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China's technology giant Alibaba has launched a public beta of Wan3.0, an AI video generation model supporting clips of up to 30 seconds and multimodal inputs including text, image, video, audio, web pages, PDFs, and PowerPoint presentations.

Malaysia could benefit from a proposed U.S. ban on imports of new Chinese optical transceiver models, as global suppliers expand production outside China to support artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, analysts said.

National Payment Corporation (NAPAS), a payment platform in Vietnam, has connected its VietQRGlobal payment infrastructure with China's Weixin Pay, enabling Chinese visitors to scan QR codes and make payments in Vietnam.

Jetour hosted some of the brand friends for an interesting conversation with world-renowned explorer Ed Stafford, off-road demonstration, and official vehicle handover ceremony in Harbin, China.

Tencent Hy3 (formerly known as Tencent Hunyuan), the latest large language model developed by China's Tencent, is now available for international access, following the model's official release on July 6.

China's Alibaba has launched Qwen3.8-Max, the largest AI model in its Qwen large language and multimodal model family, featuring 2.4 trillion parameters and a context window of up to 1 million tokens.

ASEAN+3 economies need to bring together artificial intelligence (AI), energy infrastructure and digital payment systems to navigate a potential new wave of dollar dependence as AI reshapes the global economy, the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) said on Thursday.

Malaysia-based budget airline Batik Air and YeePay, one of China's payment service providers, have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen connectivity between China and Malaysia through integrated digital payment and air ticket distribution solutions.

KPay Group, a fintech company co-headquartered in Hong Kong and Singapore, has received in-principle approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for a Major Payment Institution license, under the Payment Services Act 2019 for its Singapore subsidiary, KPay Merchant Service (Singapore).

Huawei has joined Thai government agencies, telecom carriers, large language model developers, AI associations, and universities to launch the Thailand AI Ecosystem Initiative, in order to push Thailand as a hub for AI innovation in Southeast Asia.