AVIATION | China’s C919 to start intensive test flight
China’s C919 passenger airplane will enter into a new phase of intensive test flights in the second half of this year.
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TECH NEWS | Newspaper has robot writer of science news
China Science Daily announced Thursday that it has used software to automatically generate news stories about the latest discoveries from the world’s leading science journals.
ASTRONOMY | Earth’s largest radio telescope to search for ‘new worlds’ outside solar system
The largest and most sensitive radio telescope ever built will search for extra-solar planets, or exoplanets, which have magnetic fields like Earth, within 100 light-years from Earth.
TELECOM | Qualcomm teams up with Lenovo to unveil first 5G PC
U.S. leading chipmaker Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. said that it is partnering with China’s tech giant Lenovo Group Ltd. to launch the world’s first Snapdragon-powered 5G PC for world consumers.
TELECOM | Beijing’s hi-tech zone to have 5G coverage this year
Beijing’s economic-technology zone in Yizhuang, in the southeast suburbs of the capital, will have 5G coverage by the end of this year.
SCI-TECH | US plans to build the world’s fastest supercomputer
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that its plan to deliver the world’s most powerful computer in 2021.
TELECOM | SIM card loaded with Thai, Chinese numbers launched in Bangkok
BANGKOK, THAILAND — China Mobile International (CMI) and Thai mobile carrier TrueMove H announced the…
SCI-TECH | Scientists develop advanced method to examine molecules
Israeli and Chinese scientists have developed an advanced method for examining the spatial structure of molecules.
TELECOM | 5G self-driving bus tested
CHONGQING, CHINA — A self-driving bus assisted by the 5G mobile network is on a…
TELECOM | China succeeds in first 5G live VR transmission test
A test for virtual reality (VR) live transmission via the 5G network in China was successful early this week.