Watching TikTok videos creates a digital equivalent to crack, which is "instantaneous but wears off quickly, driving the user to seek another 'hit'," the report said.

To survive ''the crisis of the next three years,'' Huawei's strategy must shift from the pursuit of scale to a focus on profit and cash flow, said founder Ren Zhengfei in an email.

The deal to build 161 mobile phone towers across the Solomons Islands will be financed via a loan from China's state-owned Exim Bank, The Age reported.

TikTok is following in the footsteps of Meta and Twitter, which also have announced measures to prevent false claims before they spread online.

The US is funding data centres in Africa, plus a 17,000km undersea cable from Southeast Asia through the Middle East and Horn of Africa to Europe, Antony Blinken says

The Taiwanese electronics maker forecast flat revenue growth for the quarter ending in September amid concerns over the impact of inflation and a potential recession on gadget demand. 

Assemblers in Taiwan such as Foxconn and Pegatron have been ramping up production so Apple can launch its iPhone 14 next month

India's Directorate of Revenue Intelligence said an investigation had detected customs duty evasion

World's No2 mobile market set to roll out its next-gen high-speed wireless network by October with Jio, Airtel, Vodafone claiming slices

Reliance Jio Infocomm outspent key rivals Airtel and Vodafone, Nikkei Asia reported.

Some analysts have said the US tech giant could face a drop in demand given China's weak economy and the slump in smartphone sales in the second quarter.

Covid lockdowns in the second quarter hit retail sales and China's economy grew just 0.4% compared to market expectations of at least double that, analyst Ivan Lam said