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China's Baidu rolls out self-driving buses
'2018 marks the first year of commercialisation for autonomous driving. From the mass production of Apolong, we can truly see that autonomous driving is making great strides – taking the industry from zero to one,' says CEO Robin Li

China's 'men only' job culture slammed in new report
The 99-page report by Human Rights Watch analyzes more than 36,000 job advertisements posted between 2013 and 2018 on Chinese recruitment and company websites and on social media platforms

Why the media is a key dimension of global inequality
The story of expanding global media networks is often told as if they spread freedom everywhere, liberally and evenly. But when we ask freedom for whom, the tale gets more complex.
Baidu announces $1.5 billion fund for autonomous driving
'China's Google' seeks to focus on artificial intelligence, investing heavily in the sector

China orders tech firms to ramp up censorship
The Cyberspace Administration of China says it held a meeting this week with representatives from domestic tech giants Baidu Sohu Tencent Netease and Phoenix to inform them of multiple violations in content published on their platforms

Baidu CEO's self-driving car stunt stumps police – media
The company s founder livestreams himself catching a ride in a semi autonomous car on the way to a conference for developers hoping to learn about the software giant s new artificial intelligence initiatives

CEO of China's Baidu summoned over student death
Wei accuses the hospital of exaggerating the treatment s efficacy and accuses Baidu of ranking medical information search results by the amount paid by advertisers denouncing it as evil

Global tech money sets its sights on Southeast Asia, PH
Big venture capital firms and investors are reaching out beyond traditional tech centers in search of more profits putting Southeast Asian entrepreneurs in a good position to scale up

100M users at risk from Chinese Android software devkit
UPDATED The vulnerability acts like a back door that lets an attacker execute malicious commands on an affected device Android users will want to scan for and remove potential vulnerabilities using a reputable security app

Tech visionaries on the world of today and tomorrow
The innovators behind Facebook Infosys and Baidu among others share their views on emerging tech trends and highlight the human factor that shapes them
GitHub platform mitigates prolonged DDoS attack
The DDoS attack appears to be meant for two Chinese anti censorship projects hosted on the GitHub software development platform

What’s the typical Indonesian mobile Internet user like?
Baidu Indonesia releases a white paper that gives insights into Indonesian mobile user trends

5 things you need to know about China’s richest
For the first time the Internet trio of Alibaba Baidu and Tencent top the list of Forbes China Rich List

Plan to split California into 6 states gains ground
At least 807 615 voters will need to sign a petition to divide California into 6 separate US states by July 18 to make it on to the ballot