JD.com ended its 618 festival with over 2.2 billion orders and more than 100% YoY growth in user numbers. Appliance and home category sales surged, with 15 new products surpassing RMB 100 million.

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.

Panasonic has partnered with Unitree Robotics to launch humanoid robot sales assistants in retail stores, marking the robots’ first major commercial deployment beyond performances. Debuting at ...

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 ...

Shenyang, long known as an industrial hub, will open a minidrama production center at a repurposed factory site to tap China’s growing market for bite-sized content. The 20,000-square-meter facility ...

TikTok is preparing to launch TikTok Shop in Japan, adding in-app shopping features that enable live stream and video-based purchases. With support from sellers and ad firms like Hakuhodo and Dentsu, ...

Haomo.AI is facing internal turbulence as top executives exit and key projects stall. Its chairman and two vice presidents have resigned, while development delays and weak commercialization have cast ...

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 ...