 2015
Baidu is facing increasing competition in the fast-growing short video and news feed markets.

Google Play Store purges popular Chinese developer's apps on account of ad-fraud
Do Global has had up to 46 apps removed from the Google Play Store and many more could bite the dust.

Google removes 46 apps by developer from the Play Store suspecting malware: Report
DO Global has close to 100 apps in the Play Store with more than 600 million installs.

Baidu to improve its media aggregating service after receiving complaint
Baidu on Wednesday acknowledged the article in a post on its a Twitter-like Weibo account.

Google's internal conflict with privacy team has led to end of Project Dragonfly
Google's privacy team learned about the Dragonfly when the information was disclosed to the public in August.

Baidu's 'Facemoji Keyboard' application now supports 22 Indian languages
Facemoji is a keyboard input application that enables its users to jazz up their conversation

China's giant tech scene hit by trade war with US and rising censorship
China’s tech industry is facing a reckoning amid rising state control over the sector and trade war.

Volkswagen to join Baidu's Apollo consortium to develop self-driving cars
Volkswagen will gain a seat on the management board of Apollo which has brought in 130 partners.

WeChat rival Bullet Messenger removed from China App Store over copyright complaint
Bullet did not elaborate on which part of the app the copyright complaints were referring to.

Alibaba co-founder and China's richest man Jack Ma to step down, will focus on philanthropy
As he prepares to leave the company, Jack Ma is among China's richest men with a net worth estimated by Forbes at $38.6 billion.

Daily Bulletin: Karunanidhi's funeral post Madras HC order; NCLAT to hear Tata-Mistry feud, and other top stories today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi are expected to arrive as well and pay respects to Karunanidhi ahead of burial rites with full state honours. Here are the top stories for Wednesday

Chinese entrepreneurs are embedding artificial intelligence into sex dolls
WMDOLL one of China’s biggest sex doll makers, launched what it calls AI-powered dolls in 2016.

Trump's threat to block Chinese investment could hit US innovation in tech
Chinese companies in the past five years have funded at least 80 US transportation startups.

Amazon Alexa to be embedded in a lot more devices thanks to US chipmakers
DSP is hoping to spur more products from gadget makers of all sizes to include Alexa.

Ford and Baidu join hands to make smart connectivity in cars in China
Ford and Baidu had collaborated here previously in 2016 to jointly invest $150 million in Velodyne.

Google launches its second app in China where most top products by the company remain banned
Google has ramped up its China efforts recently, with CEO Pichai making several visits to the country and speaking at two government forums since December.

Despite China’s tech industry boom there's still sexism and inequality prevalent in the work space
In recent years, China’s tech industry has boomed, but there's still sexism and inequality prevalent in the work space.