The rapid embrace of AI in China, its biggest testing ground, may shape how AI is used globallyChina is rapidly adopting artificial intelligence tools. Ordinary citizens and businesses are using AI for daily tasks and work. Chinese co...
06 May, 2026, 09.44 AM IST
Revamped Tata Neu to bet on loyalty, financial services: Tata Digital CEO Sajith SivanandanTata Digital is pivoting Tata Neu from a broad commerce aggregator to a loyalty-led financial services platform, focusing on payments, inve...
21 Apr, 2026, 09.26 AM IST
A humanoid robot sprints past the human half-marathon world record in Beijing raceA humanoid robot from smartphone maker Honor shattered the human world record by winning a robot half-marathon in Beijing with a time of 50...
20 Apr, 2026, 09.52 AM IST
Alibaba's China ecommerce platforms to accept Tencent's Wechat PayAlibaba is affiliated with the Jack Ma-founded Ant Group's Alipay, which is WeChat's main rival for online payments in China. Tencent has a...
04 Sep, 2024, 02.38 PM IST
WeChat blocks China Evergrande messaging groups, some users sayMembers said they were prevented from sending new messages to the groups. WeChat users reported seeing the error message "limits have been ...
29 Sep, 2021, 04.48 PM IST
America distances itself from Trump attempts to ban WeChatThe Commerce Department is reviewing recent actions, such as the rules undermining TikTok and WeChat, to ensure that efforts by the Trump a...
11 Feb, 2021, 10.17 PM IST
US government appeals judge's ruling to block WeChat app store banWeChat has had an average of 19 million daily active users in the United States, analytics firms Apptopia said in early August. It is popul...
03 Oct, 2020, 11.41 AM IST
Chinese tech giant Tencent's WeChat app sees downloads surge before U.S. banThe U.S. Department of Commerce issued an order requiring Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google to remove WeChat for downloads on national se...
22 Sep, 2020, 10.38 AM IST
China's Tencent rebrands WeChat work app ahead of Trump banTencent, registered the WeCom trademark on Aug. 19, according to the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
18 Sep, 2020, 03.52 PM IST
US government's court filing says upcoming WeChat 'ban' won't target its usersPresident Donald Trump issued orders on Aug. 6 that targeted WeChat and TikTok as purported national-security threats and imposed a Sept. 2...
17 Sep, 2020, 09.10 AM IST
Jack Ma again endorses extreme overtime as furor rages onMa said forcing employees to work gruelling hours was “inhumane” -- but that some wanted to do so.
15 Apr, 2019, 09.07 AM IST
ShareChat Valuation Jumps 7x to $460 millionRound led by existing backer Shunwei Capital with new investors Morningside and a DST Global affiliate
19 Sep, 2018, 09.27 PM IST
Why Tencent could become an advertising powerhouse like FacebookThe seven main business units of China’s largest company are working to synchronise data and study a billion plus users to deliver precisio...
28 Nov, 2017, 12.05 AM IST
In China, trading begins on WeChatChina does have policies about message record-keeping, but it’s unclear to what extent they are enforced.
16 Oct, 2017, 03.26 PM IST
CEO's death stirs debate as China's techies face 9-to-9 workdayZhang Rui, founder and chief executive officer of the startup Chunyu Doctor, died from a heart attack on Oct. 5.
18 Oct, 2016, 01.16 PM IST
Four held in China for scam using WeChatThe suspects joined the mobile messaging app WeChat as antique sellers duping antique aficionados and other buyers.
30 May, 2015, 02.30 PM IST
Yashraj Films ties up with WeChat to promote its latest filmChina's text and voice messaging service 'WeChat' today said it has tied-up with Yashraj Films.
04 Sep, 2013, 10.44 PM IST