Meta is hiring Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman, key figures behind AI startup Safe Superintelligence and VC firm NFDG. The duo will work with Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang, brought on through a USD 14.3 ...

Google is using YouTube videos to train AI models like Veo 3 and Gemini, but many creators say they were not informed. While YouTube’s terms permit content use, experts warn the practice could ...

Export orders on Alibaba.com rose 42% YoY during this year’s 618 event, with GMV up nearly 30% amid early Christmas demand from the US and Europe, where order volumes jumped 55% and 84% respectively.

Chinese customs authorities have seized over 46,000 counterfeit Labubu toys across Guangdong, Zhejiang, and Shanghai as demand for the viral Pop Mart collectible fuels a surge in knockoffs. State ...

China’s 618 shopping festival reached a record RMB 855.6 billion in GMV, up 15.2% YoY, according to Syntun, though daily spending fell as the event extended over several weeks. Alibaba's Tmall and ...

Global robot vacuum shipments reached 5.1 million units in Q1 2025, up 11.9% YoY, according to IDC. China’s Roborock led with a 19.3% market share and strong growth in Western Europe and China, ...

Ant International’s Alipay+ has launched its first embedded global payment solution for smart glasses, completing the first eyewear-based transaction in Hong Kong using Meizu’s StarV Snap glasses. The ...

Alibaba Cloud will launch a second data center in South Korea this month to meet growing demand for AI and cloud services. The new facility will expand its cloud-native and big data offerings while ...

JD Logistics launched JoyExpress, a self-operated courier service in Saudi Arabia, on June 18. The service offers same-day delivery, cash-on-delivery, and local customer support. Backed by JD’s full ...

Executive churn and slow progress on deliveries leave Haomo.AI at risk of being folded into Great Wall Motor as rivals gain ...

Whobot claims its AI voice agents are convincing enough that most users don’t realize they’re not human, and it just raised ...

InstaPay Technologies has secured USD 3 million in a Series A2 funding round, led by US family offices with renewed backing from ACA Investments. With this funding, the Malaysia-based fintech firm ...