Ben Jiang

1 week ago | scmp.com | Ben Jiang

Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies on Wednesday unveiled an upgraded version of its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered eyeglasses, ratcheting up competition in the already crowded market for wearable hardware.

1 week ago | scmp.com | Ben Jiang

Chinese short video giant Kuaishou Technology on Tuesday unveiled an upgraded version of its Kling video generation artificial intelligence (AI) model, touting it as “the world’s most powerful” as competition intensifies in the race to develop video-generating models. “This is the most powerful video-generation model available for you to use in the world,” Kuaishou senior vice-president Gai Kun said at the unveiling of Kling AI 2.0 during a corporate event in Beijing.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Ben Jiang

2 hours agoTrump has promised that his tariffs will usher in a “new golden age” for American workers, harkening back to an industrial past that has been lost to decades of globalization. The logic goes that by raising the price of foreign goods, businesses and consumers will be discouraged from importing and …

1 week ago | scmp.com | Ben Jiang

Apple supplier Foxconn Technology Group has resumed recruitment at the world’s largest iPhone factory, located in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, following a brief suspension after US President Donald Trump imposed new tariffs on Chinese goods earlier this month. Several jobseekers and a company manager at the Zhengzhou facility, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed to the South China Morning Post on Monday that hiring activity resumed this week after an unusual pause last week.

1 week ago | scmp.com | Ben Jiang

Chinese food and on-demand delivery giant Meituan is joining a group of Chinese internet giants in launching initiatives to help the country’s tariff-hit export businesses pivot to domestic markets amid escalating trade tensions between China and the US.