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
Tencent seizes momentum in China’s AI race against AlibabaTencent in just the past week introduced several signature products aimed at tapping a national enthusiasm for AI agents like OpenClaw — au...
18 Mar, 2026, 09.14 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
China weighs Tencent payments overhaul, new license requirementThe potential move would present a fresh hurdle for Tencent, which along with other internet firms was told in 2021 to cordon off financial...
18 Mar, 2022, 12.28 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
Alibaba apps start offering WeChat Pay option after government ordersEarlier this month, the ministry of industry and information technology said it had asked internet companies to end a long-standing practic...
28 Sep, 2021, 11.18 AM 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
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
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
China's WeChat crosses 100 million users in international marketsYeung said that several key initiatives including the WeChat 5.0 upgrade and the global Lionel Messi advertising campaign helped piqued aud...
19 Aug, 2013, 05.07 PM IST