TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

As financial troubles escalate at Danke, China’s authorities are stepping in to hold the once-promising apartment rental and sharing company accountable. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, China’s rental market cooled, putting stress on Danke’s funding vehicle. when it went public in January.

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The Verge

AUGUST 5, 2021

The new system could help law enforcement in criminal investigations but may open the door to increased legal and government demands for user data. But the system described here would go further, allowing central access to local storage.

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TechNode

DECEMBER 20, 2024

In meetings with the management and human resources representatives on Thursday, Jiyue chief operating officer Luo Gang gave employees affected by the job cuts more details about the exit process, according to multiple local media reports. TechNode reporting , Caixin , in Chinese]

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TechNode

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Toyotas first wholly-owned electric Lexus plant in China could be larger than Teslas Shanghai Gigafactory, according to since-deleted publicly available documents shared by a Chinese blogger, revealing significant details on the latest investment in China by the worlds biggest automaker.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 19, 2020

For the second time in two months , Apple is putting one of the companies it hires to build the iPhone on notice for violating labor laws. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge. Employees allege they have not been paid properly. pic.twitter.com/GKbeFeyRKc — TOI Bengaluru (@TOIBengaluru) December 12, 2020.

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The Verge

MAY 19, 2020

The company instead sourced some from places like China and sent them to places in need. In an email to employees last week , Shima said Panasonic will “always follow the laws and official direction from State and local government, even if those are different from our intention for PSNA’s business activities.”.

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TechNode

MARCH 18, 2024

On March 15, the annual 315 Evening consumer rights TV broadcast co-hosted by state media China Central Television (CCTV) and a number of national government departments, exposed an illegal industrial chain producing motherboards for the mass manipulation of smartphones.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2022

China’s technology industry. Since the Ant IPO was pulled and the Chinese Communist Party executed off a flat-wild period of regulatory action in 2021, you have probably heard less about China’s technology. China’s government decided that such companies had too much influence, and thus needed to be cut down to size.

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The Verge

APRIL 20, 2021

The simmering issue of how Tesla deals with customer complaints in China came to a boil this week as police detained a woman after she protested at Tesla’s booth at the Auto Shanghai 2021 trade show. Tesla has since said it will conduct a self-inspection of its service and operations in China. Government agencies have spoken up, too.

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TechNode

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The move comes months after administration officials had conversations with US automakers, including Tesla, last fall, which said they have faced significant restrictions in selling cars in China, such as tightened rules against data transmission and cloud services. New York Times , Reuters ]

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TechNode

MAY 28, 2024

GACs EV unit Aion also showcased its latest offerings during this years expo, as its state-owned parent company, which is also a manufacturing partner of Toyota and Honda in China, sets its sights on global expansion and targets vehicle sales of 1.1 million units of its own brands this year.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Although many of the backers were excited about the products, others were wary, saying they worried about their data because the team is based in China. Xia says she and her team use Amazon servers in the US to adhere to local laws and allay privacy worries.

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TechNode

MAY 24, 2024

Pedroso has worked in various capacities, from law to CFO roles, in Brazil and China. He holds a law degree with honors from the University of So Paulo, with proficiency in multiple languages. Founded in 2005, Monashees is a renowned early-stage venture capital firm in Latin America.

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TechNode

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Over the next few years, Reliance will independently build Shein’s supply chain in India, with all products sold through Shein India produced locally. Context: Indias push for data localization has been a cornerstone of its digital regulatory framework.

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TechNode

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Why it matters: Since the border conflict between China and India in June 2020, Indian authorities have increasingly targeted Chinese companies, particularly smartphone manufacturers. The company said in a statement on Tuesday that it firmly abides by the law at all times. billion) to overseas destinations, primarily mainland China.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

I reached out to about 20 companies building electric scooters and bikes, and most of them told me the same thing: Getting critical parts, like motors, out of China is becoming increasingly difficult, and Russia’s war against Ukraine is making supplies like nickel expensive and hard to source. Micromobility is feeling the pain as well.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2022

and China, and point to why these loan apps get the traction they do. Law enforcement agencies in the country are also taking some efforts to raise awareness. According to local news reports, nearly two dozen suicide cases owing to harassment coming from loan app operators have been reported online.

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TechNode

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Pizzala highlighted the citys advantages, including its established legal framework based on common law, which fosters trust and confidence for businesses. These factors position Hong Kong as a strategic hub for AI innovation, combining local strengths with regional connectivity.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

” Indeed, it’s not the only tech startup that’s identified this model: VIPKid out of China and a number of others have also based learning around live teachers. “The main difference is that our model brings in-person classes online, but we are still following the same local guidelines.”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

.” The pandemic, geopolitical tensions and other factors led many Chinese venture funds to pare back their international investments, but that’s largely “because during COVID, China’s economy recovered much faster than other countries’,” writes Kalinin. ” Is it so bad to take money from Chinese venture funds?

