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JD’s unmanned store moves into Indonesia in first overseas expansion
Chinese ecommerce giant JD has announced the opening of unmanned store JD.ID X-Mart in Jakarta, Indonesia. The JD.ID X-Mart is said to be the first ever unmanned store in the South East Asian country. This also marks JD’s first attempt to bring its unmanned store technology overseas. The new unmanned store sells everything ranging from fashion and […]
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Briefing: SF Express’ commercial unmanned aerial vehicle completes first flight trial
Feihong 98 will proceed into mass production and scalable applications after it receives tech qualifications.
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Lenovo catching up new retail trend with launch of a cashier-less store
Lenovo is the latest entrant to the cashier-less convenience store frenzy, following Alibaba, JD, and Suning.com.
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Autonomous driving startup AutoBrain to start Level-3 car sales in 2020
Level 3 systems have been questioned with some test results suggesting human drivers are too trusting.
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Briefing: Baidu Apollo receives another 20 licenses for open road tests
The Chinese internet giant is evolving into a major international player in AI and autonomous driving.
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Chengdu’s first unmanned supermarket closes down after 4 months
Chengdu’s first unmanned supermarket GOGO无人超市 has reportedly shut down after only four months according to local reports (in Chinese). The unmanned shelf project, GOGO小超, run by the same Chengdu-based startup, Xiao Mang Guo Technology Limited, closed down months ago. At least 30 employees have not been paid on time; one former employee told the Chengdu […]
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Briefing: Nvidia provides computing and hardware support to Chinese autonomous driving startups
Partnerships with global players can give China access to talent and tech knowhow it lacks.
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Briefing: Beijing to complete a new autonomous driving test field
The test field aims to simulate around 85% of road situations in Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei province.
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Briefing: Tencent is building a research team for autonomous vehicles in Silicon Valley
The internet giant has opened up at least nine engineering positions.
