Asia – Maria Korolov

Chinese companies actively productizing quantum key distribution, which pushes communications security to a new level Earlier this month, China’s official news agency Xinhua announced the launch of a secure quantum communications network between Shanghai and Beijing. The 2,000 kilometer (1,243 mile) backbone will be used for military and government communications, but also in commercial areas …

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Jun 11 2017

How to create a website that looks like this one

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A couple of my friends have been redoing their professional portfolio websites lately, which inspired me to do some research on current trends in business and news website design. As a result of this research, I was finally inspired to bring this site up to date, and since I’m constitutionally incapable of doing something without …

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Feb 27 2017

11 Questions About Virtual Reality + Augmented Reality Headsets Before You Buy

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UPDATED February 27, 2017 Looking for a virtual reality experience, but don’t know where to start? GearBrain breaks down the top eleven questions to ask before dropping some dough on your first VR headset. Last year was a banner year for virtual reality. HTC Vive , Oculus Rift and Sony Playstation VR headsets were released, …

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Sep 1 2016

Report: Smartphone infection rate doubled in first half of 2016

CSO

Smartphone infection rates nearly doubled during the first half of this year, from 0.25 percent to 0.49 percent compared to the second half of 2015, according to a report released today by Nokia.Nokia provides endpoint malware detection services to …

Aug 10 2016

Alibaba working on VR payments

Hypergrid Business

China’s Alibaba online retail giant told China Daily that it is developing virtual-reality-enabled mobile payment technology, which could allow users to pay bills in a 3-D virtual world by nodding their heads or making other gestures to…

Jul 10 2016

Virtuix announces major China distribution deal

Hypergrid Business

On Friday, Virtuix, the maker of the Omni virtual reality treadmill, announced a joint venture with Hero Entertainment, a billion-dollar Chinese game publisher and developer of Crisis Action, the most popular mobile first-person shooter…

Jul 1 2016

HTC to open 10,000 VR experience sites in China

Hypergrid Business

HTC plans to set up more than 10,000 “experience sites” in mainland China by the end of the year, the China Daily newspaper reported today. The company is partnering with Suning Commerce Group and Gome Electrical Appliances…

May 30 2016

ZTE releases world’s first â€˜Daydream ready’ smartphone, the Axon 7

Hypergrid Business

ZTE has officially released the Axon 7, the first smartphone with support for Google’s new Daydream virtual reality platform. Right now, it’s only available in China, but is expected to hit the US in mid-June…

May 23 2016

OnePlus gives away 30,000 VR headsets

Hypergrid Business

China-based smartphone manufacturer OnePlus gave away 30,000 free OnePlus Loop VR headsets today, manufactured in partnership with AntVR. The Cardboard-compatible headset is reminiscent of the Gear VR in its design, and is a significant…

May 3 2016

What’s the story with the cheap Chinese VR headsets?

Hypergrid Business

I’ve been noticing a disturbing trend in much of the news media and analyst research reports covering virtual reality hardware — a complete and utter dismissal of the virtual reality headsets made in China….

May 3 2016

What’s the story with the cheap Chinese VR headsets?

Hypergrid Business

Apr 2 2016

Baofeng sells 1 million VR headsets this quarter

Hypergrid Business

Beijing-based Baofeng Technology Co. Ltd. has sold more than one million of its mobile-based virtual reality headsets since the beginning of this year, the company told the official China Daily newspaper. That compares to…

Feb 7 2016

Review of Shinecon: Cheap, light, entry-level set

Hypergrid Business

A fully-enclosed headset from China, available in both black and white, lightweight, but with a narrow field of view. It weighs 13.5 ounces, or 380 grams and the field of view seems to be around…

Feb 3 2016

China’s next five-year plan offers preview of cybersecurity targets

CSO

Is your industry next in line to be targeted by China’s government-sponsored hackers? To find out, look at China’s latest five-year plan, suggests a global threat report released this morning.The report covers attacks by nation states, cybercriminal…

Jan 4 2016

Global geopolitical risk predictions for 2016

CSO

The previous 25 years have been marked by globalization. A number of forces acted together to bring our planet closer together. Trade pacts, peacekeeping alliances, the Internet.But now, according to Christopher Swift, a professor of national securi…