On the day before WeChat was ordered to be banned, my octogenarian parents, who live in China, insisted on having a video chat with their granddaughter and me. They were worried that they would not be ...

On the surface, Chinese messaging app WeChat seems similar to its western counterparts like WhatsApp and Viber. Like Facebook-owned WhatsApp, it allows you to send text messages to people over an ...

WeChat offers its own storage management feature, but some use third-party services for more functionality Chinese tech giant ...

It’s been used to buy farm-fresh eggs and pay bills — and to quickly mobilize tens of thousands across the country to rally on behalf of a former New York City cop convicted in the accidental shooting ...

WeChat, known as Weixin in China, started as a social media and messaging app in 2011. Capitalizing on its growing audience, the app continued to add different functions, allowing users to pay bills, ...

Uber will offer a discount of at least 40 per cent during Lunar New Year for new mainland users who join via its WeChat ...

Elon Musk’s vision of Twitter, now rebranded as X, as an “everything app” is no secret. When the X logo replaced Twitter’s blue bird, the internet buzzed with heated discussions about just what it ...

WeChat, the Chinese messaging giant with more than 1 billion monthly active users around the world, just added a Snap-like ephemeral video feature as part of its biggest overhaul since 2014. The ...

GUANGZHOU, China, Jan. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WeRide (NASDAQ: WRD, HKEX: 0800), a global leader in autonomous driving ...

Ian Sherr (he/him/his) grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, so he's always had a connection to the tech world. As an editor at large at CNET, he wrote about Apple, Microsoft, VR, video games and ...

WeChat, called Weixin in China, functions like Facebook (FB), LinkedIn, Uber, Instagram and several other apps all at once. For many Chinese people, WeChat is an indispensable app for staying in touch ...