How China’s army of online trolls turned on Sweden

26 September 2018

China's online troll army has taken it as their mission to attack anyone they see as their country's enemies by flooding their social media accounts with angry comments. Their target this time? A comedy host in Sweden. Of course, troll armies are nothing new online -- whether they're fighting about President Trump or Star Wars. (And for the record: The Last Jedi was a great film.) - Ravi

How China's army of online trolls turned on Sweden Xinmei took a close look at how one of China's biggest online communities mobilizes itself to fight on behalf of their country online. My favorite detail in this story? The strange way this group is linked with famous French footballer Thierry Henry. Two of the most popular games on Steam now are from China Two Chinese games have both cracked Steam's top ten most played games. But they're popular for two very different reasons: The Scroll of Taiwu, which is only available in Chinese, shows how big Steam is in a country where it's not officially available. And Ring of Elysium is a hit among Western gamers, showing that Chinese companies are getting better at reaching beyond their own borders. iPhone maker Foxconn wants a highway for driverless vehicles in Wisconsin One of those stories that sounds odd at first glance, but makes an awful lot of sense: Foxconn wants driverless vehicles to move its goods, and wants Wisconsin to dedicate lanes to autonomous vehicles. But experts warn that we're still very far away from truly driverless cars, so you might have to wait a while for this. 'Free if you're a girl': Room-sharing app filled with men asking for women Sex sells. Which is why some hotel room-sharing services are using it to promote their service. Check out this tagline for Shuishui:  “Return to your twenties, sleeping with an unknown he or she. What’s so wrong about that?” Well, plenty. These services are now flooded with men looking for women, including this chilling comment: “[The girls here] got pretty looks. And they are all here for money. They won’t call the police.” StarCraft II's best bots crushed by Tencent's AI algorithms OK, this isn't on the level of DeepBlue or AlphaGo, but this is still a significant achievement. StarCraft II is a hugely complex game: You have to build a versatile army from plenty of diverse units, each with a different role. It's complicated enough for humans to play that it's endured as an esport for years. Creating an AI to take on the best bots is tough work, but Tencent managed it.

The story of DragonBall: How Motorola created our mobile future in Hong Kong iFlytek accused of using humans to power its AI translator This app is like Tinder without texting Selfie app Meitu wants to be a social platform (but users just want nice selfies) Huawei trolls Apple by giving battery packs to people waiting in line for the iPhone XS Nobody's lining up for the iPhone XS in China. Here's why. China looks to ban foreign TV shows at prime time and restrict online streaming Love and Producer is all about manipulating hunks to advance your career Twitch vanishes in China weeks after spike in popularity Huawei's Mate 20 leaks, along with their own AirPods

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