Alibaba Plans $1.5M Grants for African Startups in 2026
Alibaba Philanthropy and the Jack Ma Foundation are offering $1.5 m in grants to African entrepreneurs developing innovative…
How China could narrow a tech hub’s income gap – and avoid Silicon Valley’s fate
Ahead of China’s annual legislative meetings – typically a window into Beijing’s top-level policy agenda – this is…
Azerbaijan expands export talks with Japan
Azerbaijan and Japan have discussed expanding export opportunities and strengthening business ties during a meeting between Azerbaijan’s Azexport…
Chinese e-commerce giant Shein could face EU ban over ‘childlike sex dolls’
The European Commission has opened an investigation into Chinese online retailer Shein over, among other things, the alleged…
Alibaba Introduces Qwen3.5: Pioneering Agentic AI Development
On February 16, 2026, Alibaba revealed its latest artificial intelligence model, Qwen3.5, marking a major milestone in AI…
Alibaba Unveils Qwen 3.5 AI Model with Agentic Capabilities
TL;DR New Release: Alibaba unveiled Qwen 3.5 on February 16, an AI model engineered for autonomous task execution…
From intelligence to authority: Alibaba’s Qwen and strategic arrival of agentic AI
From intelligence to authority: Alibaba’s Qwen and strategic arrival of agentic AI For more than a decade, artificial…
Markets rise as geopolitical tensions ease – The Irish Times
Global markets rose on Thursday as the cooling of geopolitical tensions, a rally in big tech and solid…
Alibaba Adds Agentic and Payments Capabilities to Qwen
Alibaba has added agentic and payments capabilities to its consumer-facing artificial intelligence (AI) app Qwen App. With new…
Global investors turn to Chinese AI as Wall Street fears bubble
HONG KONG/NEW YORK, Dec 23 (Reuters) – Global investors are increasing their wagers on Chinese artificial intelligence companies,…
CoreWeave revenue boosted by AI boom, Paramount stock jumps, Occidental Petroleum falls
The greater part of third quarter earnings results are in the rearview mirror, though investors this week are…
Trump’s rare earths deal to counter China was a badly needed ‘Sputnik moment’
The other day US President Donald Trump said: “With a communist in charge? Look, you just go back…