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Echo Huang
Digital Government
The U.S. Just Declared War on the Chinese Company It Loves to Hate Most
Huawei has largely been shut out of the U.S. since 2012.
- By Tripti Lahiri and Echo Huang, Quartz
Digital Government
This Is How Dramatically China’s Beating the U.S. in its Share of Supercomputers
Is it about quality or quantity?
- By Echo Huang, Quartz
Digital Government
After Faces, China Is Moving Quickly to Identify People By Their Voices
China’s digitally-connected population has enabled the government to track people in many forms.
- By Echo Huang, Quartz
Emerging Tech
China’s First Space Lab Is Falling to Earth, Will Probably Miss You
Don't worry too much about falling debris.
- By Echo Huang, Quartz
Digital Government
China’s Internet 'Clean-up' Has Closed Over 13,000 Illegal Websites Since 2015
While the report says all the websites taken down over the three-year span were illegal, it provided few other details about the sites taken down.
- By Echo Huang, Quartz
Digital Government
What Do China’s Police Collect on Citizens in Order to Predict Crime? Everything
These databases can scoop up everything from addresses, to medical history, supermarket membership, and delivery records.
- By Echo Huang, Quartz
Digital Government
The EPA Has Approved the Release of Weaponized Mosquitoes in 20 US States
These specialized mosquitos help prevent the spread of disease.
- By Echo Huang, Quartz
Emerging Tech
In the Future, Drones Will Charge Your Electric Car While You’re Driving
For now, countries are focusing on adding charging stations.
- By Echo Huang, Quartz
Modernization
A Giant Telescope Listening for Aliens Could Be Disrupted by Millions of Tourists’ Cellphones
A theme park built around the device has seen nearly 3.8 million people in the first half of 2017.
- By Echo Huang, Quartz
Emerging Tech
Elon Musk Bought a Web Domain Worth Millions With 'Sentimental Value' to Him
It's a piece of Internet history.
- By Echo Huang, Quartz
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