China’s BeiDou, a competitor to GPS, enables more than 1 trillion location checks every day
China’s Beidou satellite system is making waves by checking over 1 trillion locations each day and bolstering the country’s expanding tech economy. This homegrown network, named after the seven stars of the Big Dipper, works seamlessly with about 288 million smartphones, primarily from local brands such as Huawei and Xiaomi. It’s impressive how it handles […]