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Seasonic asks you to gamble your $1,000+ GPU that its new 16-pin connector won't melt — company gives out a free 16-pin power cable for beta testing

Seasonic introduces a suitable connector with the new 12V-2x6 connector standard with reinforcements soldered connections. The company is also running a contest in China for users to test this new cable with their own compatible SeaSonic PSU and Nvidia GPUs.

Tom’s Hardware

How social media is breathing new life into Bhutan’s unwritten local languages

Dechen, 40, grew up in Thimphu, the capital city of Bhutan. Her native language was Mangdip, also known as Nyenkha, as her parents are originally from central Bhutan. She went to schools in the city, where the curriculum was predominantly taught in Dzongkha, the national language, and English.

The Conversation

North Korean art sells in China despite UN sanctions over nuclear program

A Beijing-based art dealer touts itself as China's premier seller of North Korean art, despite stiff U.N. sanctions prohibiting the sale of such goods, The gallery’s existence and conspicuous sales tactics, highlight China’s lax enforcement of U.N. sanctions targeting North Korea to stymie Pyongyang’s nuclear program

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Canada joins list of nations to ban Kaspersky and WeChat from government devices

Privacy concerns surrounding the instant messaging service and antivirus software have prompted the Canadian government to take action.

TechRadar

The Chinese government claims LGBTQ+ people are protected from discrimination. Our interviews with 26 activists tell another story

In China, LGBTQ+ activists and groups are consistently targeted by authorities and tech platforms. This is done digitally through computer algorithms, and physically by law enforcement and state security personnel trying to constrain their work.

The Conversation

Simon O'Connor causes upset among Chinese community

National MP Simon O’Connor has polarised some in the Chinese community following remarks on a protest in Mission Bay in which a Chinese businessman knifed a Falun Gong banner.

Newsroom.co.nz

'No' campaign is dominating the Voice debate among Chinese Australians on WeChat: new research

Some 1.4 million Australians are of Chinese ancestry, or about 5.5% of the population. Given the size of the community, it will be an important voting bloc in the upcoming referendum on a Voice to Parliament for First Nations people.

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China's WeChat is all-encompassing but low-key − a Chinese media scholar explains the Taoist philosophy behind the everything app's design

Elon Musk’s vision of Twitter, now rebranded as X, as an “everything app” is no secret. When the X logo replaced Twitter’s blue bird, the internet buzzed with heated discussions about just what it would mean for X to be an everything app.

The Conversation

Musk wants to charge everyone to use Twitter to counter 'bots’

Bots are actually advertisers' problems, but Musk needs to get account details from all his users if he wants to create an 'everything app' that rivals WeChat.

Fortune

My grandma in Wuhan is philosophical about COVID, life and her favorite topic: death

In 2020, Laura Gao hoped to visit her birthplace, Wuhan, to see her grandparents. The coronavirus caused her to cancel. They beat the virus and say they're now "walking backward" toward the sun.

WEKU

China’s army filmed apparently preparing for conflict in Taiwan strait

Propaganda video shows troops running past anti-landing barricades similar to those that dot Taiwan’s coast

The Guardian - UK

Elon Musk aims to turn Twitter into an 'everything app' – a social media and marketing scholar explains what that is and why it's not so easy to do

Elon Musk’s recent rebranding of Twitter as X is a step toward the CEO’s goal of developing an “everything app.” Musk’s vision is for X to mark the spot for all your digital needs – to chat with your friends, order groceries, watch videos and manage your finances, all on…

The Conversation

Foreign interference through social media is an active threat. Here's what Australia can do

Last week, a special Senate committee released a report on foreign interference through social media.

The Conversation

Why is Twitter now X? Elon Musk's rebrand explained and where X is going next

Twitter is now X. But why did that happen and where is the social network going next?

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PC Gamer

Australian Senate committee warns TikTok and WeChat could be the country's biggest security risks

A ban on WeChat from all government devices has been recommended.

Al Jazeera

What is Elon Musk’s ‘everything app’ and what can it learn from China?

Musk’s plans for social media platform X could take cues from China’s super app WeChat.

WEKU

China floods have left at least 20 dead

Beijing's rainfall is the heaviest recorded in 140 years, reaching nearly 30 inches between Saturday and Wednesday. The downpours have triggered landslides and floods. Thousands have been evacuated.

The Independent UK

Australian Senate committee recommends government ban on TikTok be extended to WeChat

An Australian Senate committee has recommended a ban on the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok from federal government devices be extended to China’s most popular social media platform, WeChat

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The Guardian - AU

TikTok ban on Australian government devices should also cover WeChat, parliamentary committee recommends

Senate committee examining foreign interference on social media says it is ‘concerned’ with ‘unique national security risks’ the companies pose

The Guardian - UK

Will rebranding Twitter give Elon Musk the X factor? I wouldn’t bank on it

Twitter’s owner has given his toy a new name, but any ambition he has to turn it into a WeChat-like financial service is fanciful

The Guardian - UK

‘The everything app’: why Elon Musk wants X to be a WeChat for the west

Twitter owner’s rebranding is part of larger strategy to add payment functionality and more

The Independent UK

Election disinformation campaigns targeted voters of color in 2020. Experts expect 2024 to be worse

Community organizations are gearing up for what they expect will be a worsening onslaught of disinformation targeting voters of color as the 2024 election approaches

The Guardian - AU

WeChat user numbers plummet nearly 30% in Australia amid concerns of Chinese interference

Owner gives parliamentary inquiry no reason for fall over three years but says China’s government could not conduct surveillance on app

The Conversation

Twitter's rebrand to X shifts the focus to Musk's 'everything app' plans but here's why he might have moved too early

A succession of upheavals have characterised Elon Musk’s leadership of Twitter since he acquired the social media platform in November 2022 – from his U-turns on the acquisition, to firings and rehirings and a significant drop in advertising revenue. But his latest move is the most significant: abandoning the globally…

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Elon Musk Plans To Transform Twitter Into An ‘Everything App’

Musk aims to blend Substack, YouTube, PayPal, Amazon, TikTok, WeChat, and Baidu features in a comprehensive platform.

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