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’ …
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
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
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
Chinese censorship-busters claim Tencent is trying to kill its WeChat . . . Chinese censorship-busters claim Tencent is trying to kill its WeChat archive 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
Tencent doesn’t care if it can buy American GPUs again – it already has . . . Tencent doesn’t care if it can buy American GPUs again – it already has all the chips it needs Chinese web giant Tencent doesn’t mind if Washington doesn’t let it buy more American GPUs, because it already has all the chips it needs During the company’s Q2 earnings call a financial analyst asked if the USA’s recent decision to allow Nvidia and AMD to resume GPU sales to China will