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FinVolution outlines its strategy to combat deepfakes and fraud networks at IJCAI 2025.

IJCAI 2025 insight: How FinVolution is fighting AI-driven fraud at scale

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Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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CHENG Zi is based in China, covering technology and business-related events. She works with her colleagues at 36Kr Global to provide coverage in both English and Chinese.

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Cheng Zi

What guides machine-led insights? Uncover AI applications, language models, and decision-making systems transforming sectors worldwide.

Artificial Intelligence

What lies beyond familiar frontiers? Investigate emerging tech—like quantum computing and AI—transforming traditional sectors.

Deep Tech

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

Hardware

China

Tap the band to your phone and a digital companion appears: sometimes to comfort, sometimes to check in, and sometimes with an unexpected reply.

Duxiang probes the limits of AI intimacy with the Xiangmeng Ring, its first wearable

AI Now! is a global AI community of Chinese developers, professionals, and founders.

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AI Now!

How does automation advance industry? Analyze robotic arms, drones, and AI-driven tools reshaping manufacturing and services.

The startup has already sold thousands of its debut model, but entrenched habits and market resistance make adoption a long game.

China’s Lymow retools the robotic lawnmower for American lawns

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network, delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends since 2010. With its extensive traffic and network, 36Kr has built a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities to provide insights into China’s technology landscape.

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36Kr English

What drives digital storytelling? Examine content creation, distribution channels, and media platforms connecting audiences worldwide.

Content

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Creative

Southeast Asia’s tech ecosystem is a melting pot of startups and businesses of all sizes, all vying for rapid growth.

Southeast Asia

The US market serves as both the backbone and the driving force behind global technological advancements.

How do virtual worlds expand reality? Discover AR/VR tools, content creation, and platforms layering digital information onto everyday life.

Augmented and Virtual Reality

How do ideas shape industries? Learn how content, design, and digital artistry influence branding, marketing, and cultural impact.

What defines fully immersive realms? Uncover virtual environments, user-generated content, and monetization models shaping the metaverse.

Metaverse

Facebook baits creators with AR/VR tools and metaverse while whistleblowers reveal indifference to anguish.

Facebook baits creators with AR/VR and metaverse while whistleblowers reveal indifference to anguish

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Khamila Mulia

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

Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, is a platform that connects users to curated content for fashion, beauty, travel, and more.

Xiaohongshu

Where do style and commerce meet? Examine supply chains, sustainable sourcing, and digital trends influencing global fashion markets.

Fashion

Xiaohongshu faces crisis of trust over edited photos that ‘deceive’ users. The platform is under fire while influencer endorsements impact its reputation.

Xiaohongshu faces crisis of trust over edited photos that ‘deceive’ users

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Mengyuan Ge

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

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

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

Content on WeChat and Douyin may become searchable by external parties. Regulators are coaxing tech companies to lift blocks to rival platforms.

WeChat and Douyin content may become searchable by external parties, report says

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Jiaxing Li

Meta oversees social networks (like Facebook and Instagram), messaging apps, VR platforms, and digital ads, connecting billions across continents.

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After worldwide outage, will Southeast Asia's dependence on Facebook and WhatsApp wane? Telegram is now the top messaging app in Singapore and Malaysia.

After worldwide outage, will Southeast Asia's dependence on Facebook and WhatsApp wane?

After worldwide outage, will Southeast Asia&#8217;s dependence on Facebook and WhatsApp wane?

X (formerly Twitter) hosts real-time conversations, trending news, and interactive brand engagement on a global microblogging platform.

X (Twitter)

How can businesses drive positive change? Study policies, ESG strategies, and community initiatives fostering global social advancement.

Social Impact

Data from Twitter provides new ways to mitigate disasters and generate insights about climate crises.

Data from Twitter provides new ways to mitigate disasters and generate insights about climate crises

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

Consumer Economy

How do clicks replace aisles? Explore global marketplaces, payment solutions, and technology accelerating online retail’s growth.

E-commerce

What happens when viewers join in real time? Explore live streaming platforms, audience interaction tools, and brand opportunities in instant video.

Live Streaming

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

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Major tech companies in China unbrick walled gardens to integrate rival payment services. Alibaba and Tencent are dissolving protectionist features.

Major tech companies in China unbrick walled gardens to integrate rival payment services

Alibaba to sell entire stake in Mango Excellent Media at USD 356 million loss. The media sector generates sizable revenue for Alibaba, but that may change.

Alibaba to sell entire stake in Mango Excellent Media at USD 356 million loss

Tencent takes Sogou private in acquisition deal. Sogou is China’s second largest search engine with 14.3% of the market share.

Tencent takes Sogou private in acquisition deal

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Thai police take popular OnlyFans content creator offline, sparking public outrage. Kainaoa's name has been tweeted as a hashtag more than 445,000 times.

Thai police take popular OnlyFans content creator offline, sparking public outrage

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