Chinese AI startup Malong Technologies selected as WEF Technology Pioneer
Malong Technologies, a Shenzhen-based AI product recognition startup, has been selected among hundreds of candidates as one of the World Economic For…
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VIPKID valued at RMB 20 billion after its $500 million Series D+
Correction: The article originally stated the company's valuation is now $20 billion. The figure should be RMB 20 billion. China’s largest K-12 online…
Underground online sports lottery operators move to messaging apps after being shut down
Underground sports lottery operators are moving to social media amid the closure of numerous betting apps and a rise in traffic due to the 2018 FIFA Wo…
Tencent Games rolls out new feature to curb underage high-spending behavior
Tencent Games has introduced a new service called "Underage User Game Spending Reminder” (未成年人遊戲消費提醒, our translation) that notifies payment account ho…
Tencent flagship store on Tmall vanishes after 24 hours
Tencent got everyone talking on Tuesday when it opened the 腾讯旗舰店 (Tencent Flagship Store) on the Alibaba owned Tmall (in Chinese). However, in less tha…
ofo’s B2B business claims to hit the RMB 100 million revenue mark
Amidst signs of a serious cash crunch, ofo claims that its B2B business has made over RMB 100 million in revenue. In an interview with local media, Sh…
WeChat launches new shopping function that lets you shop on JD.com with just a few clicks
WeChat has launched a new shopping function that lets people shop on JD.com with just a few taps. Now simply by entering consumer product related keywo…
China’s first blockchain-based social network ONO raises $16 million Series A
ONO, China’s first blockchain-based decentralized social network, has raised $16 Million in Series A financing from investors including Korea Investmen…
ONO is building the first blockchain-based social network in China
After the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal, centralized social media platforms have been in the hot seat with intensifying public scrutiny on …
AMD teases next-gen processors, graphics and more at Computex
AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) has revealed the 2nd gen Ryzen Threadripper processor and 7nm Radeon Vega GPU, both set to launch later this year. The US …
Chinese AI startup Rokid will mass produce their own custom AI chip for voice recognition
The recent actions against ZTE have acted as a catalyst for China’s chipmaking and AI sector. But well before all the international spotlight, there we…
Nvidia unveils world’s first computer designed for robotics at Computex 2018
Nvidia has unveiled a line of new products and announced a ten-year collaboration with the Taiwanese government at Computex 2018 pre-show press confere…