Tencent says small clouds can’t get hardware, so big clouds can hike . . . Tencent says small clouds can’t get hardware, so big clouds can hike prices Two more Chinese cloud giants have signalled price rises for their services, again due to the impact of AI on their supply chains Alibaba Cloud was the first mover, yesterday announcing price hikes of between five and 34 percent and saying “the surge in global AI demand and rising supply chain costs” made the
Chinese censorship-busters claim Tencent is trying to kill its WeChat . . . Anti-censorship organization GreatFire org has accused Singapore infosec outfit Group-IB of helping Chinese web giant Tencent to quell its activities GreatFire researches China’s censorship efforts and publishes data about the material and apps Beijing blocks
Apple’s new 15% mini-app deal finally gets Tencent to cut Cupertino in Apple’s new 15% mini-app deal finally gets Tencent to cut Cupertino in Apple has cut its take to 15 percent on purchases inside mini apps running within other iOS apps, and reached a parallel agreement with Tencent that brings WeChat's vast mini-program ecosystem into its revenue net
Tencent slows pace of GPU rollout as DeepSeek helps it wring more . . . Tencent slows pace of GPU rollout as DeepSeek helps it wring more performance from fewer accelerators Chinese tech giant Tencent has slowed the pace of its GPU rollout since implementing DeepSeek Chief Strategy Officer James Mitchell revealed the slowdown during the company’s Q4 2024 earnings call, when asked how capital expenditure on AI will impact margins and profits Mitchell replied
Tencent Cloud launches CentOS variant tuned for Chinese silicon • The . . . Tencent Cloud has launched a version of its homebrew cut of Linux distribution CentOS TencentOS Server V3, launched last week, is said to be compatible with CentOS7 and CentOS8, and happy running on CPUs built on the x86 and Arm architectures It's 2024, so Tencent Cloud has made sure the OS allows use of virtualized GPUs …
Tencent, Microsoft link app stores in China • The Register Forums Tencent, Microsoft link app stores in China Tencent and Microsoft have struck a deal that will see the Chinese gaming giant's Android wares available on the Microsoft Store, and playable on Windows PCs A Microsoft China announcement explains the deal means Windows users can install mobile apps on their PCs
Chinese web giant Tencent cant buy all the GPUs it wants Chinese web giant Tencent’s capital expenditure is slowing and the company expects it will decelerate further due to its inability to buy all the GPUs it wants Tencent is a sprawling conglomerate whose messaging and e-commerce apps have over a billion monthly users and are ubiquitous parts of modern Chinese life The company’ …
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