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Here’s Why China’s Top Browsers May Be Best Avoided
It’s probably not a great idea to use China’s top web browsers. After slamming the security of the UC and Baidu mobile browsers, researchers from Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto have now...
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Baidu Under Investigation After Cancer Patient’s Death
Baidu, the dominant search engine in China, is being investigated by government regulators after social media users criticized the quality of medical ads appearing in its searches. Chinese social media...
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China Curbing Healthcare Ads on Baidu After Student’s Death
Chinese regulators imposed limits on the lucrative healthcare adverts carried by Baidu on Monday following the death of a student who underwent experimental cancer treatment he found via China’s...
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Baidu CEO Says Loss of User Trust Could End Company
Leading Chinese search engine Baidu could go out of business if it doesn’t move quickly to regain users’ trust after a scandal around health care advertising, CEO Li Yanhong, known as Robin Li, told...
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Why Artificial Intelligence Is Still A Work In Progress
Computers can recognize cats in photos and translate websites into different languages thanks to recent advances in artificial intelligence. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to...
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Baidu Wants to Bring Self-Driving Cars to the Masses by 2021
Baidu will mass produce autonomous vehicles in five years and is open to partnering with ride-sharing companies, a senior vice president of China’s largest search engine said at a Wall Street Journal...
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The Way We Interact With Technology Is About to Change Fundamentally
For as long as computers have been part of our lives, we have interacted with them through touch. We're used to pecking keys, swiping trackpads, and tapping touchscreens to tell a computer we want to...
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Shares Of Chinese Search Giant Baidu Tumble on Lowered Forecast
(Reuters) – Chinese online search giant Baidu cut its revenue forecast for the current quarter, saying regulatory scrutiny into healthcare and related ads was hurting its advertising revenue. The...
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Olli, the Talking 3D Printed Self-Driving Shuttle, Is in This U.S. City
As automakers, tech giants, and ride-hailing companies like Uber race to develop autonomous vehicles, one small Arizona startup’s 3D-printed self-driving shuttle is already on the road. On Thursday,...
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Chinese Search Giant Baidu Just Backed This Fintech Company
Baidu is making an investment in a U.S.-based fintech company, the Chinese search juggernaut announced on Monday. Baidu is making an undisclosed investment in ZestFinance, a startup that blends machine...
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Baidu Investor Challenges Search Giant’s Proposed Sale of Video Unit
Baidu’s bidu proposed sale of online video unit iQiyi to its own chief executive is not in the interests of long-term shareholders and may permanently damage the reputation of the company, an investor...
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How Chinese Search Giant Baidu Is Getting Deeper Into Banking
Chinese search giant Baidu is investing more deeply in financial technology startups as it seeks to expand its own lending efforts. On Monday, Baidu announced an investment in ZestFinance, a startup...
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Tesla Isn’t the Only Company With Bold Plans for Self-Driving Cars
Tesla CEO Elon Musk shook up the tech, energy, and auto industries this week by revealing an ambitious roadmap for his company’s future. One of his most audacious plans would convert self-driving cars...
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Baidu Says an Offer to Buy Its Stake in Online Video Unit iQiyi Was Withdrawn
Chinese internet search company Baidu bidu said on Monday an offer it received in February to buy its stake in online video unit iQiyi has been withdrawn. Baidu said that the buyer group had not been...
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Baidu Posts Its Biggest Decline Ever Since Going Public
Baidu, China’s biggest Internet search firm, reported a 34% fall in quarterly net income--its biggest ever decline since going public--hurt by a healthcare scandal that embroiled the company this year....
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Ford and Baidu Invest $150 Million Into Major Supplier of Self-Driving Car Tech
Ford Motor f and Chinese search engine Baidu bidu have invested $150 million into Velodyne LiDAR, the leading supplier of technology that lets self-driving cars see and avoid what’s around them. The...
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Here’s Why Intel and AT&T are Becoming Best Friends
As more people use their smartphones for tasks like watching movies, and as more devices like wind turbines are connected to the Internet, the behind-the-scenes-infrastructure required to funnel all...
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Samsung and Tencent Surge in the Race to Become Asia’s Most Valuable Firm
Tencent Holdings tcehy and Samsung Electronics ssnlf are racing to be crowned Asia’s most valuable company as expectations for robust earnings growth push their share prices to record highs. Their...
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Baidu and Nvidia to Build Artificial Intelligence Platform for Self-Driving Cars
Chinese search engine Baidu and chipmaker Nvidia announced a partnership Thursday that will focus on using artificial intelligence to develop a computing platform for self-driving cars. The platform...
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Nvidia Shows Off New AI Computer For Baidu’s Self-Driving Car
U.S. chipmaker Nvidia nvda showed off on Monday a smaller and more efficient artificial intelligence computer for self-driving cars, saying it would power Baidu’s bidu mapping and autonomous vehicle...
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