Cloudbeds, the hospitality management system built for ambitious hoteliers who demand more, today announced its new affiliation with Preferred Hotels & Resorts as the latest addition to the brand’s Alliance Partner Program. This partnership solidifies Cloudbeds’ position as a recommended provider of unified hotel management technology for Preferred Hotels & Resorts member properties across the globe. Through this partnership, Preferred Hotels & Resorts’ member hotels will be able to adopt Cloudbeds’ intelligent platform to help turn technology into a driver of profitable growth. Built on a unified data model, the Cloudbeds platform brings operations, distribution, guest experience, and revenue marketing together, giving teams a shared, real-time understanding of their business and the ability to act on it.

Why are there so many caterpillars in Beijing this year?

Users of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in China had surpassed 700 million in number by the end of June 2026, according to a report released on Tuesday.

A senior US FBI official has made an unusually public ‌request to the hacking group ShinyHunters, telling the cybercriminals on Tuesday they should get in touch following a wide-ranging breach of the bureau's job site.

Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek on Wednesday open-sourced a suite of core tools tailored for Huawei Technologies’ Ascend AI chips, marking a step forward in the country’s push to end dependence on processors from US giant Nvidia amid US export curbs. Hangzhou-based DeepSeek released six software modules that mirror its prior open-source tools for Nvidia’s AI chips, aiming to build a new “independent and controllable” software ecosystem for graphics processing units (GPUs),...

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Mainland Chinese and Hong Kong stocks may face a challenging fourth quarter as investors contend with underwhelming stimulus measures from Beijing, tighter financial conditions in the US and a shift in the narrative around the artificial intelligence trade, according to analysts. The two markets were likely to consolidate through the rest of the year as investors digest the negatives before settling on a clearer direction, according to brokerages including Zheshang Securities and CCB...