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Facial recognition is coming to hotels. I stayed at Alibaba's hotel of the future
Imagine skipping hotel check-in and walking straight to your room with a scan of your face. This could soon become a reality at many hotels in China and around the world.
Alibaba’s Luxury Venture With Richemont Goes Online in China
Richemont and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s luxury joint venture has gone live in China, presenting 130 brands in one location on the Tmall e-commerce site.
Alibaba unveils Hanguang 800, an AI inference chip it says significantly increases the speed of machine learning tasks – TechCrunch
Alibaba Group introduced its first AI inference chip today, a neural processing unit called Hanguang 800 that it says makes performing machine learning tasks dramatically faster and more energy efficient. The chip, announced today during Alibaba Cloud’s annual Apsara Computing Conference in Hangzhou, is already being used to power features on Alibaba’s e-commerce sites, including […]
China’s central bank pours cold water on imminent launch of digital currency
People’s Bank of China head Yi Gang says a series of regulatory issues need to be addressed before Beijing can issue sovereign digital currency.
Alibaba gains 33% of Ant Financial in conclusion of spinoff deal · TechNode
The deal gives Alibaba shareholders a stake in the sought-after financial business.
China to send state officials to 100 private firms including Alibaba
China's top technology hub Hangzhou plans to assign government officials to work with 100 private companies including e-commerce giant Alibaba, according to state media reports, in a move likely to raise concerns over the growing role of the state.
Investors Accept China Internet Slowdown if Costs Controlled
The weakest top-line growth in years didn’t deter buyers from adapting to a new normal.
Alibaba’s Joe Tsai completes US$2.35 billion purchase of Brooklyn Nets
Team will travel to China next month to play two preseason games against Los Angeles Lakers.
Alibaba, JD.com now bet on growth in China’s vast rural hinterland
Move follows Beijing's push to boost consumption in former backwaters
Juul’s Sales Are Halted in China, Days After Debut
Juul Labs Inc., America’s largest e-cigarette brand, only started selling its nicotine vaporizers online in China last week, but the products have already disappeared from stores without explanation.
U.S. Official Escalates China Rhetoric With Alibaba and Tencent Criticism
A mid-level official with the State Department asserted in a little-noticed speech on Wednesday that several huge Chinese tech companies—Tencent, Alibaba and Baidu—were effectively arms of the Chinese government. His comments raised the prospect that the Trump administration, which in May ...
Jack Ma retires from Alibaba
Move marks first succession at one of China’s tech giants
The World Expected a Chinese Tech Takeover. Alibaba Can’t Even Conquer Vietnam.
The Chinese juggernaut handles more business on its shopping sites than any other company in the world. Yet like many of its compatriots, the company has struggled to expand into new markets, stymied by nimbler local rivals.
What Jack Ma's Alibaba Successor Daniel Zhang is Planning
Daniel Zhang isn’t worried about replacing Jack Ma. He’s worried about replacing Alibaba.
World’s No. 1 Money-Market Fund Shrinks by $120 Billion in China
The world’s biggest money-market fund, which once offered annualized returns of nearly 7%, is on track to lose its crown after shrinking by more than $120 billion in just over a year.
China’s Potential New Trade Weapon: Corporate Social Credits
Foreigners worry that Beijing will use its developing corporate “social credit” system as a weapon against international companies amid the U.S.-China trade war.
China AI Startup to File for Hong Kong IPO Soon Despite Protests
Chinese artificial intelligence startup Megvii is filing documents soon for a Hong Kong initial public offering that could raise as much as $1 billion, people familiar with the matter said, proceeding despite a market downturn spurred by pro-democracy protests across the financial hub.
EU officials draft radical plan to take on US and Chinese tech giants
In addition to Google, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Facebook, leaked document lists Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent as firms Europe needs to rival.
Alibaba Postpones Hong Kong Listing as Protests Roil Markets (Published 2019)
The Chinese e-commerce giant delayed plans to sell potentially billions of dollars worth of shares in the market, which has fallen as tensions have worsened.
Alibaba Mines for Oscar Gold at the Chinese Box Office
The Chinese e-commerce giant has turned several Academy Award winners including ‘Green Book’ into unlikely hits in China, where moviegoers’ exposure to Hollywood fare has generally been limited to action films.
