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Coco Feng
Coco Feng
Beijing
@CocoF1026
Reporter, Tech
Coco Feng is a Beijing-based tech reporter at the Post. She writes about artificial intelligence, blockchain and cryptocurrency. She also tracks China's regulations on the internet and technology sector. Previously, she worked for the BBC and Caixin.

The privately held social media giant has rejected a report that said it was ‘exploring scenarios’ to sell a majority stake in TikTok’s US operations.

ByteDance-owned TikTok is set to pursue legal action challenging the constitutionality of the measure, which US President Joe Biden has signed into law.

Apple saw iPhone sales in China decline 19.1 per cent in the first quarter, while Huawei achieved sales growth of nearly 70 per cent, according to Counterpoint.

The top influencer on Kuaishou Technology, China’s No 2 short video platform, has complained about being unfairly treated in a rare open spat between a live streaming star and a major internet platform.

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Chinese state media has criticised a new bill passed by the US House of Representatives that would force a divestment of TikTok, while parent company ByteDance and Beijing have remained silent.

The first global standards specifically covering GenAI and LLM released on Tuesday are a joint effort between Ant Group, Baidu, Tencent, OpenAI, Microsoft, Nvidia and others.

Richard Liu Qiangdong’s avatar is expected to host more live-streaming shows in the future, as JD.com touted that its AI-powered virtual streamers cover more than 4,000 brands.

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Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com said it will offer US$138 million in cash incentives to drive video content on its platform, as live-stream shopping becomes mainstream in the Chinese market.

The competition among Chinese artificial intelligence chatbots is heating up, with Moonshot AI overtaking Alibaba’s Tongyi Qianwen and closing in on market leader Ernie Bot from Baidu, according to new data

Lenovo and JD.com have renewed their partnership with a mission to drive sales of new AI-powered devices, including enterprise servers, in the world’s second-largest economy.

Beijing-based ByteDance has left the US TikTok team lead its own response in countering legislation that would kick it out of domestic app stores, sources say.

Singapore-based YouApp and Hong Kong-based DayOne look to offer a more human touch to online dating than giants like Match Group, which has been struggling.

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Chinese cloud service giants Huawei, Alibaba and JD.com have turned to live streaming to promote their services, a move that signals an intensified price war aimed at luring small and medium-sized clients.

Qingdao in Shandong province has launched a new ‘deferred payment’ feature for metro passengers wanting to use digital fiat money: they can exit the station even if the wallet balance is not enough.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is partnering with a domestic rocket developer, with the lofty goal of delivering parcels anywhere in the world within an hour.

The increased bonus programme shows the lengths taken by TikTok owner ByteDance to retain and attract talent, even as the company continues to restructure its operations this year.

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ByteDance’s website listed more than 320 generative artificial intelligence-related job openings as of Tuesday, up from 307 vacancies posted a month earlier.

This initiative escalates ByteDance’s efforts to expand the reach of its social media operation into a potentially large e-commerce revenue stream.

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ByteDance, owner of hit short video app TikTok, is cutting jobs at its enterprise collaboration unit Feishu, affecting about 1,000 employees, according to a person familiar with the matter.

China’s biggest generative artificial intelligence (AI) developers, including Baidu and Alibaba, have upgraded their chat bots to handle super long texts of up to 10 million Chinese characters.

The reported cash injection comes as the Chinese tech giant and its rivals double down on overseas markets, even though fast growth is bringing some logistics challenges.

ByteDance’s latest semiconductor-related investment shows the lengths being taken by the company to overcome the impact of tighter US tech sanctions on mainland China.