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Tesla is now selling karaoke microphones in China

The Verge

The accessory, which is only available in China for now, was released alongside a Chinese New Year software update that includes a companion karaoke app called Leishi KTV. The TeslaMic was available on the Chinese Tesla online shop for 1,199 CNY ($188.48

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Landing AI | Kuaishou’s text-to-video model Kling introduces new short video generation feature, results go viral in China

TechNode

Kuaishou, one of the main rivals to TikToks China sibling Douyin, showcased several fresh features for its text-to-video model Kling AI at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai last week, including the ability to generate videos up to 10 seconds. billion in 2019 to RMB 12.3 billion in 2023.

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Tesla becomes most valuable automaker as more workers contract COVID-19

The Verge

The company had just started deliveries of its fifth vehicle, the Model Y SUV, which is expected to become as popular as or more popular than the Model 3 sedan. But Tesla ultimately acquiesced and shut down the Fremont, California factory one week after the local stay-home order went into place.

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How to raise money for your startup from VCs and investors in Asia

The Next Web

However, this primarily applies to businesses within China and India, where these big firms reside, as they rarely invest in startups outside of those two countries. As I touched on before, China and India have the most mature VC communities. First, investors in Asia flock to hype. Sequoia , Accel , NEA , etc.).

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AI drug discovery platform Insilico Medicine announces $255 million in Series C funding

TechCrunch

Those include CPE, OrbiMed, Mirae Asset Capital, B Capital Group, Deerfield Management, Maison Capital, Lake Bleu Capital, President International Development Corporation, Sequoia Capital China and Sage Partners. . In that paper, Insilco’s deep learning model was able to identify potential compounds in just 21 days. .

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JD pushes livestreaming appearances of founder Richard Liu’s avatar ahead of  618 e-commerce festival

TechNode

Although the virtual Lius nearly 40-minute-long slot made for only a short section of the 11-hour-long e-commerce event, its appearance still suggests that the company sees use of the avatar as a headline- and hype-generating strategy as it looks to boost consumption on its platforms.

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Vivo X60 flagship series announced with Zeiss-branded camera system

The Verge

The highest-end model is the X60 Pro Plus, which is coming first to India, while the X60 and X60 Pro are also launching in the UK and several other markets. Vivo previously launched the X60 series in China but with substantially different specs to these new global models. Vivo’s main focus with the X60 series is the cameras.

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