Following in the footsteps of Baidu and others, it appears that Xiaomi is getting into the electric vehicle (EV) business. The Chinese firm is set to produce EVs using a third-party factory, sources t…
Baidu May Have Picked The CEO To Lead Its Electric Car JV With Geely
Baidu CEO Robin Li announced that the Chinese search giant had settled on a CEO and brand name for the electric car company it recently formed with Geely. He said this during Baidu’s latest earnings c…
Baidu Seeking To Raise Funds To Set Up AI Chip Company
Chinese search giant Baidu is engaging in discussions to raise funds for an artificial intelligence semiconductor company, a knowledgeable source told CNBC. The move is part of an effort to diversify …
Geely Links Up With Tencent To Develop Smart Car And Driverless Tech
Automotive giant Geely has inked a deal with tech conglomerate Tencent to develop technology for smart vehicle cockpits and self-driving vehicles. This is Geely’s third partnership with a major techno…
US Backs Off Banning Investments in Alibaba, Tencent And Baidu
US government officials backed off a plan to ban American investment in Chinese tech conglomerates Alibaba, Tencent, and Baidu after disagreements emerged within the Trump administration. But as his p…
Geely Makes Push Into Electric Vehicle Market With Foxconn and Baidu
Chinese carmaker Geely, widely credited for reviving Proton’s fortunes, is making an aggressive push into the electric vehicle market, signing separate deals with Taiwanese electronics manufactu…
Baidu Announces Its Own Real-Time Machine Translation System
Baidu has announced that it’s working on its own real-time machine translation system. The company calls it STACL (Simultaneous Translation with Anticipation and Controllable Latency), and as th…
Nvidia And Baidu Announce Partnership To Build Self-driving Cars
Nvidia is teaming up with Chinese technology giant Baidu to develop its very own self-driving cars. The partnership will see the two companies use artificial intelligence to build an autonomous car pl…
Baidu Browser Tracks User Location, IMEI Number, URLs Visited, And Much More
The Baidu Browser has been discovered to be a massive security and privacy breach on both Android and Windows. Built and distributed by Chinese technology giant Baidu, the browser has been discovered …
Baidu Unveils Duer Digital Assistant for China Smartphones
Chinese Internet search giants Baidu, which has been pushing hard on artificial intelligence research, has unveiled its own digital assistant app. Called “Duer”, the app will live in Baidu…
Baidu Teams Up With BMW To Introduce Driverless Cars To China By Year End
Chinese internet giant Baidu has announced plans to introduce autonomous vehicles to China by the end of the year. These cars appear to be based on BMW’s technology for semi-autonomous driving, …
Baidu Caught Cheating On Supercomputer Test
Baidu has been caught gaming the system on a recent test of its supercomputer capabilities. This was particularly significant because the Chinese search engine giant displayed results that outperforme…