NetEase’s music-streaming service goes down for 2 hours after ‘infrastructure failures’

NetEase’s music-streaming service goes down for 2 hours after ‘infrastructure failures’

NetEase Cloud Music, the Hong Kong-listed Chinese music-streaming service with more than 200 million monthly active users, reported a widespread outage for over two hours on Monday afternoon, blaming infrastructure issues. Starting from 3pm, users said online that while the mobile and web apps could be opened, they were unable to play music. Instead they … Read more

Chinese AI social media apps see demand rise in overseas markets amid slow mainland adoption

Chinese AI social media apps see demand rise in overseas markets amid slow mainland adoption

A number of Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) companies are seeing greater demand for their social media applications in overseas markets, as adoption on the mainland has been slower by comparison. Shanghai-based MiniMax – a generative AI start-up that counts South China Morning Post owner Alibaba Group Holding as a major investor – has become a … Read more