Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Ant | Mind Blowing Facts

Global Market: Ant International raises $1.2 billion to fuel global expansion

Ant International has raised $1.2 billion in a fresh funding round backed by Ant Group and Alibaba to accelerate its global expansion across merchant payments, financial services and enterprise solutions.

The Economic Times

Alibaba's Ant Group Started Investing in Humanoid Robots Last Year. They've Made A Dozen Deals Since And Bet It's The Future.

Alibaba affiliate Ant Group is accelerating its push into humanoid robotics, leading a new $73.6 million funding round for Chinese startup Zeroth.

International Business Times

Tech Brief (June 17): Ant Revamps Alipay With AI Assistant in Biggest App Overhaul

SiliconFlow raises $294 million as China’s AI inference demand surges, Alibaba unveils Qwen-Robot AI models

Caixin Global

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Tech Brief (Nov. 25): Trump Signs Executive Order for AI Project

Xiaomi and its founder Lei Jun stem stock rout with $115 million buyback, Alibaba and its affiliate Ant accelerate efforts to capture consumer attention in China’s booming AI sector

Caixin Global

Why Piastri was penalised for F1 Brazil GP clash with Antonelli and Leclerc

Oscar Piastri was held responsible for a three-way clash with Andrea Kimi Antonelli and Charles Leclerc on a lap six restart during Formula 1's Brazilian Grand Prix

Autosport

Why Oscar Piastri was penalised for F1 Brazil GP clash

Oscar Piastri was held responsible for a three-way clash with Andrea Kimi Antonelli and Charles Leclerc on a lap six restart during Formula 1's Brazilian Grand Prix

Motorsport

Charles Leclerc retires with damage from Brazil Grand Prix as Oscar Piastri receives penalty

Leclerc retired from the 2025 Brazilian GP after being hit by Antonelli in a chain-reaction following a lunge from Piastri

Motorsport

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Carlos Sainz crashes out of United States GP after Kimi Antonelli clash

Carlos Sainz retired from the United States Grand Prix at COTA after a collision with Mercedes rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli

Motorsport

Alibaba Stock Surges 95% As Company Doubles Down On AI, Cloud

Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) remains aggressively invested in a gamut of activities, including integrating artificial intelligence across its e-commerce ecosystem and expanding its global footprint through significant investments in Hong Kong real estate to drive value.

Benzinga

Alibaba's Ant Group Open-Sources dInfer, Claims AI Framework Outpaces Nvidia

Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) fintech affiliate Ant Group has open-sourced dInfer, an inference framework for diffusion language models, claiming it can make AI systems more efficient than Nvidia's (NASDAQ:NVDA) framework.

Benzinga

Your Next Roommate Might Be A Robot From Jack Ma's Ant Group

Ant Group, backed by Jack Ma, entered the humanoid robot race by unveiling its first model, the R1, at the 2025 Inclusion Conference on the Bund in Shanghai.

Benzinga

Big banks can ‘afford to be a little behind the curve’ on AI, and let smaller startups make riskier bets

“I don’t think we should be at the cutting edge of innovation around AI as a big bank," said Craig Corte, an executive at Standard Chartered.

Fortune

Circle Reportedly Integrating USDC With Jack Ma's Ant Group

Ant Group, the Chinese fintech powerhouse backed by Jack Ma, is reportedly planning to integrate Circle's USDC (CRYPTO: USDC) stablecoin into its global blockchain platform.

Benzinga

George Russell sees off Max Verstappen to take brilliant pole at Canadian GP

Russell started on pole here last year and came from nowhere to secure first place again.

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Sports Illustrated

Chris Finch Identifies Physicality As Area Anthony Edwards Can Improve After WCF Loss

Timberwolves coach Chris Finch noted this is an area Anthony Edwards can improve.

The Times of India

Toto Wolff says he was looking out for 3 drivers at Australian Grand Prix: “I very much care how Lewis Hamilton is doing”

Lewis Hamilton has bid farewell to Mercedes after spending 12 successful years with the team, but some things take time to settle. As Hamilton raced in Ferrari colors for the first time at the Australian Grand Prix, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff couldn’t help but keep an eye on him on…

Benzinga

The Fall of Ant Group's IPO: Alibaba's Missteps, Legal Battles, and a $433.5M Settlement

Overview

International Business Times

US Government-Linked Wallet Converts Seized Alameda $ANT To $ETH Ahead Of AragonDAO Deadline

The digital wallet that held cryptocurrencies seized from collapsed Alameda Research has converted its $ANT tokens into $ETH, two days shy of the deadline set by AragonDAO for token redemption.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Caixin Global

Shanghai Composite Index Rose 0.49% on Monday

Shenzhen Component Index closed up 0.08%

Caixin Global

Weekly Must-Read: China’s Challenge to Fill the Multibillion-Dollar Insurance Blackhole

The insurance industry is sliding deeper into trouble, with slow sales, weak investment returns and low interest rates weighing on profits, fueling concerns that some may not be able to pay out maturing policies

Caixin Global

Shanghai Composite Index Fell 0.08% on Thursday

Shenzhen Component Index closed down 0.36%

Caixin Global

Shanghai Composite Index Rose 0.55% on Wednesday

Shenzhen Component Index closed up 0.21%

Android Central

COROS Heart Rate Monitor review: A seamless band I didn't know I needed

If you want accurate heart rate data, either to replace or augment your smartwatch, this affordable heart rate strap sits comfortably on your arm and gives you dozens of hours of activity per charge.

Fortune

Pinduoduo founder Colin Huang surges past Alibaba's Jack Ma to become China's third-richest person

Huang rose seven places on Hurun's annual list of China's wealthiest people, thanks to surging business at both Pinduoduo and Temu.

Evening Standard

Founder of Jack Ma-backed fintech WorldFirst hits back over risk management questions after board exodus

Founder Jonathan Quin is understood to have questioned changes to risk and oversight functions at meetings of the firm’s risk committee.

1 2 3 4

People

Andrea Kimi Antonelli

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.