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19 Jan China remains a tough market to stage a comeback for world’s former top smartphone vendor Samsung

Posted at 01:30h in Asia

This article was first published by The Korea Times in a partnership with the South China Morning Post.A resident of eastern Jiangsu province, 48-year-old Shen Ling used to own a number of Samsung Electronics smartphones in the 2010s, attracted by the devices’ well-designed...

15 Jan Why a Chinese court’s landmark decision recognising the copyright for an AI-generated image benefits creators in this nascent field

Posted at 11:30h in Asia

A Chinese court’s decision recognising the copyright of an image generated via artificial intelligence (AI) aims to encourage such creations and provide a boost to this nascent industry, according to the judge who made the landmark ruling. In the first judgment of its kind...

14 Jan China’s Big Tech firms from Tencent to Alibaba cut external investments further in 2023 amid troubled economy

Posted at 03:00h in Asia

China’s internet giants from Alibaba Group Holding to Tencent Holdings slashed external investments last year amid an economic slowdown, regulatory headwinds and geopolitical tensions, according to data compiled by a Chinese consultancy.Total investment deals made by Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu plunged by nearly 40 per...

09 Jan China to persist with AI development efforts in 2024, despite setbacks from rigid US semiconductor restrictions, UBS analysts say

Posted at 14:30h in Asia

China is expected to “work within those constraints and try to make progress” by tapping into domestic AI accelerator programmes and being more economical in using computing resources, said Nicolas Gaudois, head of Asia-Pacific technology research at UBS, during a webinar hosted by the...

Baidu’s move to cancel YY Live acquisition amid fierce market competition, tougher regulation a boon to firm’s AI business expansion, analysts say

02 Jan Baidu’s move to cancel YY Live acquisition amid fierce market competition, tougher regulation a boon to firm’s AI business expansion, analysts say

Posted at 11:30h in Asia

This move was “not totally unexpected, given investors have been waiting for more details in past years”, Jefferies equity analysts Thomas Chong and Zoey Zong said in a research note on Monday, following Baidu’s announcement. They indicated that China’s internet sector “has been undergoing changes”,...

01 Jan Baidu’s live-streaming ambitions dealt a blow by lapse of US$3.6 billion deal to buy Joyy’s YY Live

Posted at 15:23h in Asia

Baidu’s bid to acquire Joyy’s live-streaming business for China has lapsed, dealing a blow to the search engine and AI giant’s attempt to advance into the digital video arena.The Beijing-based company said its US$3.6 billion deal for Joyy’s YY Live has expired three years after...

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19 Jan China remains a tough market to stage a comeback for world’s former top smartphone vendor Samsung

15 Jan Why a Chinese court’s landmark decision recognising the copyright for an AI-generated image benefits creators in this nascent field

14 Jan China’s Big Tech firms from Tencent to Alibaba cut external investments further in 2023 amid troubled economy

09 Jan China to persist with AI development efforts in 2024, despite setbacks from rigid US semiconductor restrictions, UBS analysts say

01 Jan Baidu’s live-streaming ambitions dealt a blow by lapse of US$3.6 billion deal to buy Joyy’s YY Live

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