XpressBees, backed by Alibaba, is sharpening its strategy to expand across India’s logistics network, aiming to deepen coverage in smaller sellers, omnichannel commerce and even B2B express and managed warehousing. After surviving a harsh market, the company is investing in automation and new services, but its bid to outpace Delhivery and Ecom Express will depend on overcoming cost, execution and competition hurdles.
Britain is investigating after UK Biobank data appeared on China’s Alibaba for sale. The anonymised dataset reportedly covered 500,000 volunteers. Officials say the listings were removed, with no purchases made, and access to the data has been paused. The Information Commissioner’s Office is also probing what happened and how the data surfaced.
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Tencent and Alibaba are reportedly discussing an investment in AI startup DeepSeek, targeting a valuation above $20 billion. The talks underscore how costly cutting-edge AI development has become, with the final terms still under negotiation. DeepSeek’s earlier model release drew worldwide attention, raising expectations around what new funding could enable next.
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