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China’s commerce ministry on Friday launched an investigation into imported beef at the request of representatives from its struggling domestic industry, it said. Imported beef in Hong Kong, on February 1, 2024. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. The local price of beef in China has trended downwards in recent years, with analysts blaming oversupply and a lack […]
Prosecutors accused luxury real-estate agents Oren and Tal Alexander of sex trafficking this month. They are the latest in a series of top figures in real estate accused of sexual abuse or harassment. Some in the industry say its structure, partying, and cult of personality are all partly to blame. The Alexander brothers, luxury brokers […]
The number of UK retailers on the brink of collapse soared by a quarter in the final three months of the year, driven by a combination of rising business costs and weak consumer confidence, according to a report. The proportion of retail businesses classed as being in “critical” financial distress jumped 25% to 2,124 in […]
Recently, Xiaohongshu launched an AI search product called Dian Dian, which is similar in positioning to Xiaohongshu. It is a lifestyle-oriented AI search product that has been launched on various app stores. From the product introduction, Dian Dian is a vertical AI search assistant for life scenarios, aiming to aggregate life experiences from across the […]
Jiemian News has exclusively learned that Xiaomi is currently building its own GPU cluster and will heavily invest in AI large models. Xiaomi‘s large model team already has 6,500 GPU resources at the time of establishment. Jiemian News sought confirmation from Xiaomi on this matter, but as of press time, Xiaomi has not commented. An […]
ZEEKR-001 FR assembly line; via Geely. After starting off slow, China’s EV industry has reorganized itself in record time, going from a global laggard to a global leader in about 5 years – showing other countries how it ought to be done. In 2020, China was still early in its EV transition, lagging behind many other […]
Beike, China’s leading residential services platform, is implementing environmental sustainability initiatives through a comprehensive low-carbon development strategy, centered on its expanding network of green stores and innovative digital solutions. Store is the core of Beike’s operation. The company has been seeking opportunities in integrating the environmental protection and concept into the store’s operation and leverage the digital solution to facilitate […]
The EDM community has proven, time and time again, that truth doesn’t just rival fiction—it remixes it into something much wilder. Redefining weird in the best possible way, we danced our way through a year of improbable moments that seemed too outlandish to be true—but somehow were. Though at times tough to believe, they remind […]
Nissan Motor CEO Makoto Uchida (L) listens to Honda Motor CEO Toshihiro Mibe (R) attend a joint press conference on March 15, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images News | Getty Images Top Japanese carmakers Nissan Motor and Honda Motor are understood to be exploring a blockbuster merger, sending shock waves through the global automotive […]
Although the world of the X86 instruction set architecture (ISA) and related ecosystem is often accused of being ‘stale’ and ‘bloated’, we have seen a flurry of recent activity that looks to shake up and set the future course for what is still the main player for desktop, laptop and server systems. Via Tom’s Hardware comes […]