A mobile game that made millions of dollars for Tencent ruined my sleep cycle — but showed me what China's gaming industry is getting right
"Honor of Kings" feels a lot like a mobile version of Riot's "League of Legends" — with a Chinese twist.
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The world's largest EV-battery maker was just added to a Pentagon blacklist. Here's what it means.
The Department of Defense on Monday added the battery giant CATL to its list of "Chinese military companies" operating in the United States.
China's markets had a shaky start to the year, including a blow to 2 major tech companies
The Pentagon has designated two major high-profile tech companies — Tencent and CATL — as Chinese military companies operating in the US.
China is asking its tech giants to ditch Nvidia chips and buy local instead: report
Chinese officials told TikTok parent company, Bytedance, Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent to buy Chinese-made AI chips instead of Nvidia's.
China is building its own AI at a rapid pace
The Chinese government has approved more than 40 AI models in the past six months as tech companies seek to make up ground on US rivals like OpenAI.
Tencent shrugged off a new US AI chip ban, saying it's stockpiled enough Nvidia processors for 'a couple more generations'
The Chinese tech giant says it's sitting on a massive stockpile of Nvidia H800 processors.
Meta is returning to China 14 years after Facebook was blocked by striking a deal with Tencent to sell its VR headsets
Meta sells ads to Chinese companies but it isn't allowed to operate its platforms in the country.
The CEO of a Chinese tech giant has been unreachable after making his last public appearance in August: Chinese media reports
A company spokesperson told CNN that its "business operations remain normal."
China's government-approved AI chatbots were released to the public this week. Baidu's chatbot Ernie reportedly says a Chinese military takeover of Taiwan is possible.
The Chinese government recently approved several generative AI chatbots. Bloomberg News tested them out and got some disturbing answers.
China wants to limit teens to using their phones for just an hour a day to fight rising 'internet addiction'
The Cyberspace Administration of China announced proposed regulations for children's smartphone usage, including a "minor mode" with time limits.
China wants its AI to only say nice things about the communist party. Good luck with that.
AI must reflect China's "socialist core values" and avoid undermining "state power," according to proposed rules reported by The New York Times.
OpenAI competitors from China: Alibaba, Bytedance, Tencent, and others vie for a 'winner-take-all' AI market
China's largest companIes including Alibaba, Bytedance and Tencent have all built tools to compete with Microsoft's OpenAI.
China appears to be pulling another U-turn, saying it'll promote the use of AI in daily life just days after reports it blocked ChatGPT
China appears to have a change of heart about AI, now that its local tech companies are joining the tech race.
Beijing pulls the plug on ChatGPT over fears it could help spread US 'disinformation,' reports say
OpenAI's chatbot is not officially available in China, but some people have reportedly found ways to access it.
Tesla will 'keep blowing our minds' despite Elon Musk's preoccupation with Twitter, an executive at Chinese tech giant Tencent said
Tencent's chief exploration officer said Elon Musk "has a lot of projects" to focus on but he thinks Tesla is "still doing great work."
Tesla is going to 'keep blowing our minds' even with Elon Musk distracted by Twitter, Tencent executive says
Tesla is still doing "great work" and will continue to do so despite Elon Musk's focus on Twitter, according to Tencent's David Wallerstein.
China's government is buying Alibaba and Tencent shares that give the Communist Party special rights over certain business decisions, report says
The stakes usually involve a 1% holding and are known as "special management shares," according to the Financial Times.
Tech giant Tencent was China's most valuable company for 6 years. In September, it finally lost the title — to a liquor company.
Tencent's value fell from $950 billion in January 2021 to around $325 billion in less than 22 months, per Bloomberg data.
SoftBank, Naspers, and Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway are cutting their iconic bets on Chinese tech stocks
Berkshire has sold about $600 million of BYD stock, SoftBank is slashing its Alibaba stake by nearly 40%, and Naspers is paring its Tencent position.
China's government published a catalog of algorithms from 30 tech firms including TikTok's owner — but it's not clear how much it actually knows about them
China is the first country in the world to publish an index of private company algorithms, but it's unclear how much data the firms surrendered.