8 h. ago Amap, Alibaba’s answer to Google Maps, sees millions test new ranking service

More than 40 million Amap users logged on to test its artificial intelligence-powered ranking service, as Alibaba Group Holding’s answer to Google Maps started ranking mainland destinations and providing recommendations for 1.6 million establishments. Amap Street Stars – which uses AI algorithms to rank destinations including restaurants, hotels and tourist attractions – recorded that many users on its launch on Wednesday, as the mapping app positioned itself as a gateway for lifestyle services,...

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46 h. ago US House delegation to visit China for first time in over 6 years

China has confirmed that a bipartisan group of lawmakers from the US House of Representatives will visit the country later this month for the first time in over six years. “China welcomes Representative Adam Smith, ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, to lead a delegation to visit China,” Liu Pengyu, spokesman for the Chinese embassy in the US, told the Post in a statement late on Tuesday night Washington time. “We also welcome more Americans from all walks of life, including...

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49 h. ago Alibaba's Amap ranking feature is latest salvo against Meituan in China's e

Alibaba's Amap ranking feature is latest salvo against Meituan in China's e-commerce wars  Yahoo Finance

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54 h. ago Alibaba’s ‘Amap Street Stars’ is latest salvo against Meituan in e

Alibaba Group Holding on Wednesday launched an artificial intelligence-powered ranking feature on its online mapping service Amap, as the tech giant doubles down on AI applications and deepens its rivalry with food delivery leader Meituan. Amap Street Stars, a ranking featured on the app’s homepage, used AI algorithms to rank offline destinations including restaurants, hotels and tourist attractions, to “advance Amap’s role as the gateway for lifestyle services”, Alibaba said at the launch event...

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4 d. ago Tokyo maps out new disaster plan for an ‘inevitable’ Mount Fuji eruption

As Mount Fuji looms tranquilly over Tokyo’s skyline, city officials are racing to prepare for a disaster that has not struck in more than three centuries – but could happen “at any time”. For the first time, authorities in Japan’s capital have mapped out exactly how they would evacuate millions if the dormant volcano awakens, in an overhaul of the city’s disaster playbook. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s new volcano disaster prevention plan outlines which roads will be cleared first and...

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2 w. ago New US Consul General Julie Eadeh arrives in Hong Kong after Beijing’s approval

An American official who met local opposition activists during the 2019 anti-government protests has arrived in Hong Kong after receiving Beijing’s approval for the much-watched appointment as the new US consul general for the city and Macau. Julie Eadeh was due to succeed her predecessor, Gregory May, who left Hong Kong last month to assume duties as the deputy chief of mission at the US embassy in Beijing. A career member of the senior foreign service with the rank of minister counsellor, she...

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