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Header image source: Alibaba Group. During this year’s 618 shopping festival, Taobao Shangou (flash sales) and Ele.me together recorded over 60 million orders. Nearly 40 million came from Taobao Shangou, while Ele.me contributed more than 20 million. That momentum hasn’t let up. Less than a month later, the numbers climbed again.…

Chinese e-commerce giants Alibaba Group Holding and JD.com reported record user participation and growing sales during the 618 shopping festival, as government subsidies and new artificial intelligence (AI) tools fuelled a surge in consumer activity. More than 453 brands each surpassed 100 million yuan (US$14 million) in gross merchandise value…

Liverpool are going to sign a striker this summer…surely. Will they be shrewd about it, or get all giddy like they did with Florian Wirtz? We’ve ranked ten of Arne Slot’s reported striker targets — including four from the Premier League. 10) Alexander Isak (Newcastle) He’s obviously the best fit,…

Tottenham Hotspur have submitted a £70million bid to hijack Manchester United’s move for Brentford forward Bryan Mbeumo, according to reports. Mbeumo scored 20 Premier League goals last season – a tally bettered only by Mohamed Salah, Alexander Isak and Erling Haaland – and also contributed seven assists. The Cameroonian international…

Manchester United head coach / manager Ruben Amorim during a Premier League match (Photo by Marc Atkins/Getty Images) Bryan Mbeumo is entrenched in a high-stakes transfer duel this summer, with Manchester United appearing to be in the driver’s seat but Tottenham Hotspur might still turn the tide. Following the appointment…

Joe Tsai, Co-founder and Executive Vice-Chairman of Alibaba Group Credit: BEYOND Expo Alibaba Chairman Joe Tsai has revealed that the company’s engineers worked through the Chinese New Year holiday to accelerate AI development after the company felt pressured by DeepSeek’s breakthrough. Speaking at the VivaTech conference in Paris, Tsai said…

A former senior product executive at DingTalk, Alibaba’s enterprise messaging unit, published a lengthy internal letter upon leaving the company, criticizing Alibaba’s cultural erosion, failed M&A strategy, and lack of innovation. The post prompted a rare response from Alibaba founder Jack Ma. Why it matters: The memo has triggered wide…

Alibaba’s internal culture has shifted from mission-driven to KPI-obsessed, eroding employee motivation. A departing R&D executive’s 10,000-word memo has sparked soul-searching and leadership responses. Failed acquisitions and innovation bottlenecks reveal Alibaba’s deep strategic malaise. Alibaba Group once epitomized China’s entrepreneurial rise. Founded in 1999 by Jack Ma, its mission to…

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang recently said China is “not behind” the US in artificial intelligence. Other US tech giants might disagree. At Google I/O, the search giant unveiled its latest Gemini AI model, claiming it has the world’s fastest AI, with a token output speed ten times that of China’s DeepSeek.…

Tottenham Hotspur’s search for a new manager goes on following the sacking of Ange Postecoglou earlier this month. The Australian was dismissed just two weeks after guiding the Lilywhites to Europa League glory, becoming just the third manager in the club’s history to win a European trophy. Despite beating Manchester…