China
Senior Google scientist resigns over “forfeiture of our values” in China — The Intercept
A senior Google research scientist has quit the company in protest over its plan to launch a censored version of its search engine in...
Alibaba’s Jack Ma, China’s richest man, to retire from company he co-founded — The New York Times
Mr. Ma is retiring as China’s business environment has soured, with Beijing and state-owned enterprises increasingly playing more interventionist roles with companies, writes Li...
IDC: Smartphone shipments forecast to return to growth
While the worldwide smartphone market is expected to decline again in 2018, IDC says it believes the market will experience low single-digit growth from 2019 through the end of its forecast in 2022.
China’s Alibaba, Tencent bar cryptocurrency transactions on WeChat Pay, AliPay — Fortune
In a move that will likely make it even harder for cryptocurrency aficionados to trade Bitcoin and its ilk in China, the mobile payments...
Inside Google’s plan to launch a censored search engine in China — Slate
Slate's April Glaser in conversation with Ryan Gallagher, a U.K.-based investigative journalist who reports on digital security and state surveillance issues for the Intercept.
Here...