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Wency Chen
Senior Reporter, Tech
Wency tells stories that explore how technologies are reshaping society, with a focus on cross-border e-commerce, AI, the supply chain and others. Before joining SCMP, Wency contributed to KrASIA, Wired, Rest of World, World of Chinese, Tech in Asia, Vice China (BIE), Harper's Bazaar, etc. She attended Columbia Journalism School.
Wency tells stories that explore how technologies are reshaping society, with a focus on cross-border e-commerce, AI, the supply chain and others. Before joining SCMP, Wency contributed to KrASIA, Wired, Rest of World, World of Chinese, Tech in Asia, Vice China (BIE), Harper's Bazaar, etc. She attended Columbia Journalism School.
Areas of Expertise:
Cross-border e-commerce, Big Tech, AI Languages Spoken:
English, Mandarin
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Strong demand for Doubao AI phone eclipses concerns its agent-like functions pose a security risk.
Vinces Yao Shunyu now serves as chief AI scientist under the CEO’s office, reporting directly to Tencent president Martin Lau.
The Shanghai-based graphics processing unit designer plans to raise US$596 million from the sale of 40.1 million shares.
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Turing Award winner Andrew Yao says embodied AI needs reasoning, planning and control in one framework.
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Significant organisational change underlines company’s determination to turn the Qwen chatbot into a ‘super app’.
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China’s biggest chipmaker is on track for revenue above US$9 billion, as tight foundry capacity keeps its fabs running at full pelt.
Start-up Rokid is teaming up with eyewear brand Bolon on lightweight AI glasses as competition heats up to deliver the next ‘iPhone moment’.
Tian Yuandong says internal conflicts emerged at Meta as LLM development became the industry-wide focus.
Buoyed by industrial orders and the sector’s momentum, UBTech’s share price has gained more than 150 per cent this year.
Small but highly specialised and innovation-driven companies are enabling the nation’s technology self reliance drive.
The elevation of the business marks one of Ant’s most significant pivots since its cancelled IPO five years ago.
Humanoid robots and cyber dogs are among the showstoppers that help companies gain sales opportunities at the CIIE.
A beta version of the updated app, available to select users, adopts Taobao’s signature orange colour instead of Ele.me’s blue theme.
