IT総合 Altos challenges lidar’s dominance in autonomous driving with 4D image radar
As lidar technology becomes the industry standard in powering autonomous vehicles, a young startup called Altos Radar is...
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IT総合 IT総合 China tech further severed from US fundings after Biden ban
President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order barring U.S. investments in certain tech sectors of China, co...
IT総合 Powered by electric vehicle growth, China overtakes Japan as biggest auto exporter
One might start noticing more Chinese cars in Western markets in recent times. In the first half of the year, China expo...
IT総合 China’s draft measures demand ‘individual approval’ for facial recognition use
The pervasive use of facial recognition technology across all facets of life in China has elicited both praise for its c...
IT総合 China’s draft measures demand ‘individual consent’ for facial recognition use
The pervasive use of facial recognition technology across all facets of life in China has elicited both praise for its c...
IT総合 Xpeng’s head of autonomous driving quits, rumored to join Nvidia
Xpeng, a prominent Chinese electric vehicle maker and a competitor to Tesla, has announced the resignation of its vice p...
IT総合 SettleMint’s AI assistant aims to help web3 developers write better smart contracts
The way artificial intelligence can write software has already prompted many companies to introduce code-generating prod...
IT総合 Generative AI services pulled from Apple App Store in China ahead of new regulations
Multiple generative AI apps have been removed from Apple’s China App Store, two weeks ahead of the country’s...
IT総合 China’s cutthroat e-commerce tactic goes global as Shein-Temu war escalates
The battle between two of China’s largest e-commerce firms is heating up, as they take the cutthroat tactics that ...
IT総合 Volkswagen’s Xpeng deal sets example for EV alliance between the West and China
The major news from China’s auto industry this week is Volkswagen’s $700 million investment in the country&#...
IT総合 a16z-backed Eco unveils Beam, a P2P crypto transfer service aiming to be a ‘global Venmo’
The crypto payments space is seeing a surge of activity these days as developers strive to make decentralized finance as...
IT総合 Zombie game maker Techland joins Tencent’s global empire in latest acquisition
Tencent, one of the world’s largest gaming companies, is set to gobble up Techland, the Polish game developer know...
IT総合 Foreign visitors to China can finally go cashless like locals
Great news for those traveling to China! You can finally enjoy the seamless, cashless payment experience that you may ha...
IT総合 China’s OpenAI challenger Zhipu AI gets Meituan funding
Zhipu AI, one of China’s most promising challengers to OpenAI, has received funding from the country’s food ...
IT総合 Kitchen robot Botinkit raises $13M from DJI angel and others
Having worked in the food industry for several years, Shirley Chen saw firsthand the challenges of managing staffing and...
IT総合 Team behind crypto privacy protocol Manta Network is now valued at $500M
Even amid the crypto winter, some web3 companies are racking up hefty valuations. P0x Labs, the team behind Manta Networ...
IT総合 Rice Robotics picks up $7M, powers SoftBank’s office delivery
In the crowded enterprise robotics space, the ability to secure key clients is a crucial differentiator for companies. I...
IT総合 Gnosis launches Visa card that lets you spend self-custody crypto in Europe, soon US and Hong Kong
The world of cryptocurrency has often been criticized for being exclusive, catering primarily to speculators and crypto-...
IT総合 China unveils provisional rules for generative AI, including a licensing regime
As the use cases of generative AI see explosive adaption, China has taken a leading role in defining how the rapidly cha...
IT総合 China’s search engine pioneer unveils open-source large language model to rival OpenAI
In February, Sogou founder Wang Xiaochuan said on Weibo that “China needs its own OpenAI.” The Chinese entre...
IT総合 Black Sesame, Chinese auto chip challenger to Nvidia, burns $140M a year
Chinese auto chip maker Black Sesame has recently filed to go public in Hong Kong, offering a glimpse into the business ...
IT総合 China wraps up fintech crackdown with big fines on Tencent, Alibaba
The regulatory crackdown that has shaken up China’s fintech industry since late 2020 appears to be coming to a clo...
IT総合 Threads app hits Top 5 on Apple’s China App Store despite ban
Threads, Meta’s new social networking platform, is quickly gaining ground in China, where Western social apps from...
IT総合 Mark Zuckerberg’s remarks on China cast shadow over Meta’s VR quest
As Meta sets its sight on introducing its virtual reality headsets to the Chinese market, Mark Zuckerberg’s conten...
IT総合 Chinese EVs have yet to succeed in Europe. The Middle East could be different
For Chinese electric car manufacturers, Europe has long been a priority destination for international expansion. With it...
IT総合 Meituan buys founder’s months-old ‘OpenAI for China’ for $234M
One of China’s most highly anticipated artificial intelligence startups is undergoing a significant change of dire...
IT総合 China’s AI firms might further lose chip access in new US ban
The U.S. is weighing additional restrictions on AI chip export to China amid rising concerns over the use of advanced se...
IT総合 Brilliant Labs puts AI in front of your eye with its tiny open-source AR lens
Brilliant Labs’ augmented reality wearable stands in stark contrast to Apple’s pricey, bulky, stealthy Visio...
IT総合 BentoML scores $9M funding to expedite AI app development
The success of large language models like GPT has sparked a frenzy of developers eager to make AI-powered applications. ...
IT総合 Abu Dhabi pours $738.5M into China’s Tesla challenger Nio
China’s electric vehicle companies are pouring into the Middle East where both investors and consumers have a grow...