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What grounds digital progress in physical form? Analyze chipsets, sensors, and advanced components driving device performance.

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As smart glasses gain traction, they could soon redefine how we see and interact with technology.

Smart glasses: The optics behind the comeback of wearable displays

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Photo of Laifen’s flagship store at Coco Park in Shenzhen during its official opening. Photo source: Laifen.

What sets the bar for convenience? Examine on-demand platforms, subscription models, and personalization transforming consumer expectations.

Consumer Economy

How do stores adapt to digital shifts? Explore e-commerce integration, inventory analytics, and omnichannel strategies for modern shoppers.

Retail

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The personal care brand plans to open 300 stores to build a retail network around its expanding product lineup.

Laifen turns to offline retail to anchor its next phase of growth

Photo of CTO Lou Tiancheng (left) and CEO James Peng ringing the bell at Pony.ai’s listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

Explore East Asia’s thriving tech hubs, global electronics producers, and fast-evolving digital platforms shaping cross-border innovation.

East Asia

Pony.ai develops self-driving technologies for cars and trucks, collaborating with automakers to bring safer, fully autonomous mobility to public roads and fleet services worldwide.

Pony.ai

How are driverless systems redefining mobility? Uncover sensor technologies, regulatory frameworks, and AI driving cars without human intervention.

Autonomous Vehicles

How is the way we move evolving? Explore developments in autonomous transportation, electric vehicles, and more efficient urban transit.

Mobility

How do goods and people flow worldwide? Examine transport networks, logistics innovations, and policies shaping global connectivity.

Transportation

Hong Kong

Lou’s relentless pursuit of excellence has been central to Pony.ai’s resilience through years of highs and lows.

Inside Pony.ai’s staying power and the mindset of its CTO, Lou Tiancheng

Tencent, a Chinese tech conglomerate, invests in gaming, social media, and cloud services, supporting entertainment and connectivity worldwide.

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What entertains a connected world? Track shifts in film, music, and media consumption, as platforms and audiences redefine cultural experiences.

Entertainment

It is among the most downloaded apps in the Philippines and in Malaysia.

As growth at home slows, Tencent Music expands its social entertainment app WeSing to Southeast Asia

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Alibaba, China’s e-commerce giant, operates online retail marketplaces, cloud computing services, and digital payment networks across Asia and beyond.

Tech firms are up in arms to combat internal corruption.

Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent's war on corruption

Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent&#8217;s war on corruption

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Targeting 600 Billion Square Meters of Farmland, MCFLY Uses AI to Offer Disease & Pest Monitoring and Control

Alibaba and Tencent utilize troves of data to offer fresh lending.

China's mobile banks offer 1-second loan decisions in farmland

China&#8217;s mobile banks offer 1-second loan decisions in farmland

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How does interactive entertainment evolve? Assess gaming ecosystems, esports growth, and technology enhancing virtual play.

Gaming

Tencent’s cloud gaming could go on TV boxes, beating Google Stadia and Microsoft’s xCloud to Asia.

Tencent eyes Southeast Asia, not China, for cloud gaming platform

Kuaishou, best known for its short video platform, drives user-generated content, influencer marketing, and community engagement through shareable clips.

Kuaishou

Can brief clips hold lasting impact? Analyze short-form content trends, creator communities, and platform strategies for rapid viewer engagement.

Short Video

At the moment, ByteDance's Douyin is still the most popular app of its kind.

Tencent will invest up to USD 1.5 billion in short video app Kuaishou, putting pressure on ByteDance

ByteDance, a Chinese internet company, uses machine learning to recommend engaging videos, news, and social content (via TikTok and Douyin).

ByteDance is now directly challenging two of China's most powerful internet giants.

ByteDance to launch its first heavy game early next year, challenging one of Tencent's core businesses

ByteDance to launch its first heavy game early next year, challenging one of Tencent&#8217;s core businesses

WeChat, Tencent’s superapp, combines messaging, social media, mobile payments, and mini-programs, streamlining daily tasks for over a billion users.

WeChat

Tencent and ByteDance are locking horns on multiple fronts.

Kuaishou becomes stickier in WeChat, tapping the social media giant's 1.1 billion users

Kuaishou becomes stickier in WeChat, tapping the social media giant&#8217;s 1.1 billion users

The company says it has zero tolerance for such mini programs

Tencent clamps down on pornographic content punishing more than 1,800 mini programs

The top dog in the gaming industry worldwide booked a year-on-year decline in mobile gaming revenue in the first quarter.

Tencent

As growth at home slows, Tencent Music expands its social entertainment app WeSing to Southeast Asia

Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent’s war on corruption

China’s mobile banks offer 1-second loan decisions in farmland

Tencent eyes Southeast Asia, not China, for cloud gaming platform

Tencent will invest up to USD 1.5 billion in short video app Kuaishou, putting pressure on ByteDance

ByteDance to launch its first heavy game early next year, challenging one of Tencent’s core businesses

Kuaishou becomes stickier in WeChat, tapping the social media giant’s 1.1 billion users

Tencent clamps down on pornographic content punishing more than 1,800 mini programs

Tencent links with Qualcomm to sharpen its gaming weapons

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