StanyME 2 Officially Launched
July 25 2025
Tom K.
South Korea’s LG Electronics announced on Monday that it will begin the global rollout of its popular StanbyME 2 portable TV this week. The versatile display will first launch in Hong Kong and Turkey, followed by releases later this month in the United States, Canada, Vietnam, and Singapore. LG stated that the product will enter the European market next month.
Unveiled at CES 2025 this January, the StanbyME 2 features a detachable 27-inch touchscreen and a built-in battery that offers up to 4 hours of playback time.
Shanghai Introduces Pilot Policy to Treat Foreign-Developed Games as "Domestic Games"
July ,2 2025
Hong X.
Among the measures, it was proposed that a pilot policy will be implemented treating games developed by foreign-funded gaming companies in Shanghai as domestic games.
As is well known, many foreign gaming companies have established R&D teams in Shanghai, including industry giants such as Supercell, Riot Games, 2K, Garena, Ubisoft, EA, and Activision, covering all categories from mobile games to console games.
If games developed by these companies’ Shanghai branches are classified as “domestic games” and can apply for approval through the domestic game license channel**, this could significantly increase the number of high-quality global games entering China**. Currently, only 10-20 imported game licenses are typically approved each month, while over 100 domestic game licenses are granted monthly.
This policy could be a major boost for foreign studios operating in Shanghai, streamlining their path to the Chinese market.
Grok AI avatar published in 2025
May 10 2025
Hong X.
The Grok AI chatbot released by Musk yesterday is the best I’ve seen so far. Early in the morning, I had a voice chat with it about the F1 racing movie I watched last night, and it even changed the chat background to a movie screening to match the conversation. When I talked about the BlackPink Fortnite event, it kept up with the topic effortlessly.
Reflections on Recent US-China Gaming & Entertainment Conferences
Over the past few months, I’ve attended several closed-door and public conferences in the U.S. and China focused on gaming, Hollywood entertainment giants, and capital markets—and the takeaways have been profound. The differences in how institutions operate based on their backgrounds are striking.
The contrast in priorities: Hollywood’s old guard vs. new players battling over AI strategy, Silicon Valley’s relentless obsession with tech innovation, the cautious hesitation of traditional U.S. and Japanese gaming/entertainment giants (afraid to misstep), and China’s big tech companies grinding away while young entrepreneurs adopt a “build first, ask later” mentality in AI and experimental entertainment. We’re truly in a cyclical, transformative era of human progress.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai likened AI’s invention to fire and electricity, with his core principle being “signal over noise.” I don’t think that’s an exaggeration. He dismisses external criticism, stock fluctuations, and media hype as “noise,”while focusing on first principles, core technical data, and irreversible long-term trends as the real signal.” This reminds me of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s internal discussions their no-expense-spared investment in AI must stem from real, undisclosed insights.
a16z often makes bold (and sometimes clueless) predictions, but their latest take “speed is the new moat”is actually spot-on.
Right now, there’s still a massive gap between the flood of new large language models (LLMs), experimental applications, and actual polished end-user experiences. And you know what? Chinese innovators will likely bridge it first.Whoever defines the 0→1→100trajectory in this space will set the rules for everyone else.
AI + everything but timing is everything, too.
And on a lighter note… Why is Chinese food so insanely delicious yet so cheap?! My colleague, who fancies himself a “chef capable of challenging 95% of LA restaurants” and a “globetrotting food critic,” has humbly admitted that our debates over “who’s the bigger fool” (Dumb and Dumber-style) are utterly meaningless in the face of such culinary greatness.
Meanwhile, outsiders watching China’s AI-powered entertainment and gaming integrations be like…
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