Fliggy and Minor Hotels Group Forge Strategic Partnership to Build a Global Digital Direct Sales SystemOn January 23rd, Fliggy, Alibaba's online travel platform, and Minor Hotels Group officially signed a strategic cooperation agreement. The two parties will engage in in-depth collaboration in areas such as hotel digital direct sales, omnichannel marketing, and innovative member services...

ByteDance Denies $120 Billion AI Investment Rumor, but Continued Investment Remains UndisputedA recent report in the Financial Times claimed that ByteDance plans to invest over $120 billion (approximately 873.4 billion RMB) in artificial intelligence...

2024 Spring Festival Travel Rush: Didi Data Reveals Trends in Hometown Returns and TourismThe 2024 Spring Festival travel rush (Chunyun) is underway, with millions embarking on journeys home, revitalizing travel markets nationwide. Data from Didi Chuxing reveals several new trends in travel demand during this period, reflecting shifts in Chinese travel patterns and the resurgence of the tourism sector...

Autelan Maps Launches English Version, Fueling the "ChinaTravel" Boom and Providing Convenient Travel Experiences for Foreign TouristsRecently, reporters discovered the English version of Autelan Maps has been launched on overseas app stores, App Store and Google Play, available for global download. Autelan stated this move is in response to the national call for facilitating inbound tourism services, aiming to provide foreign tourists with a more comfortable and convenient experience in China, thus boosting the booming "ChinaTravel" trend...

DAMO Academy's "Mindie" Solver Wins Energy Electronics Industry Innovation Competition Again, Leading a New Height in China's Industrial Software DevelopmentRecently, at the second Energy Electronics Industry Innovation Competition organized by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) Industrial Development Promotion Center, Alibaba's DAMO Academy's independently developed "Mindie" solver once again won the championship in the "Domestic Solver Technology Special Competition." This achievement follows its recent selection as a typical application case in the MIIT's "Artificial Intelligence Empowering New Industrialization" initiative...

Tencent Medical Dictionary Partners with Tencent Cloud Xiaowei to Create a 24/7 AI First Aid Knowledge AssistantOn January 20th, National Emergency Rescue Day, Tencent Medical Dictionary launched an upgraded First Aid Knowledge Base, featuring a 24/7 AI-powered intelligent first aid Q&A function. Leveraging the AI capabilities of Tencent Cloud Xiaowei (Tencent IMA), this knowledge base serves as a readily available intelligent assistant for the public, providing convenient and authoritative first aid information...

Sharp Divisions Within Trump Administration Erupt Over TikTok's Fate: Data Security Takes Center StageIncoming National Security Advisor Mike Pompeo recently stated that President-elect Trump hasn't ruled out the possibility of TikTok remaining under the ownership of Chinese company ByteDance. This statement adds further uncertainty to TikTok's precarious future and reveals deep divisions within the Trump administration on how to handle the popular video-sharing app...

DeepSeek-V3: Challenging the "Brute-Force Computing" Paradigm and Ushering in a New Era for AIIn today's fiercely competitive AI large language model (LLM) market, the evaluation of a model's quality is often oversimplified to "computing power investment," sometimes even directly measured by the "number of NVIDIA GPUs." This isn't entirely unreasonable, as almost all current LLMs, both open-source and closed-source, are based on Google's 2017 Transformer model...

Alipay Responds to Payment Discount Error: No Refunds, Fraud Warning IssuedIn the early morning of January 17th, Alipay released an official statement addressing a payment discount error that occurred on the afternoon of January 16th. The statement explained the incident, addressed user concerns, outlined subsequent measures, and urged users to be vigilant against scams...

Philips LED Battery Lamp Recall: 8,316 Products Recalled Due to Safety Concerns; Consumers Urged to Stop Use ImmediatelyOn January 16, 2024, Shanghai's market supervision department announced that Signify (China) Investment Co., Ltd...

5G Empowerment: Ushering in a Four-Dimensional Communication Era Across Air, Space, Land, and SeaThroughout the long course of human civilization, the exploration of "reaching the heavens and entering the seas" has never ceased. From the dragon's cloud-riding in the Shan Hai Jing to Sun Wukong's somersault cloud in Journey to the West, the magnificent imaginations in mythology and literature reflect humanity's yearning to transcend the limitations of physical space...

Pre-cooked meals: A trillion-dollar market opportunity amidst challenges; standardization is keyWith the Lunar New Year approaching, pre-cooked meals have once again become a market focus, their convenience making them a new favorite on the New Year's Eve dinner table. From classic dishes like Buddha Jumps Over the Wall and pig stomach chicken to everyday favorites like sauerkraut fish, pre-cooked meals bring traditional delicacies to thousands of households with ease, perfectly aligning with the fast-paced lifestyles of modern people...