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Founded in 2015, the company started as a project at the American crowdfunding platform Kickstarter.

This Shenzhen startup is working to bring robots to your home | KrASIA

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New Beijing Daxing International Airport.

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.

Travellers can expect some of the most advanced technologies, including 5G, to help make their experience at the airport hassle-free.

What to know about the hi-tech features at Beijing’s new Daxing International Airport | KrASIA

What to know about the hi-tech features at Beijing’s new Daxing International Airport

The Internet of things (IoT) is the extension of Internet connectivity into physical devices and everyday objects. Embedded with electronics, Internet connectivity, and other forms of hardware, these devices can communicate and interact with others over the Internet, and they can be remotely monitored and controlled.

Ping An is looking at disease prevention, especially illnesses that are contagious like flu or lifestyle-related, such as heart disease or diabetes.

Reducing contagion - Ping An’s AI team can now predict flu outbreaks with 90% accuracy | KrASIA

Reducing contagion &#8211; Ping An’s AI team can now predict flu outbreaks with 90% accuracy

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

The device is worn like a jacket and provides an extra 30 kilograms of strength at waist-level when lifting objects.

Inspired by Marvel’s Iron Man, this young Chinese entrepreneur is bringing exoskeletons to the masses | KrASIA

Inspired by Marvel’s Iron Man, this young Chinese entrepreneur is bringing exoskeletons to the masses

Overall value of venture capital investment in China in the second quarter tumbled 77% year-on-year to USD 9.4 billion.

Chinese venture capital investors turn to non-tech industries amid the country’s shift to service economy | KrASIA

Chinese venture capital investors turn to non-tech industries amid the country’s shift to service economy

Alibaba Group Holding Limited is a Chinese multinational conglomerate specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet and technology. 

Alibaba

Tencent Holdings Limited is a Chinese multinational investment holding conglomerate whose subsidiaries specialize in various Internet-related services and products, entertainment, artificial intelligence and technology both in China and globally.

Tencent

Tencent Cloud ranked second with a share of 17.4% and Baidu was fourth with 8.7%.

Alibaba maintains lead in China’s hot cloud computing market as Tencent, Baidu play catch-up | KrASIA

Alibaba maintains lead in China’s hot cloud computing market as Tencent, Baidu play catch-up

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

WeChat is a Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app developed by Tencent. It was first released in 2011, and by 2018 it was one of the world's largest standalone mobile apps by monthly active users, with over 1 billion monthly active users.

Wechat

E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. 

E-Commerce

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

Security

An estimated 390 million yuan was lost to internet fraud in China last year, a five-year high

Why more of China’s digital-savvy Gen Z youth are falling victim to online fraud than their elders | KrASIA

Why more of China’s digital-savvy Gen Z youth are falling victim to online fraud than their elders

An increasing proportion of young people no longer willing to wait tables in China as restaurant owners look to new technology for answers.

Are robot waiters the answer to China's labor shortage? | KrASIA

Are robot waiters the answer to China&#8217;s labor shortage?

The company leads the competition in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines in terms of monthly active users.