Josh Ye
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Ant Group’s surprise share buyback values firm at steep 75% discount to IPO
The news came one day after Ant was fined $984m.
China’s Alibaba and Huawei showcase new AI products amid frenzy
Alibaba Cloud presented an image generator named Tongyi Wanxiang.
Tourists to benefit as Tencent, Ant allow users to link overseas credit cards to their platforms
Mastercard announced that cardholders can link credit or debit cards to the Alipay digital wallet.
Chinese AI startup MiniMax close to completing $250m funding at $1.2b valuation
An entity linked to Tencent is said to be among the investors.
TikTok tests AI chatbot ‘Tako’ in the Philippines
Tako is designed to help users discover "entertaining and inspiring content" on the app.
Tencent slashes price of cloud services by up to 40%
The fierce competition comes amid soft corporate demand
Tencent’s self-developed video transcoding chip enters mass production
The company said its AI inference chip Zixiao has been deployed in handling internal businesses.
HK woos mainland China crypto firms in push to bolster finance hub status
HashKey received a license to operate in Hong Kong last November
Chinese AI firm SenseTime unveils chatbot SenseChat
SenseChat is based on the company's big AI model SenseNova
Hong Kong-based Animoca Brands cuts target for new metaverse fund again
It is understood to have trimmed the target by another 20% to $800m after halving it to $1b in Jan.
