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2021.03.05

04:33

Tecent's Ma Huateng makes first public appearance after two years

On the morning of March 4, Ma Huateng, CEO of Tencent, appeared at the discussion site of the Guangdong delegation at China’s Two Sessions, as a deputy to the National People’s Congress (NPC). This is also his first appearance after disappearing from the public eye for nearly 2 years due to a recurrence of his back injury.

2021.03.04

04:25

Tencent buys into tech startups worldwide

China's tech giant Tencent has invested about $259 billion in hundreds of tech startups domestically and overseas.

2021.03.02

09:46

Tencent releases its first fully self-developed quadruped robot

Today, Tencent officially launched the first fully self-developed multi-modal quadruped robot-Robot Dog Max. It adopts the original and self-developed foot-wheel integration scheme of Tencent Robotics X Lab, which has legs and wheels, and can switch to different forms in different environments. “Max” also has a keen “nervous system”, which achieves sub-millisecond force control.

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