How China uses technology to segregate and subdue minorities
China is in effect hard-wiring Xinjiang for segregated surveillance, using an army of security personnel to compel ethnic minorities to submit to monitoring and data...
Looking through the eyes of China’s surveillance state
Surveillance cameras are everywhere in China. A reporter has a chance to try on a pair of facial recognition glasses and see the world through...
Inside China’s dystopian dreams: AI, shame and lots of cameras
With millions of cameras and billions of lines of code, China is building a high-tech authoritarian future. Beijing is embracing technologies like facial recognition and...
Inside a heist of Micron chip designs, as China bids for tech power
China has ambitious plans to overhaul its economy and compete head to head with the U.S. and other nations in the technology of tomorrow. The...
How Apple’s chief Tim Cook became tech industry’s top diplomat on trade
In a trade and technology showdown between the United States and China, Apple has a lot to lose — about a quarter of its worldwide...
Facebook’s fake-news fix fails to quell bogus stories
Facebook’s tweaks can have significant consequences, such as limiting the audience for nongovernmental news sources and — surprisingly — amplifying the impact of fabricated and...
Chinese drone maker clashes with U.S. over data
DJI is fighting a claim by a U.S. government office that its commercial drones and software may be sending sensitive information about U.S. infrastructure back...