Epic Games' 'Fortnite' returns to App Stores worldwide Published 19 May, 2026 06:58pm 'Apple knows the U.S. federal court will force it to be transparent about how it charges its App Store fees,' Epic says
Rare earth and metal shares lead China, HK stocks higher Published 26 Feb, 2026 04:57am SHANGHAI: China and Hong Kong stocks closed higher on Wednesday, as investors snapped up rare earth and metal shares...
Nvidia’s Huang hails Chinese AI models as ‘world class’ Published 16 Jul, 2025 11:20am BEIJING/SHANGHAI: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang described artificial intelligence models from Chinese firms Deepseek,...
Tencent Music to buy Chinese audio platform Ximalaya for $2.4 billion Published 10 Jun, 2025 05:12pm Chinese music platform Tencent Music Entertainment Group said on Tuesday it would buy long-form audio platform...
Tencent-backed China Ruyi raises $302 million in convertible bonds Published 15 Apr, 2025 11:35am Chinese media firm China Ruyi Holdings said on Tuesday it had raised HK$2.34 billion ($301.74 million) in a...
Chinese tech giant Tencent posts 8% revenue growth in Q3 Published 13 Nov, 2024 03:22pm BEIJING: Chinese tech giant Tencent on Wednesday posted an eight percent year-on-year expansion in third-quarter...
What Trump’s 2024 election win means for Asian companies Published 07 Nov, 2024 11:45am Donald Trump has been elected US president, capping a remarkable comeback four years after he was voted out of the...
Tencent Music beats quarterly revenue estimates Published 19 Mar, 2024 02:50pm China’s Tencent Music Entertainment Group beat fourth-quarter revenue estimates on Tuesday, driven by growth in paid...
China’s Tencent takes over two ByteDance video game teams Published 14 Mar, 2024 01:45pm HONG KONG: China’s Tencent has taken over two ByteDance video games units after ByteDance retreated from the gaming...
Tencent working on mobile version of hit console game ‘Elden Ring’, sources say Published 06 Feb, 2024 01:52pm HONG KONG: China’s Tencent Holdings has been working to adapt acclaimed action role-playing console game “Elden...
China’s Tencent fires more than 120 workers for fraud Published 04 Feb, 2024 10:53am BEIJING: Chinese tech giant Tencent said it last year dismissed more than 120 employees for violating its anti-fraud...
Tencent chief says gaming business under threat, catching up in AI Published 30 Jan, 2024 10:42am HONG KONG: Pony Ma, chief executive and co-founder of Tencent Holdings, has said that the company’s video games...
Tencent’s Riot Games to lay off about 11% of staff Published 23 Jan, 2024 10:01am Tencent Holdings’ Riot Games plans to lay off 530 employees, or about 11% of its staff globally, the online gaming...
Tencent turns to ByteDance in gaming showdown with NetEase Published 18 Dec, 2023 11:22am HONG KONG: Tencent Holdings is relying on one-time bitter rival ByteDance to promote its most important video game...
Tencent launches party game ‘DreamStar’, analysts say poses a threat to NetEase Published 15 Dec, 2023 09:46am HONG KONG: Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings on Friday launched “DreamStar”, a new party game that has been widely...
Tencent reveals most ambitious game yet for consoles amid global expansion Published 08 Dec, 2023 10:22am HONG KONG: Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings unveiled on Friday a big-budget console game named Last Sentinel, a...
China lists mobile app stores that comply with new rule, but Apple missing Published 27 Sep, 2023 11:18am HONG KONG: China’s cyberspace regulator released on Wednesday names of the first batch of mobile app stores that...
New Alibaba Group CEO lays out strategic priorities for staff Published 12 Sep, 2023 09:56am SHANGHAI: New Alibaba Group CEO Eddie Wu has told staff the tech giant’s two main strategic focuses going forward...
Tencent claims new AI chat bot skills comparable to ChatGPT Published 07 Sep, 2023 12:52pm SHANGHAI: Chinese tech giant Tencent on Thursday claimed its new chatbot had some capabilities on par with top US...
China slowdown creates cheap thrills for Tencent Published 17 Aug, 2023 12:32pm HONG KONG: China’s economic woes have gifted Tencent an unexpected silver lining. The $400 billion technology titan...
ByteDance’s Douyin and Tencent bury hatchet, reach video cooperation pact Published 07 Apr, 2023 10:00am BEIJING: Douyin, the Chinese counterpart of TikTok, and internet giant Tencent have agreed to explore the joint...
Gaming giant Tencent’s 2022 annual net profit falls 16pc Published 27 Mar, 2023 06:15am BEIJING: Chinese gaming giant Tencent’s profits fell steeply last year, according to an earnings report released...
ChatGPT frenzy sweeps China as firms scramble for home-grown options Published 13 Feb, 2023 01:54pm HONG KONG: Microsoft-backed OpenAI has kept its hit ChatGPT app off-limits to users in China, but the app is...
China’s Tencent fires more than 100 for fraud, embezzlement Published 16 Jan, 2023 12:12pm BEIJING: Chinese tech giant Tencent said Monday it had fired more than a hundred employees for violating company...
Tencent bets big on WeChat Channels in push to build its own TikTok Published 13 Jan, 2023 11:40am HONG KONG: On a hot summer’s day last year, the 90’s boy band Backstreet Boys clambered on to a stage in...
China approves 45 imported video games in December Published 28 Dec, 2022 02:20pm BEIJING: China’s online game regulator granted publishing licences to 45 foreign video games for release in the...
China’s Tencent wins first game licence in 18 months Published 18 Nov, 2022 11:34am BEIJING: China has granted tech giant Tencent its first licence for a video game in 18 months, ending a dry spell...
China approves 70 games in November, including Tencent’s ‘Metal Slug’ Published 17 Nov, 2022 06:23pm HONG KONG: China’s video games regulator on Thursday granted publishing licences to 70 online games, including...
Hounded at home, China’s video game firms welcomed in Europe Published 16 Oct, 2022 10:14am PARIS: China is investing billions in Europe’s video game industry, but analysts have warned that there could be...
Tencent shifts focus to majority deals, overseas gaming assets for growth Published 01 Oct, 2022 02:05pm HONG KONG: Tencent is resetting its M&A strategy to put more focus on buying majority stakes mainly in overseas...