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Forget Sora — MiniMax is a new realistic AI video generator and it’s seriously impressive

MiniMax is the latest ultra-realistic text-to-video generator trying to take on OpenAI's Sora. I put it to the test and as well as being very realistic, this one can accurately render human hand movements.

Tom’s Guide

Visions of Mana Studio Could be Shut Down by NetEase After Releasing the Game

Ouka Studios, the developer behind Visions of Mana, is reportedly being shut down by parent company NetEase.

Player One

Chinese game Black Myth: Wukong tops Steam charts. What does it signify for the rest of the gaming world?

If asked to name the biggest video game company in the world, you might think of icons such as Nintendo – the famed creator of Mario, Pokémon and the Legend of Zelda – or maybe PlayStation, the brand associated with mega hits such as Final Fantasy and Uncharted.

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China wrestles with ‘quantity over quality’ in generative AI patents

China has filed for more patents than any other country, but US export controls are not its only hurdle.

Al Jazeera

Chinese companies are stockpiling HBM2E chips ahead of new U.S. export rules

Baidu, Huawei, and Tencent are stockpiling Samsung's HBM2E memory to use with their own AI processors.

Tom’s Hardware

Apple goes after Chinese giants over App Store fee loopholes

Apple wants China's Tencent and ByteDance to close loopholes in its apps that let it dodge App Store fees.

iMore

Chinese cloud giant releases homegrown operating system for Chinese server CPUs — TencentOS Server V3 supports Huawei Kunpeng, Sugon Hygon, and Phytium FeiTeng chips

Tencent Cloud introduces an operating system that supports CPUs from Huawei, Phytium, and Sugon.

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Tencent unveils a stunning upgrade to its computing power in a bid to topple Nvidia — Xingmai 2.0 network supports over 100,000 GPUs in a single computing cluster

Tencent has upgraded Xingmai 2.0, HPC network now supports over 100,000 GPUs in a single computing cluster.

TechRadar

Dow Jones Futures Rise After Trump Assassination Attempt; 4 Stocks In Buy Zones

Ex-President Donald Trump was slightly wounded in a Saturday assassination attempt. Key earnings loom after last week's broad market rally.

Investors Business Daily

China's cloud push is coming at a big environmental cost — and it's affecting Microsoft and others too

Some Chinese cloud companies are investing heavily in renewables, but the story isn’t the same across the industry.

TechRadar

Tencent boosts 100,000 GPU-capable AI clusters with network optimization — Xingmai 2.0 increases communication efficiency by 60% and LLM training efficiency by 20%

Tencent strengthens its AI prowess by speeding up network speed.

Tom’s Hardware

Local Chinese firms rush to fill the AI void after OpenAI abandons China market — Tencent, Baidu, and Alibaba sweeten LLM offers

OpenAI announced that it China, including Hong Kong, will no longer have access to its API by next week. Home-grown LLMs are now taking steps to woo customers their way.

Tom’s Hardware

China’s tech firms vow crackdown on online hate speech after knife attack

Clampdown follows fatal stabbing of Chinese woman who tried to stop attack on Japanese mother and child

The Guardian - UK

This Esports Concept Shows What Apple Vision Pro Could Do for Competitive Gaming

Tencent recently showed a demo of what esports might look like on Apple's Vision Pro headset, and it's making a solid case for an immersive competitive gaming experience.

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Amazon Web Services introduces record 896-core instance — prices range from $150 to $400 per hour

AWS ups the ante once more.

PC Gamer

An FPS series that dominated Chinese net cafes in the '90s is being revived: I tried it, and wound up breaking all the bones in my character's body

Delta Force: Hawk Ops is a new entry in a series that last surfaced in 2009.

Caixin Global

Tencent Joins the Chatbot Race with Launch of ‘Yuanbao’

Yuanbao allows users to perform tasks such as AI searches, document summarization and the creation of personalized AI entities

Windows Central

Android apps on Windows 11 aren't dead, at least if you're in China

Microsoft will end support for Windows Subsystem for Android next year, but Tencent has another way to get Android apps to work on Windows... but only in China.

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Hong Kong Stock Market Sees Strong Rally Despite Geopolitical Challenges

Asian markets resilient with strong Q1 earnings from JD.com and Baidu, Hong Kong real estate and healthcare sectors perform well amidst positive conditions.

International Business Times

China's Baidu Posts Weakest Quarterly Revenue Growth In Over A Year

Baidu is a key player in China's tech industry, which once charted years of ballooning growth until Beijing imposed a regulatory crackdown on the sector starting in 2020.

International Business Times

China Tech Giant Alibaba Posts Modest Yearly Revenue Growth

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba announced Tuesday a modest increase in annual revenue, as the firm pursues a major overhaul and regulatory curbs on the country's tech sector are relaxed.

International Business Times

Asian Traders Bide Their Time Ahead Of Key US Inflation Data

Asian investors shifted cautiously Tuesday ahead of the release of key US inflation data that could have a huge bearing on the fate of Federal Reserve interest rate cuts this year.

PC Gamer

6 months after a complete reboot, Remedy cancels the multiplayer game it was making with Tencent

Project Kestrel, originally known as Vanguard, has been canned so Remedy can focus on its other games.

International Business Times

Global Car Giants Seek Tech Allies In China's Cutthroat EV Market

Struggling foreign automakers in China are looking for help from local tech giants to try to stay competitive in the world's biggest electric car market, where shiny smart screens, assisted driving and sophisticated map technology are in high demand.

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Best China Stocks: Tesla Rival Leads Five Stocks Near Buy Points

The best China stocks include Tesla archrival BYD as well as messaging and gaming giant Tencent and e-commerce leader PDD Holdings.

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