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Highlights from the past week, as well as something cool for the weekend.

China’s extreme haze in fall and winter always offers a good opportunity for anti-haze products like masks, air purifiers and ventilators to blossom.

Kuaishou is likely to be valued at USD 18 billion posts new financing round.

Plus, Vertex Ventures invests in Malaysia-based retail technology company StoreHub. Uber Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi will make his first visit to Asia next month 

Meanwhile, Didi launched its self-owned bike-sharing brand Qing Ju to take on the bike sharing duopoly.

Brick-and-mortar stores are pushed to embrace technologies.

Plus, Grab and Singapore Taxi Academy (STA) has announced the launch of ExpressOne. YouTube asked musicians to agree not to disparage the streaming-video service in exchange for promotional support.

The team behind the product is Tencent QQ.