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Alibaba's new Qwen3.5-Omni multimodal model, which processes text, audio, images, and video, is proprietary, marking a shift away from its open-source strategy (www.theinformation.com)
2026-3-31 Alibaba

Alibaba releases its Qwen3.5-Omni omnimodal LLM with support for 10+ hours of audio input, saying the Plus variant surpasses Gemini 3.1 Pro on audio benchmarks (qwen.ai)
2026-3-31 Alibaba

Sources: Alibaba and ByteDance plan to order Huawei's new 950PR AI chip after tests show better CUDA compatibility; Huawei targets ~750K 950PR shipments in 2026 (www.reuters.com)
2026-3-27 Alibaba AI

Meituan reports Q4 revenue up 4.1% YoY to ~$13.3B and a ~$2.2B adjusted net loss, vs. ~$1.9B est., amid an intense food delivery fight with Alibaba and JD.com (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-3-26 Alibaba 4Q

This $80 refurbished Lenovo Chromebook acts as extra travel device (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-3-25 Lenovo

Xiaomi reports Q4 revenue up 7.3% YoY to ~$17B, narrowly above est., its slowest growth since 2023, as EV sales failed to make up for slumping smartphone demand (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-3-24 Xiaomi 4Q

Report: Alibaba's DAMO Academy unveils XuanTie C950, a 5nm server chip with 3.2 GHz clock, and claims it to be “the highest performing RISC-V CPU in the world” (www.reuters.com)
2026-3-24 Alibaba

Tencent launches ClawBot, an OpenClaw-based agent integrated into WeChat, letting its 1B+ MAUs send and receive commands to interact with the AI agent via chat (www.reuters.com)
2026-3-23 AI WeChat Tencent

Xiaomi releases MiMo-V2-Pro, its new 1T-parameter foundation model, codenamed Hunter Alpha, which the company says benchmarks close to GPT-5.2 and Opus 4.6 (venturebeat.com)
2026-3-20 Xiaomi

Alibaba and Tencent lost a combined $66B in market value over about 24 hours as investors reacted to unclear monetization plans for their AI investments (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-3-20 Alibaba AI Tencent

Alibaba reports Q3 revenue up 2% YoY ~$41.3B, below ~$42B est., and net income down 67% YoY to ~$2.4B, as it seeks to monetize its expensive AI push (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-3-19 Alibaba AI

Baidu joins Alibaba in raising prices for its AI computing power-related services by ~5% to 30% and its parallel file storage system by 30% from April 18 (www.scmp.com)
2026-3-19 Alibaba AI

Tencent reports Q4 revenue up 13% YoY to ~$28.3B, vs. ~$28.2B est., its fifth quarter of double-digit growth, driven by gaming and ads, as it bets on agentic AI (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-3-18 AI Tencent 4Q

Alibaba raises prices for its T-Head AI computing chips, including the Zhenwu 810E, by 5% to 34%, and its Cloud Parallel File Storage by 30%, after demand soars (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-3-18 Alibaba AI

Baidu is integrating OpenClaw with its Xiaodu devices to work as voice-controlled remotes, as it seeks to catch up with Tencent and Alibaba in the AI race (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-3-18 Alibaba AI Tencent

Alibaba launches Wukong, an enterprise AI platform that coordinates multiple AI agents to handle complex tasks like document editing, currently in beta (www.reuters.com)
2026-3-17 Alibaba AI

Memo: Alibaba unveils Alibaba Token Hub, a new AI unit that consolidates research, consumer-facing apps, AI products, and more, as it focuses on monetizing AI (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-3-16 Alibaba AI

Sources: Alibaba may unveil a Qwen-based AI agent for enterprises as soon as this week, and plans to gradually integrate the agent into its services like Alipay (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-3-16 Alibaba AI Alipay

Sources: Alibaba-backed PixVerse, which develops AI video generation tools, raised a $300M Series C led by CDH; the company says the round values it at $1B+ (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-3-12 Alibaba AI

Sources: Tencent is developing a top-secret AI agent for WeChat, and has tested using models from Zhipu, Alibaba, and DeepSeek, to compete with Qwen and Doubao (www.theinformation.com)
2026-3-11 Alibaba AI WeChat Tencent

Apple's MacBook Neo poses a big threat to OEMs like HP, Lenovo, and Dell, as their $599 laptops seem inferior and Windows 11's reputation is at an all-time low (www.windowscentral.com)
2026-3-6 Apple MacBook Lenovo

China's Hang Seng Tech Index, which includes Chinese tech giants like Tencent and Alibaba, is down 28% since October 2025, shedding nearly $600B in market value (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-3-5 China Alibaba Tencent

Staff memo: Alibaba says it is setting up a new task force to accelerate foundation AI model development, after the resignation of Qwen AI head Lin Junyang (www.reuters.com)
2026-3-5 Alibaba AI

Tencent-owned Finnish game company Supercell says it is cooperating with a CFIUS security probe of Tencent's data practices (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-3-5 Tencent Finland

Sources: the White House is debating whether to allow Tencent to maintain stakes in US and Finnish video game companies; Tencent holds a 28% stake in Epic Games (www.ft.com)
2026-3-4 Tencent Finland

Junyang Lin, a tech lead on Alibaba's Qwen team, abruptly steps down; two other members of the Qwen team also leave (techcrunch.com)
2026-3-4 Alibaba

Alibaba releases the open-weight Qwen3.5 Small Model Series in 0.8B, 2B, 4B, and 9B sizes, claiming the 9B model rivals OpenAI's gpt-oss-120b on some benchmarks (venturebeat.com)
2026-3-3 Alibaba

MWC 2026: a look at Lenovo's concept devices, including a Framework-like modular laptop with swappable parts, and a gaming handheld with a folding display (www.wired.com)
2026-3-2 Lenovo

Lenovo's Motorola partners with GrapheneOS, a privacy-focused, de-Googled version of Android, to preinstall GrapheneOS on upcoming Motorola smartphones (9to5google.com)
2026-3-2 Android Lenovo

Lenovo Unveils an Attachable AI Agent 'Companion' for Their Laptops (mobile.slashdot.org)
2026-3-2 AI Lenovo

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