Japan is embracing cashless payments wholeheartedly, and the government’s target to reduce the ratio of cash to other mechanisms to 40% by 2027 could be reached early.…
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Uniqlo Japan website hacked, 460K consumers affected
Fast Retailing Group revealed this week that the Japanese company’s official Uniqlo Japan and GU Japan online stores registered unauthorised logins across thousands of customer accounts over a two-wee…
South Korea aims to become No. 4 robotics player by 2023
South Korea plans to turn the nation’s robotics technology sector into a 15 trillion-won (US$13.3 billion) industry, with the aim of becoming the fourth-largest player in the world by 2023.…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with LENOVO
Have you checked out Lenovo Yoga series yet?…
A.S. Watson and ModiFace launch virtual makeup try-on service
L’Oréal’s AI and AR company ModiFace and A.S. Watson Group (“ASW”) announce the launch of the virtual makeup try-on #ColourMe, making ModiFace’s industry-leading AR technology available to consumers a…
Google aims at training 50,000 AI experts by 2024
Google aims at increasing the number of machine-learning developers in the country and training 50,000 people in the next five years as part of that initiative.…
Tencent-backed AI startup checks students’ math homework
Beijing-based online education startup Yuanfudao has developed an AI-powered app to check children’s arithmetic problems.…
New Zealand bans Huawei from 5G mobile network
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s government blocked Chinese telecom giant Huawei from the nationwide roll-out of a 5G data network over “significant national security concerns”.…
Alipay is available at Walgreens’stores now
Chinese consumers visiting the U.S. can now use Alipay at Walgreens, one of the largest drugstore chains in the country.…
The rise of China’s smartphone brands
China is now home to some of the most successful smartphone brands.…