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After DeepSeek stuns the AI world, Alibaba responds with an allegedly more powerful model

The DeepSeek disruption has forced a response from Chinese tech giants

By Zo Ahmed, January 30, 2025, 7:42 AM 9 comments

Industry The Web

Alibaba, China's largest tech firm, set to restructure into six spin-offs

The split is expected to unlock massive value for shareholders

By Kishalaya Kundu, March 28, 2023, 5:08 PM

Industry

Tencent and Alibaba have lost more value this year than any other company in the world

Regulators, Covid Zero, and the economy are all having an impact

By Rob Thubron, August 15, 2022, 5:20 AM 11 comments

The Web Industry

China launches antitrust probe into Alibaba and Ant Group for "picking one from two" strategy

China's competition landscape is changing

By Adrian Potoroaca, December 25, 2020, 10:25 AM

The Web Industry

Alibaba stock has surged 42 percent this year

Future growth may have to come outside of China

By Samuel Gush, October 10, 2020, 11:31 AM

Industry

Alibaba exceeds quarterly revenue and profit estimates

The company is optimistic despite the latest shift in US policies towards China

By Adrian Potoroaca, August 20, 2020, 4:39 PM

Gaming

Apple and Google are being sued over Rainbow Six: Siege clone

They didn't make it, but they are profiting from it

By Isaiah Mayersen, May 17, 2020, 11:00 AM 24 comments

Software Science

Alibaba develops AI that can identify coronavirus infections with 96% accuracy

It can analyze CT scans in 20 seconds

By Rob Thubron, March 2, 2020, 8:15 AM 20 comments

Industry

Alibaba posts strong revenue growth but coronavirus impact looms

The company believes the outbreak will slow down the global economy

By Adrian Potoroaca, February 13, 2020, 5:42 PM

Industry

Alibaba's Singles' Day sales have already passed $25 billion

A new record looks likely

By Rob Thubron, November 11, 2019, 5:20 AM

Hardware

China's Alibaba is making a 16-core, 2.5 GHz RISC-V processor

China is stepping up their processor game

By Isaiah Mayersen, July 28, 2019, 7:42 AM 21 comments

Drama, Drugs and Data: A Profile of 10 Top Tech CEOs

FEATURE By Rob Thubron, December 27, 2018, 6:11 AM TechSpot Industry

As the heads of some of the largest companies in the world, these chief executive officers make decisions that can affect our daily lives, but just how much do we really know about the filthy rich dudes in positions of power? We examine their careers, personalities, and histories, and make a lot of speculative guesses.