Briefing: Autonomous driving startup JingChi sets up 5G partnership with China Unicom Guangdong
景驰科技与广东联通达成5G战略合作 共建创新实验室 - Tencent Tech
What happened: JingChi has announced a 5G partnership with China Unicom's Guangdong branch. The branch has already established a full-coverage 5G network for JingChi's test fields at its' Guangzhou headquarters. The partnership also includes an innovation lab which will look into the remote control for L4-level unmanned driving.
Why it's important: The…
Announcing the winners of Asia Hardware Battle 2018 Bangalore!
The 2018 Asia Hardware Battle Bangalore competition was a huge success.
After several rounds of fierce competition, we finally selected the top three hardware startups to represent Bangalore at the India finals in Delhi before selection to enter the grand final round of Asia Hardware Battle in Shanghai.
In this competition, the three startups rose above seven other startups, and proved…
China’s ride-hailing resurgence is just another step into the future of mobility
Image credit: Jens Schott Knudsen via Flickr
China’s ride-hailing company Didi Chuxing earned the title of “Uber Slayer” in 2016. By selling its China business to its rival, Uber confirmed that the Chinese market was not only full of potential but peril. These days, however, things are changing with new arrivals challenging Didi’s dominance.
Meituan Dianping, the Tencent-backed O2O service…
Shanghai announces AI World 2018
On the afternoon of July 4th, the AI World 2018 was held in the Press Office of Shanghai municipal government. At the press conference, Wu Qing, Deputy Mayor of Shanghai introduced the conference.
Shanghai Deputy Mayor Wu Qing
AI World 2018 will be held in Shanghai from September 17 to 19 of this year by National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the…
GeekPwn 2018: Fooling AI is not actually as hard as you think it is
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You may have heard the machine learning term, “adversarial examples”, and perhaps even seen some demonstrations of it. However, have you ever seen a contest in adversarial attacks and defenses that happens in real-time?
To boost research on adversarial…
Changchun law enforcement use drones for city management
Government officials from Chaoyang District in Jilin's Changchun city established its Drone Law Enforcement Unit (无人机执法中队) in May, with the new division actively taking on city management duties.
Drones with cameras are connected via a smart remote operation system equipped with an iPad-like screen. Trained law enforcement officers control the drones to patrol, monitor, and investigate areas…
Jack Ma goes all-in on smart logistics infrastructure network
In a surprise appearance at last week’s Cainiao’s Global Smart Logistics Summit, Chinese tech tycoon Jack Ma announced that Cainiao Network, the logistics affiliate of Alibaba, is going to invest more than RMB 100 billion ($15 billion) to build the technical backbone for a smart logistics network aimed at improving delivery reach and efficiency. (Read our live blog of the event for a blow-by-blow…
Pony Ma: Tencent is building networks to connect people, things, and intelligent devices
At today's Tencent 2018 “Cloud + Future” Summit in Guangzhou, CEO Pony Ma introduced his new vision for the Tencent Cloud platform, dubbed the “three-net” concept (三张网), local media is reporting. The essence of the concept is to build up the "three nets"—IoP (Internet of People), IoT (Internet of Things), and IoI (Internet of Intelligence)—within the Tencent ecosystem.
Pony Ma at Tencent 2018…
Next-gen technologies need a use case to have an impact: JD CTO Zhang Chen
JD is very serious about AI and other emerging technologies. The online retailer wants to lead China’s innovations not only in terms of business models but also in technologies.
“Technology underscores many facets of our business. It is a big focus for us, in addition to user experience, logistics, and fintech, among other areas,” Zhang Chen, JD’s CTO, told TechNode.
Over the past few years, we…
Troubled ride hailing company Yidao Yongche gets second wind with former Baidu Waimai chief
China’s ride-hailing market might be in for another stir. Former chairman of Baidu’s food delivery platform Baidu Waimai, Gong Zhenbing, is moving on to become the CEO of ride-hailing platform Yidao Yongche, The Paper is reporting (in Chinese).
Yidao went through a rough period in April and May last year after a cash squeeze that led to protests from its drivers over payments. Three of Yidao’s…