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Baidu hits the road against Alibaba with driverless food deliveries

Search and AI giant Baidu is collaborating with Meituan-Dianping to deliver food to China's towns and cities via driverless cars. Baidu and Meituan are set to...

Retail IoT: Why AI is the big opportunity | Special report

There was initial scepticism about AI in retail, but it is now generating considerable buzz, with companies realising that the technology is here to...

Alibaba makes inroads with autonomous vehicle tests

Following in the tyre tracks of domestic rivals Baidu and Tencent, Chinese technology giant Alibaba is the latest company to hit the road with driverless...

Five predictions on the future of smart warehousing

Warehousing is no longer the dumb, static component in the supply chain, but an area that's ripe for smart transformation. Chris Middleton and Kayla...

Smart speaker sales set to race past 50 million in 2018

As the smart speaker market matures, Amazon and Google will face more competition and homegrown players will seek to ignite demand in China.  "Alexa, tell...

Alibaba and Ford team up on connected car experiences

Alibaba and Ford have teamed up to explore ways that connected tech can be used to transform customer experiences in the automotive industry. With the...

Cainiao and 4PX open intelligent logistics park for ecommerce

Alibaba's Cainiao and 4PX claim new intelligent logistics park is smartest in China.  There’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but when it comes to bumper...

Alibaba showcases vision of ‘retail store of the future’

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba shows off a new, IoT-enabled  furniture store in Hangzhou and announces a new $15 billion R&D program.  When it comes to...

Ecommerce giant Alibaba opens ‘China’s smartest warehouse’

Cainiao, the logistics arm of Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba, has announced the official launch of operations at its new smart warehouse in Huiyang, Guongdong...

Chinese online retailer JD.com to expand drone delivery routes in 2017

JD.com, China's second largest online retailer, is set to expand its drone delivery routes to reach a growing network of rural villages following a...

Alibaba launches VR Pay, gives virtual reality payments the nod

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has developed VR Pay, a payment system that lets shoppers purchase goods through virtual reality (VR) devices simply by nodding...
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