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2025.05.02

16:10

Hong Kong stocks closed sharply higher, with the Hang Seng Index up 1.74% and the Hang Seng Tech Index up 3.08%.

Hong Kong stocks closed sharply higher, with the Hang Seng Index closing up 1.74% and the Hang Seng Tech Index closing up 3.08%. Technology and internet stocks rose across the board, with Xiaomi Group up more than 6%, Alibaba up 3.8%, Tencent up 2.56% and Kingsoft Cloud up more than 4%.

2025.04.30

18:47

WeChat Security Center: Some third-party tools illegally obtain user data under the name of "AI management of user WeChat chat records"

On April 30, the WeChat Security Center issued an announcement stating that it has recently discovered that some third-party tools have bypassed WeChat security technical measures in the name of "AI management of user WeChat chat records" and illegally obtained or used WeChat terminal user data. In order to protect the legitimate rights and interests of users, WeChat will crack down on related behaviors in accordance with relevant national laws and regulations and platform rules such as the "Tencent WeChat Software License and Service Agreement" and the "WeChat Personal Account Usage Guidelines". The WeChat Security Center reminds users not to install or use any third-party tools that access local chat records.

13:46

IDC report: AI drives growth in the public cloud market, Alibaba Cloud's share rises for three consecutive quarters

On April 30, IDC released the "China Public Cloud Service Market (2024 Second Half) Tracking" report. AI has driven the recovery of the public cloud market. In the second half of 2024, the scale of China's public cloud IaaS market will be RMB 94.82 billion, a year-on-year increase of 13.8%. Alibaba Cloud ranks first in the market, with its share rising for three consecutive quarters. Huawei ranks second, China Telecom ranks third, China Mobile ranks fourth, and Tencent ranks fifth.

04:19

Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index fell 0.3% and Xpeng Motors fell more than 6%.

2025.04.29

21:45

Tencent accelerates AI deployment and restructures the Hunyuan large-scale model R&D system

The reporter learned from Tencent that Tencent has comprehensively restructured its hybrid large model research and development system, focusing on the three core sectors of computing power, algorithms and data, refreshing team deployment and increasing R&D investment. It is reported that after the adjustment, Tencent has established two new departments: the Large Language Model Department and the Multimodal Model Department, which are responsible for exploring the cutting-edge technologies of large language models and multimodal large models, respectively, continuously iterating basic models, and improving model capabilities. At the same time, Tencent further strengthened the construction of large model data capabilities and platform bases. Among them, the Data Platform Department focuses on the full-process management and construction of large model data, and the Machine Learning Platform Department focuses on the construction of machine learning and big data fusion platforms, providing a comprehensive and efficient PaaS (Platform as a Service) platform base for AI model training and reasoning, and big data business, and jointly supporting Tencent's hybrid large model technology research and development. This means that Tencent is rapidly adjusting its organizational structure to cope with the ever-changing development of the large model industry. This adjustment is conducive to integrating resources, optimizing R&D processes, and further enhancing Tencent's long-term technical combat capabilities in the field of AI.

17:34

Southbound funds sold a net of HK$6.424 billion, with Hang Seng Fund leading the way in net sales

Southbound funds sold a net of HK$6.424 billion today. In terms of Hong Kong Stock Connect (Shanghai), Tracker Fund Management and Tencent Holdings sold a net of HK$2.619 billion and HK$488 million respectively; Meituan-W had the largest net purchase amount of HK$688 million; in terms of Hong Kong Stock Connect (Shenzhen), Hang Seng China Enterprises and Tracker Fund Management sold a net of HK$1.252 billion and HK$1.07 billion respectively; Meituan-W had the largest net purchase amount of HK$565 million.

17:33

Southbound funds sold a large amount of 6.424 billion yuan today. In terms of Hong Kong Stock Connect (Shanghai), Tracker Fund Management and Tencent Holdings sold a net amount of HK$2.619 billion and HK$488 million respectively; Meituan-W had the largest net purchase amount of HK$688 million; in terms of Hong Kong Stock Connect (Shenzhen), Hang Seng China Enterprises and Tracker Fund Management sold a net amount of HK$1.252 billion and HK$1.07 billion respectively; Meituan-W had the largest net purchase amount of HK$565 million.

