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What guides machine-led insights? Uncover AI applications, language models, and decision-making systems transforming sectors worldwide.

Artificial Intelligence

What drives digital storytelling? Examine content creation, distribution channels, and media platforms connecting audiences worldwide.

Content

How do ideas shape industries? Learn how content, design, and digital artistry influence branding, marketing, and cultural impact.

Creative

Who thrives in a digitally democratized landscape? Discover how independent creators, influencers, and educators monetize content and expertise.

Creator Economy

What lies beyond familiar frontiers? Investigate emerging tech—like quantum computing and AI—transforming traditional sectors.

Deep Tech

What entertains a connected world? Track shifts in film, music, and media consumption, as platforms and audiences redefine cultural experiences.

Entertainment

How does interactive entertainment evolve? Assess gaming ecosystems, esports growth, and technology enhancing virtual play.

Gaming

What happens when viewers join in real time? Explore live streaming platforms, audience interaction tools, and brand opportunities in instant video.

Live Streaming

How do visuals captivate global viewers? Dive into streaming services, production models, and evolving formats defining video engagement.

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The Tencent-backed company is recasting itself as a broader gaming platform amid tepid market conditions.

Huya’s streaming revenue dips as it shifts toward AI and gaming services

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What sets the bar for convenience? Examine on-demand platforms, subscription models, and personalization transforming consumer expectations.

Consumer Economy

How do stores adapt to digital shifts? Explore e-commerce integration, inventory analytics, and omnichannel strategies for modern shoppers.

Retail

By rethinking overlooked tools, Cocinare is bringing specialty brewing into homes—and onto Amazon’s bestseller lists.

What if your coffee gear had algorithms? Cocinare is brewing that future now

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Alibaba, China’s e-commerce giant, operates online retail marketplaces, cloud computing services, and digital payment networks across Asia and beyond.

Alibaba Cloud powers scalable cloud computing, data analytics, and cybersecurity solutions, supporting businesses’ digital transformation worldwide.

Alibaba Cloud

Cainiao, Alibaba’s logistics arm, streamlines supply chains with data-driven solutions, offering efficient e-commerce delivery and cross-border shipping services.

Cainiao

China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

Explore East Asia’s thriving tech hubs, global electronics producers, and fast-evolving digital platforms shaping cross-border innovation.

East Asia

Lazada, an e-commerce marketplace in Southeast Asia, links shoppers to a wide range of products, deals, and cross-border brands.

Lazada

Taobao, Alibaba’s consumer-to-consumer marketplace, connects Chinese shoppers with diverse products, from fashion and electronics to everyday essentials.

Taobao

Tmall, Alibaba’s B2C platform, hosts premium brands and official stores, offering authenticated products to Chinese consumers seeking quality goods.

Tmall

How do firms boost efficiency? Assess cloud platforms, consulting solutions, and business intelligence tools powering corporate operations.

Cloud Solutions

Enterprise services is an over-arching term to describe an architecture combining engineering discipline and computer science to solve practical business problems. 

Enterprise Services

Steady performance in commerce and strong growth in AI-driven cloud services lifted Alibaba’s profit, though an EPS shortfall tempered investor sentiment.

Cloud and AI gains boost Alibaba’s profit, but EPS misses

JD.com, a Chinese e-commerce leader, ensures trusted transactions, efficient logistics, and a wide product selection for online shoppers.

JD.com

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JD seeks to build a drone network and deliver all purchases to anywhere in China within 24 hours.

From four-wheeler to propeller, JD in pursuit of unmanned logistics network

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JD's online shopping festival unveils its ambitions in social e-commerce and new retail.

JD recorded $25b in order value of ‘618’ shopping festival

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Google bets on JD.com for strategic global initiatives.

Deals | Google and JD collaborates strategically amidst trade war fears

How do clicks replace aisles? Explore global marketplaces, payment solutions, and technology accelerating online retail’s growth.

E-commerce

JD.com bravely fights on as share price fell 4% after the financial release.

Is JD.com bleeding too fast in its new retail war with Alibaba?

How do trustless ledgers transform industries? Investigate decentralized databases, smart contracts, and infrastructure powering secure transactions.

Blockchain

Plus, Tokopedia plans to build an innovation center. Dropbox priced IPO at $21 per share.

KrASIA Daily: JD.com to Launch Blockchain-as-a-Service Platform

Alibaba and JD Tap Underwriters for China Stock Market Homecoming

Alibaba and JD could be floated in China’s A-Shares market by issuing China Deposit Recipients (CDR) in as early as June.

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JD.com, one of China’s largest e-commerce platforms, is launching an accelerator program, AI Catapult, for AI and blockchain startups. Six blockchain startups have been chosen in the program’s first cohort, including Bluzelle, a Singapore-based company provides data storage and management services for blockchain apps.

JD.com Launched AI and Blockchain Accelerator for New Retail Battle

JD.com Launching an Accelerator to Tapping into Blockchain for Chinese New Retail Battle

JD.com iss raising up to US$ 2.5bn for its logistic arm JD Logistics from a group of investors including Hillhouse Capital, Sequoia China, and Tencent among others.

Deals | JD.com Raising $2.5bn for its Logistics Arm

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