HotAI
Report: Hongguo Free Short Drama surpasses Doubao in users to become Douyin Group's second-largest app
As of September 2026, mobile internet monthly active users reached 1.281 billion, up 0.9% year-on-year.
HotAI
Tencent's TenPay Global and Mastercard Sign MoU to Advance Inbound QR Payments, Remittances, and Agentic Payments
On November 2, during Hong Kong Fintech Week 2026, TenPay Global, Tencent's cross-border payment platform, signed a memorandum of cooperation with Mastercard.
HotAI
AI-powered malware ‘highly likely’ to be used to hack UK infrastructure by 2028
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has warned that AI-powered malware is “highly likely” to be used in ransomware attacks on critical national infrastructure by 2028.
HotAI
LLM 0.37 Adds GPT-6.1 Models, Endpoint Command and Smarter Embeddings
The update adds two GPT-6.1 models, gpt-6.1-sol and gpt-6.1-terra, and a new endpoint command.
Startup
Rivian buys startup to turn 400,000 daily clips into 3D sims
Rivian has acquired Third Dimension, a 15-person UK startup, to convert the more than 400,000 driving sequences its fleet collects daily into detailed 3D simulation environments for training its self-driving system.
Crypto
As it happened: Binance’s record $6.3B crypto hack
Binance has disclosed a record cryptocurrency hack with an estimated total impact of about $6.3 billion, while confirming that roughly $3 billion in stolen assets has been frozen.
AI
Introducing Kimi K3.1 Pro
Moonshot has released Kimi K3.1 Pro on the Kimi API, making its newest flagship model available to developers on 23rd October 2026.
Startup
$3.64B flees Binance on reopen, THORChain co-founder opposes coin freeze: Hodler’s Digest
Binance reopened withdrawals across 15 blockchain networks after a $6.3 billion hack, with roughly $3.64 billion leaving.
AI
AI Can Write More of the Code. We Still Have to Engineer the System
The argument distinguishes producing an implementation from exploring a design or deciding whether a system solves the right problem.
AI
AI delivers 'zero financial payoff' to most companies, Apollo economist says
Artificial intelligence has delivered no measurable financial benefit to major U.S. He found flat profit margins and revenue per worker, with no AI-driven productivity gains.