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Alibaba’s new chairman says he has to reinvent retail before someone else does — BusinessWeek

Daniel Zhang isn’t worried about replacing Jack Ma. He’s worried about replacing Alibaba, writes Peter Elstrom and Lulu Yilun Chen. Here is the link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-09/alibaba-s-new-chair-says-he-ll-find-the-way-to-kill-his-business

Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency ‘poses risks to global banking’ — The Guardian

Move could affect competition and data privacy, warns Bank for International Settlements, writes Phillip Inman and Angela Monaghan. Here is the link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jun/23/facebook-libra-cryptocurrency-poses-risks-to-global-banking

Alibaba A.I. Labs launches hospitality robot

Alibaba A.I. Labs, the department leading consumer AI product development at Alibaba, is launching service robots for the hospitality sector starting in October. 

Alibaba Cloud to work with Kenyan ministry to support wildlife protection project

Alibaba Cloud, the cloud-computing arm of Alibaba Group, and the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife of the Republic of Kenya have agreed to explore a collaboration to deploy Alibaba Cloud’s technology to support the Kenya Wildlife Protection Project. 

Alibaba will no longer bring 1 million jobs to the US, citing tariffs — The Verge

Alibaba’s founder and chairman Jack Ma says the Chinese mega e-commerce company no longer has plans to create 1 million jobs in the US,...