2025.04.28

16:06

Report: Tencent, Alibaba, and ByteDance rush to buy computing resources

According to multiple independent sources, Tencent purchased GPU (graphics processing unit) computing resources worth about 2 billion yuan from ByteDance in the first quarter of this year. These resources are mainly NVIDIA H20 cards and servers. Tencent Yuanbao's current updates mainly use cards from ByteDance. In addition to Tencent, an insider said that Alibaba also placed a GPU order with ByteDance after DeepSeek became popular in the first quarter of this year.

09:28

Giant Network's "Space Killer" has connected to Tencent's Hunyuan model and has generated more than 7 million AI players

According to Giant Network's official WeChat account, on April 28, Giant Network's "Space Killer" was connected to Tencent's Hunyuan model, and more than 7 million AI players have been generated. This is the latest exploration of the game in AI native gameplay. In addition, "Space Killer" UGC script tool "Shaqing Theater" will also introduce Tencent Cloud TTS technology (Text-To-Speech, speech synthesis technology) to provide diversified voice support for players' short video creation scenes.

2025.04.25

17:33

Southbound funds sold a large amount of 7.019 billion yuan today. In terms of Hong Kong Stock Connect (Shanghai), Tencent Holdings and Alibaba-W received net sales of HK$912 million and HK$722 million respectively; Meituan-W ranked first in net purchases, with an amount of HK$468 million; in terms of Hong Kong Stock Connect (Shenzhen), Tencent Holdings and Pop Mart received net sales of HK$577 million and HK$506 million respectively; Meituan-W ranked first in net purchases, with an amount of HK$277 million.

10:06

Pony.ai and Tencent Cloud reach strategic cooperation

Recently, Pony.ai and Tencent Cloud signed a strategic cooperation agreement to carry out strategic cooperation around the development of L4 autonomous driving and the implementation of Robotaxi services. The two parties will expand the product form and business scenarios of Robotaxi on the vehicle side and the user side through technical cooperation in the fields of cloud services, map data, information security, and smart cockpit ecology.

09:23

06:45

AI glasses become a new favorite among consumers, and listed companies are entering the market

Since the beginning of this year, artificial intelligence (AI) glasses have rapidly moved from concept to reality and have become the new favorite in the consumer market. Faced with this highly prosperous track, many brands have made efforts and intensively released smart glasses-related products. Brands such as Rokid, Snap, Baidu, Thunderbird Innovation, and XREAL continue to innovate and bring consumers AI glasses products with diverse functions and novel designs. At the same time, companies such as Samsung, OPPO, Huawei, Tencent, and ByteDance are also actively deploying AI glasses projects in an attempt to seize the initiative in this emerging market. According to Wellsenn XR forecast data, artificial intelligence + augmented reality (AR) technology is expected to develop to a mature stage, and global AI glasses shipments are expected to grow to 80 million pairs in 2030.

2025.04.24

11:00

Tencent Cloud launches Craft software development agent

Tencent Cloud code assistant CodeBuddy launched the Craft software development agent, which is the first AI programming tool in China that supports the MCP protocol.

07:19

Major companies are releasing new games intensively to compete for overseas markets

Recently, the SPARK2025 Tencent Games Conference was held online, announcing the latest developments of 46 domestic and overseas games, including 24 new games. Unlike in the past, this conference showcased products in three chapters: "production", "distribution" and "investment" for the first time, allowing the industry to see the latest developments of the business that has contributed nearly 200 billion yuan in annual revenue to Tencent. Tencent's game ecosystem is a microcosm of China's game industry today. In recent years, the share of domestic games in the global game market has continued to increase, and many excellent game works have won a large number of loyal players in overseas markets, and the results of game exports are quite impressive.

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