When we look back at #Meta, #Xitter, #Bytedance, #Google and #Tencent twenty years from now, we'll think of them as we think of #ImperialBrands, #BritishAmerican and #PhilipMorris today.
The social and societal consequences of the dopamine predators won't be forgotten and it won't be forgiven.
We managed to bring #BigTobacco to their knees -- let's do the same to #BigSocial.
We need to ban targeted advertising and behavioral tracking. Put the predators in jail.
@Handelsblatt @schlagzeilen-Handelsblatt
#Wirtschaft #VideoGames
"Die Aktie des Videospiele-Entwicklers #Ubisoft steigt...bis zu 12%. Das französische Unternehmen plant, zusammen mit dem chinesischen Technologiekonzern #Tencent eine Tochtergesellschaft zu gründen...soll die Marken der Videospielserien Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry & Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six unter sich vereinen. Sie wird mit rund 4 Milliarden Euro bewertet, Tencent kauft sich für 1,16 Milliarden Euro ein.
A handshake between Xi Jinping and Jack Ma sent Chinese tech stocks booming as it was interpreted as the sector's return to the fold — but experts still advise caution. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/02/tech/china-tech-sector-support-concerns/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #xijinping #china #alibaba #ubsgroup #tencent #deepseek #ai #jackma
The tech champions present at a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping suggest that he is rallying troops from the business sector to fight a geopolitical battle. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/02/19/xi-corporate-priorities-control/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #china #us #xijinping #tech #byd #huawei #alibaba #tencent #xiaomi #ai #deepseek
Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to chair a symposium to boost private sector sentiment next week that will be attended by the country's business leaders including Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/02/14/economy/xi-symposium-jack-ma-china-business/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #china #xijinping #jackma #alibaba #tencent #xiaomi #huawei #tech
#TikTok and its possible banning gets a lot of press, but it's equally notable that #Tencent was classified in the US as a Chinese military company. They own, for example, Clash of Clans and Clash Royale developer #Supercell.
https://www.polygon.com/news/504829/tencent-chinese-military-company-blacklist-united-states-department-defense-donald-trump
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/07/2025-00070/notice-of-availability-of-designation-of-chinese-military-companies
The U.S.’ latest move to expand its list of Chinese military companies threatens to accelerate decoupling of the world’s biggest economies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/01/08/tech/us-blacklist-china-tech-decoupling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #us #china #tencent #catl #tesla #batteries #trade #defense #uschinarelations
USA stufen Tencent und CATL als Militärunternehmen ein
Die USA haben Tencent und CATL in die Liste "chinesischer Militärunternehmen" aufgenommen. Das schränkt die Geschäfte der Großkonzerne mit dem Pentagon ein. Chinas Regierung zeigte sich empört.
The U.S. Defense Department has added gaming and social media leader Tencent Holdings and battery maker CATL, along with several other Chinese tech giants, to a list of firms it says work with China's military. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/07/world/politics/us-tencent-catl-beijing-military/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #tencent #catl #china #defense
Alibaba Plans Major Discounts on AI Large Language Models https://www.byteseu.com/613716/ #AI #Alibaba #ArtificialIntelligence #baidu #ByteDance #China #ChinaAI #Huawei #JD.com #LargeLanguageModels #News #PYMNTSNews #Tencent #What'sHot
A decade ago, Tencent’s MoreFun Studios was on the verge of collapse. Now the 1,600-strong operation and its leader Enzo Zhang are at the heart of the Chinese entertainment company’s ambitions to craft international hits. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/12/11/tech/tencent-global-game-ambitions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #tencent #videogames #china
@bert_hubert Good time to remind people Naomi Wu was forced to stop her social media activities shortly after exposing a Chinese manufacturer's keyboard spyware. @SexyCyborg
"For years she has called attention to this problem, in which people were using apps like Signal to protect their privacy but typing on a keyboard that could be recording every keystroke and sending it to the developer, Tencent..."
The spyware was independently verified, #TenCent denied it, and then the govt paid Wu a visit.
https://skepchick.org/2023/08/maker-naomi-wu-is-silenced-by-chinese-authorities-and-why-i-blame-elon-musk/
Tequila Works, el estudio tras Rime y The Sexy Brutale y uno de nuestros tesoros nacionales, se desclara en bancarrota.
Desde que Tencent obtuvo el control del estudio todo fue a peor en Tequila Works, y ahora esta bancarrota es el resultado explícito de una gestión de Tencent en la que les han retirado los fondos de golpe, dejando a los desarrolladores con el culo al aire y desorientados, aun trabajando todavía.
"TikTok has a questionable algorithm and its fiscal ties to its Chinese parent company."
#HeidiLiFeldman, 2024
https://wedistribute.org/2024/09/the-revolution-will-be-federated/
A lot of big US DataFarming platforms, including dReddit, Discard and TrapChat, are also now owned or part-owned by Chinese DataFarmers TenCent (creators of WeChat).
2017: CNBC - What is TenCent;
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=m5yFhJFqw5w
2023: Magnates Media - The Secret Chinese Company That Owns Everything;
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=51fWzJ-A5w4
Tencent Holdings and NetEase are reconsidering or scaling back many of their investments in Japanese studios, after years of spending yielded few hit games and the Chinese market staged a comeback. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/08/30/companies/tencent-netease-japan/ #business #companies #china #tencent #netease #videogames #investments
#Tencent ponders banning infomercials hosted by 'virtual humans' on its flagship video service - https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/18/wechat_avatar_ban_policy_proposal/ "Beijing's interest in generative AI has its limits" #genAI #china
If recently announced changes coming to Windows 11 weren’t enough to scare you away: Microsoft is now partnering with Tencent to add the Tencent malw…app store integrated with the Microsoft store so you can install Tencent malwa…apps in Windows.
The news that keeps coming keeps reminding me to keep Windows off of all of my computers.
@EricCarroll
Download Viki Rakuten. It's an Asian RV app and the whole ##ThreeBodyProblem series is available there for free. There are ads but not bad.
It's on another TV app too, maybe Tubi or Roku? But I found that and YouTube both unwatchable due to the ads.
I really like the #TenCent version.
Thought it would be interesting to watch the #TenCent version of #ThreeBodyProblem on #YouTube
It seems YouTube injects 5-10 second ads about every 4-6 minutes.
It's almost unwatchable.