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TechNode

AUGUST 9, 2023

The move is expected to result in layoffs of dozens of staff members, including some fresh graduates, local media outlet Meiren Auto reported on Tuesday. Xingji Meizu, a smartphone company controlled by Geely founder Eric Li, has decided to discontinue its chip development business for cost-saving reasons.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

I did a post a few weeks ago on youth programs in TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map and decided I hadn’t covered this resource nearly enough. Our Local Impact Map. It first works with local community people to see what its children need and then tailors programs that are specific to that locale.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

The US is settling in for some new form of national gridlock, but state and local propositions are busy defining how technology businesses will be allowed to work (legally) in the US. TechCrunch: China postpones Ant’s colossal IPO after closed-door talk with Jack Ma. Subscribe here. Across the week.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In my work, we spend a lot of time working personally with community leaders, political leaders, tribal leaders, local leaders to make sure they have the right information to build the trust necessary to take advantage of these tools coming down the pipeline. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. She has a J.D. from Wellesley College.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2022

Further, differences in the law in some countries can result in you spending significant money for little gain. Each of these inventions may need its own patent application, which can quickly multiply the cost to your business and make filing for patent protection prohibitively expensive.

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 29, 2022

The process of routing your traffic through a VPN masks your internet protocol (IP) address — the specific number that's assigned to your device when it's connected to a local network — which can otherwise reveal a surprising amount of personal information. That includes your approximate whereabouts and the name of your ISP.)

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The Verge

MARCH 16, 2021

Starting April 1st, users setting up a new iPhone in Russia will see a screen that allows them to automatically install apps that are officially sanctioned by the Russian government, in compliance with Russian law ( via Engadget ). The law was originally set to go into effect in July 2020, but was pushed back to April 2021). (The

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2023

In this edition, we cover Reed Jobs, the son of Steve Jobs, who is launching a new venture fund to back cancer treatments; China’s cutthroat e-commerce tactics; and fan-fiction writers rallying against a proposed U.S. law that could lead to greater surveillance online. We’ll fill you in.

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The Verge

AUGUST 10, 2021

And that matching process doesn’t just happen in the cloud — part of it happens locally on your phone. That’s the Rubicon that’s been crossed: up until now, your local computer has not scanned your local storage in any way. But Android devices are basically kind of just a local version of your Google cloud.

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The Verge

JUNE 15, 2021

Half of the states in the country are now considering right to repair laws that would require manufacturers to disable software locks and provide parts to repair shops, and a lot of it is being driven — in a bipartisan way — by the needs of farmers. Looking at some of your recent numbers, you have a very big business in China.

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TechNode

JULY 25, 2024

Why it matters: In China, the buying and selling of sexual services is illegal, prohibited under the countrys public morality and social order laws. Some Xianyu users looking to buy a second-hand Giant bicycle came across a local seller on the platform.

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The Verge

JUNE 8, 2021

The Aqara brand is owned by Lumi United Technology, a Xiaomi ecosystem company based in Shenzhen, China. China has far greater choice still, much of which will likely eventually trickle out to the other Aqara regions. When selecting Europe, like I did, I’m protected by European GDPR law as explained in Aqara’s EU privacy policy.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

While traveling in Russia or a European Union country on a mission to expand your business, you discover that you’re required to have data locally stored. law could soon be banned from both government markets and processing personal data. based clouds in the EU violates the GDPR. This is a huge problem.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

The group wants to create the conditions for a new IBEX35 based in tech as EsTech’s president told local journalists covering the launch — so the idea is for it to grow substantially in size too. EsTech seems likely to press that line of argument — although at the time of writing it was still preparing its policy plan.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

The second is a foldable phone only available in China. Let’s check in with the government : Natasha L has a pair of stories about Big Tech and run-ins with local governments. The first is about its new humanoid robot that very much has me thinking of the “I, Robot” movie. Brian has more.

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TechNode

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

16 that it has begun production at its first European plant in Gottingen, Germany, and expects to begin supplying local markets next month. Another battery giant, BYD, is mulling local production of EV batteries in Hungary, while Great Wall Motor-backed SVolt recently announced ambitious European expansion plans.

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The Verge

AUGUST 24, 2020

According to a report from The Guardian , the company has removed a Facebook group with more than 1 million members after it was threatened by the Thai government for violating local laws around defaming the ruling monarch. Thailand has laws against criticizing its monarch punishable with up to 15 years in prison, The Guardian reports.

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