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Final Fantasy XIV Announced for Mobile, With PUBG Mobile Developer at Helm
Final Fantasy XIV, the long-running popular MMOROG from Square Enix, is coming to mobile platforms, the publisher announced Wednesday. The mobile version of the game is being developed by Tencent-owned Lightspeed Studios, that previously worked on PUBG Mobile.
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Viral Video Shows People Scanning Their Palms To Pay At Shop In China
A viral clip showing a unique "palm payment" method in action has taken Instagram by storm. It was shared by Pakistani influencer, Rana Hamza Saif.
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Epic Games Accuses Samsung, Google of Scheme to Block App Rivals
Epic said it would file a lawsuit in US federal court in California alleging that a Samsung mobile security feature called Auto Blocker was intended to deter users from downloading apps from sources other than the Play store or Samsung's Galaxy store, which the Korean company chose to put on the back burner.
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MiniMax Video-01 Platform With AI Video Generation Capabilities Launched
MiniMax, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) unicorn startup backed by Alibaba and Tencent, released a text-to-video generation model on Monday. Dubbed Video-01, the platform is available to the public even outside of China. It can generate six-second-long videos in a wide range of styles. Video-01 joins the company’s existing AI offerings suc...
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Alibaba, Baidu Slash Prices of Large-Language Models Used to Power AI Chatbots
Chinese tech giants Alibaba and Baidu slashed prices on Tuesday of large-language models (LLMs) used to power generative artificial intelligence products, as a price war in the cloud computing sector heats up in China.
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Missing Banking Tycoon Bao Fan Resurfaces, Resigns From All Roles At China Renaissance
After an absence of nearly a year, Bao Fan, the Chinese billionaire banker, has stepped down from all positions within his company, China Renaissance Holdings.
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Anti-Crypto China Forms Standard-Setting Body for Metaverse, Huawei and Tencent Join Team
China is planning to conduct thorough research around the potential applications and possibilities of manufacturing and communicating using the metaverse. This shift in the country’s focus comes after its Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) unveiled an ambitious three-year action plan for the industrial innovation and developme...
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China's Tencent To Join AI Race, Unveil AI Chatbot "Hunyuan" Soon
China's internet giant Tencent Holdings said that it will unveil an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot on Thursday, according to a social media post it published on Wednesday.
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China Exploring Digital IDs, Real Punishments for Crimes Committed in Metaverse: Report
China Mobile has reportedly reached out the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) with some proposals around the metaverse sector. The first suggestion from China is a digital IDs system for metaverse users. ITU’s metaverse focused group is slated to meet in October, where China’s proposal could be tabled for a vote.
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Chinese Tech Firms Baidu, TikTok-owner ByteDance, Tencent, Alibaba Order Nvidia AI Chips Worth $5 Billion: Report
China's internet giants are reportedly rushing to acquire high-performance Nvidia chips vital for building generative artificial intelligence systems, making orders worth $5 billion.
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Tencent Begins Testing of Self-Developed AI Model; Integrates With Internal Services, Products
China's Tencent Holdings said on Thursday that it has started internal testing of its self-developed artificial intelligence (AI) model, which is now being integrated with a number of internal services and products. In a statement sent to Reuters on Thursday, Tencent said its foundation AI model named "Hunyuan" has been integrated with a range of ...
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China Announces Two-Hour Daily Limit on Children's Phone Screen Time, Tech Shares Tumble
China's cyberspace regulator has cracked down on the use of smartphones by children, introducing a limit of up to 2 hours of screen time. Children in China between the ages of 16 and 18 will get two hours of screen time, those aged eight to 16 would get one hour, while children under the age of eight would only get access to eight minutes of screen...
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Australian Lawmakers Recommend Potential WeChat Ban on Government Devices
A senate committee in Australia has recommended a swathe of rules and restrictions for social media platforms, including potentially banning WeChat on government devices. Companies like TikTok and WeChat posed "unique national security risks" because their parent companies, ByteDance and Tencent, are headquartered in China and subject to its nation...
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Apple Sets Up Online Store on China’s Social Media Platform WeChat
Tencent's WeChat said on Tuesday that iPhone maker Apple had opened a store on its social media platform, marking an expansion of the U.S. firm's retail channels in the world's second-largest economy.
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TikTok Files Lawsuit Against US State Montana's Ban on App, Says It Violates Rights of Company, Users
TikTok on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging the state of Montana's new ban on use of the Chinese-owned app, the first state to bar the popular short-video sharing service.
