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5G is a commonly used term for certain advanced wireless systems. Industry association 3GPP defines any system using "5G NR" software as "5G", a definition that came into general use by late 2018. 

In computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals.

Electric Vehicles

5G, EV chargers, and AI to be boosted as Beijing eyes prolonged tensions with US.

China to pump USD 1.6 trillion into tech infrastructure through 2025 | KrASIA

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China to pump USD 1.6 trillion into tech infrastructure through 2025

Spotlighting Asia&#039;s next wave of innovations.

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ByteDance or Beijing ByteDance Technology Co Ltd. is a Chinese Internet technology company operating several machine learning-enabled content platforms, headquartered in Beijing. It was founded by Zhang Yiming in 2012. ByteDance's core product, Toutiao, is a popular content platform in China.

Bytedance

Bringing together the latest business insights and trends of China's tech ecosystem.

China Tech

Douyin

An e-commerce payment system facilitates the acceptance of electronic payment for online transactions. Read stories of Payment service providers, platforms or the trending of the Payment industry.

Payments

With the spread of Internet global accessing (fastest Internet broadband connection TCP with accumulator cables and semi-fast connection), Short Video services have become very popular online. 

Short Video

Short-video company targets e-commerce for growth, in defiance of leader Alipay.

ByteDance unveils payment service for China's version of TikTok | KrASIA

ByteDance unveils payment service for China&#8217;s version of TikTok

Investment

Money flows into health care and digital transformation-related sectors.

US and Chinese startup investments swell amid pandemic | KrASIA

US and Chinese startup investments swell amid pandemic

Investors

SoftBank Group Corp. is a holding company that engages in the management of its group companies which provides information technology and telecommunication services. It operates through the following segments: Mobile Communications, Sprint, Fixed-line Telecommunications, Internet, and Others. 

Softbank

Yosuke Sasaki has helped small office grow into a tech investment titan.

Force behind SoftBank Vision Fund is 44-year-old 'chief of staff' | KrASIA

Force behind SoftBank Vision Fund is 44-year-old &#8216;chief of staff&#8217;

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Facebook, Inc. is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California.  It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple and Facebook. 

Facebook

Japan, Korea, and the West

Security

Smartphones

Facebook risks losing top markets as users look for more-secure alternatives.

Asians dump WhatsApp for Signal and Telegram on privacy concerns | KrASIA

Asians dump WhatsApp for Signal and Telegram on privacy concerns

South Korean and Chinese companies collaborate to counter Samsung's foldable product.

LG to release world's first rollable smartphone, developed with BOE | KrASIA

LG to release world&#8217;s first rollable smartphone, developed with BOE

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is a Chinese multinational telecommunications equipment and consumer electronics manufacturer, headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. The company was founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei, a former People's Liberation Army engineer.

Huawei

Semiconductors

Chinese tech titan works to bolster supply chain and maintain design edge.

Huawei ramps up chip investment in fight for survival | KrASIA

Huawei ramps up chip investment in fight for survival

Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. It is considered one of the Big Four of technology along with Amazon, Google, and Facebook.

Apple

Samsung

Sony

Tiktok

Hardware, in the context of technology, refers to the physical elements that make up a computer or electronic system and everything else involved that is physically tangible. 

Hardware

5G and EV stay at forefront with Samsung and Panasonic leading the way.

First online CES tech event lures fewer Chinese participants | KrASIA

First online CES tech event lures fewer Chinese participants

Ant Financial Services Group, formerly known as Alipay, is an affiliate company of the Chinese Alibaba Group. Ant Financial is the highest valued fintech company in the world, and the world's most valuable unicorn company, with a valuation of US$150 billion. 

Ant Group

Fintech is the new applications, processes, products, or business models in the financial services industry, composed of one or more complementary financial services and provided as an end-to-end process via the internet.

Nikkei Asia

China to pump USD 1.6 trillion into tech infrastructure through 2025

ByteDance unveils payment service for China’s version of TikTok

US and Chinese startup investments swell amid pandemic

Force behind SoftBank Vision Fund is 44-year-old ‘chief of staff’

Asians dump WhatsApp for Signal and Telegram on privacy concerns

LG to release world’s first rollable smartphone, developed with BOE

Huawei ramps up chip investment in fight for survival

First online CES tech event lures fewer Chinese participants

Ant eyes holding company structure under regulatory pressure