When it comes to apps that run daily life, most people immediately think of Western giants like Instagram, Google, or WhatsApp. But in China, there's a completely different digital universe. It's ...

Last month, DeepSeek became one of the top AI app on the U.S. Apple App Store and disrupted the tech industry by claiming its model costs far less to develop than competitors. The announcement led to ...

In 2020, India banned 267 Chinese apps due to security concerns and data privacy risks, following the Galwan Valley clash. The move was meant to curb potential threats posed by these platforms, but ...

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden has added an artificial intelligence chatbot and social media platform to the list of applications banned for use by state employees because the companies behind them ...

In the midst of TikTok going dark in the U.S. (and then coming back online less than 24 hours later), users have been flocking to a similar Chinese app, whose owners are keen to capitalize on their ...

The impending TikTok ban in the U.S. has prompted a mass migration of "refugee" content creators to alternative social media platforms – and a Chinese app named for Chairman Mao's "Little Red Book" ...

You should never use these apps on your phone. Tens of millions of Android and iPhone users are being warned they have installed free apps that leave them at serious ...

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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday issued a ban on six more Chinese artificial intelligence and social media apps on government-issued devices. TikTok was already banned back in 2022.

As Xiaohongshu — known as RedNote or Red in English — surged to the top of the App Store downloads list this week, users in both China and the U.S. celebrated an unprecedented cross-cultural exchange: ...