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Final Fantasy XIV Announced for Mobile, With PUBG Mobile Developer at Helm
Final Fantasy XIV, the long-running popular MMOROG from Square Enix, is coming to mobile platforms, the publisher announced Wednesday. The mobile version of the game is being developed by Tencent-owned Lightspeed Studios, that previously worked on PUBG Mobile.
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Viral Video Shows People Scanning Their Palms To Pay At Shop In China
A viral clip showing a unique "palm payment" method in action has taken Instagram by storm. It was shared by Pakistani influencer, Rana Hamza Saif.
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Epic Games Accuses Samsung, Google of Scheme to Block App Rivals
Epic said it would file a lawsuit in US federal court in California alleging that a Samsung mobile security feature called Auto Blocker was intended to deter users from downloading apps from sources other than the Play store or Samsung's Galaxy store, which the Korean company chose to put on the back burner.
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MiniMax Video-01 Platform With AI Video Generation Capabilities Launched
MiniMax, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) unicorn startup backed by Alibaba and Tencent, released a text-to-video generation model on Monday. Dubbed Video-01, the platform is available to the public even outside of China. It can generate six-second-long videos in a wide range of styles. Video-01 joins the company’s existing AI offerings suc...
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Alibaba, Baidu Slash Prices of Large-Language Models Used to Power AI Chatbots
Chinese tech giants Alibaba and Baidu slashed prices on Tuesday of large-language models (LLMs) used to power generative artificial intelligence products, as a price war in the cloud computing sector heats up in China.
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Missing Banking Tycoon Bao Fan Resurfaces, Resigns From All Roles At China Renaissance
After an absence of nearly a year, Bao Fan, the Chinese billionaire banker, has stepped down from all positions within his company, China Renaissance Holdings.
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Anti-Crypto China Forms Standard-Setting Body for Metaverse, Huawei and Tencent Join Team
China is planning to conduct thorough research around the potential applications and possibilities of manufacturing and communicating using the metaverse. This shift in the country’s focus comes after its Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) unveiled an ambitious three-year action plan for the industrial innovation and developme...
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China's Tencent To Join AI Race, Unveil AI Chatbot "Hunyuan" Soon
China's internet giant Tencent Holdings said that it will unveil an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot on Thursday, according to a social media post it published on Wednesday.
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China Exploring Digital IDs, Real Punishments for Crimes Committed in Metaverse: Report
China Mobile has reportedly reached out the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) with some proposals around the metaverse sector. The first suggestion from China is a digital IDs system for metaverse users. ITU’s metaverse focused group is slated to meet in October, where China’s proposal could be tabled for a vote.
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Chinese Tech Firms Baidu, TikTok-owner ByteDance, Tencent, Alibaba Order Nvidia AI Chips Worth $5 Billion: Report
China's internet giants are reportedly rushing to acquire high-performance Nvidia chips vital for building generative artificial intelligence systems, making orders worth $5 billion.
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Tencent Begins Testing of Self-Developed AI Model; Integrates With Internal Services, Products
China's Tencent Holdings said on Thursday that it has started internal testing of its self-developed artificial intelligence (AI) model, which is now being integrated with a number of internal services and products. In a statement sent to Reuters on Thursday, Tencent said its foundation AI model named "Hunyuan" has been integrated with a range of ...
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China Announces Two-Hour Daily Limit on Children's Phone Screen Time, Tech Shares Tumble
China's cyberspace regulator has cracked down on the use of smartphones by children, introducing a limit of up to 2 hours of screen time. Children in China between the ages of 16 and 18 will get two hours of screen time, those aged eight to 16 would get one hour, while children under the age of eight would only get access to eight minutes of screen...
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Australian Lawmakers Recommend Potential WeChat Ban on Government Devices
A senate committee in Australia has recommended a swathe of rules and restrictions for social media platforms, including potentially banning WeChat on government devices. Companies like TikTok and WeChat posed "unique national security risks" because their parent companies, ByteDance and Tencent, are headquartered in China and subject to its nation...
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Apple Sets Up Online Store on China’s Social Media Platform WeChat
Tencent's WeChat said on Tuesday that iPhone maker Apple had opened a store on its social media platform, marking an expansion of the U.S. firm's retail channels in the world's second-largest economy.
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TikTok Files Lawsuit Against US State Montana's Ban on App, Says It Violates Rights of Company, Users
TikTok on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging the state of Montana's new ban on use of the Chinese-owned app, the first state to bar the popular short-video sharing service.
