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SuperAI Brings the Frontier of Artificial Intelligence to Singapore: Over 7,000 Innovators to Connect on Breakthrough AI Technologies

  • SuperAI Singapore (18-19 June 2025) will unite Eastern and Western AI ecosystems under one roof at Marina Bay Sands, from emerging startups to established enterprise leaders
  • Three distinct stages, alongside a Hackathon and Startup Competition with over $200,000 in prizes, will showcase innovations in robotics, healthcare, finance, and beyond
  • First wave of speakers includes Emad Mostaque (Intelligent Internet), entrepreneur Balaji Srinivasan, and analyst Benedict Evans – with 150 more visionaries to be announced

SINGAPORE, April 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — SuperAI, the premier artificial intelligence conference and super-connector event, returns to Singapore for its highly anticipated second edition. Following last year’s successful launch, the event is scaling significantly, transforming Marina Bay Sands’ entire fifth level into a showcase of frontier technologies on June 18-19, 2025.

Last year’s inaugural event drew 5,000 attendees from over 90 countries. This year, SuperAI is on track to connect more than 7,000 founders, developers, researchers, investors, and enterprise leaders, converging to explore and unveil the next wave of transformative AI technologies.

“The response to SuperAI Singapore has been extraordinary, already surpassing last year’s demand,” said Peter Noszek, Co-Founder of SuperAI. “We’re seeing genuine hunger for meaningful conversations at the frontier of AI – not just theoretical potential, but real-world implementation. SuperAI will spotlight breakthroughs in robotics, healthcare, finance, and AI’s broader impact across industries and society. Singapore’s position at the crossroads of East and West makes it the perfect hub to unite the global AI ecosystem.”

The event will feature sessions exploring topics like “Robotics Renaissance: AI’s Role in Automating the Physical World,” “Inside China’s AI Revolution,” and “Human-AI Collaboration: Unlocking Creative Potential” across its expanded program.

SuperAI will showcase AI development at every stage in the innovation lifecycle. Fifteen developer teams will compete in the inaugural NEXT Hackathon – in collaboration with Amazon – using generative AI-powered software development tools to build working prototypes across the event’s five thematic pillars: robotics and embodied AI, healthcare and biotech, finance, climate tech, and decentralized intelligence.

Meanwhile, ten frontier AI startups – selected from hundreds of global applicants – will vie for the Genesis Startup Competition’s $200,000 prize pool, supported by AWS, along with enterprise matchmaking and fundraising opportunities to accelerate their growth.

Elsewhere on the exhibition floor, SuperAI will offer pathways for academics, researchers, ambitious students, and curious minds through immersive and interactive experiences. Breakout AI Labs are where visitors can co-create with AI-enabled software, hardware, and their intersection in robotics. Community Hubs are exclusive, partner-led spaces designed for influential AI communities to explore specialized topics and foster meaningful connections. 

The first wave of speakers announced this week includes Emad Mostaque (CEO, Intelligent Internet), Balaji Srinivasan (Founder, Investor, and Author of The Network State), Benedict Evans (Analyst), and Sharon Zhou (CEO, Lamini AI).

Industry data underscores AI’s accelerating momentum. TechCrunch reports AI investments jumped 62% to $110B in 2024, while McKinsey finds 78% of organizations now use AI—up dramatically from just 20% in 2017. Financial thought leader Raoul Pal captures the zeitgeist: “Everybody wants to know what’s going on in AI. SuperAI is the event to figure it out.”

For tickets, speaker updates, and partnership opportunities for SuperAI Singapore, visit www.superai.com.

Peter Noszek, Co-Founder of SuperAI, is available for an interview.

About SuperAI Singapore

SuperAI is Asia’s largest AI event. Showcasing the transformative power of artificial intelligence, SuperAI brings together frontier technology visionaries, developers, startups, enterprises, researchers, and policymakers to shape the future. Taking place 18-19 June 2025 at the iconic Marina Bay Sands, SuperAI Singapore will convene over 7,000 attendees from more than 100 countries to explore and unveil developments in robotics, health, finance—and AI’s impact across industries and society.

Freshippo, CR Vanguard, Microsoft, NVIDIA, MINISO, and more than 900 exhibitors have Confirmed, 2025 CHINASHOP will Launch from May 8 to 10

SHENZHEN, China, April 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — From May 8th to 10th, the Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center will host 2025CHINASHOP, the largest retail exhibition in Asia. Spanning 100,000 square meters, the exhibition will present globally leading retail facilities and equipment, cutting-edge technologies, innovative solutions, and trending products through nine themed sub-exhibitions. It is expected to attract over 70,000 global attendees.

2025CHINASHOP
2025CHINASHOP

This year’s CHINASHOP will adopt the theme “Value Reshaping” , addressing the industry question of “how the retail sector can transcend traffic competition and reconstruct the relationship between people, goods, and spaces” through exhibits covering the entire retail industry chain, professional and forward-looking industry conferences, and efficient and precise supplier-retailer activities.

Over 900 outstanding exhibitors from around the world will showcase the latest trends and innovative achievements in the retail industry over the past year. The exhibition scope spans AI technology, smart logistics, digital solutions, commercial refrigeration equipment, cold chain equipment, fresh food processing equipment, lighting and display design, packaging design, trending merchandise, and more. Retailers and chain enterprises from global supermarkets, convenience stores, department stores, shopping centers, specialty stores, F&B, e-commerce platforms, and other multi-format businesses will engage in efficient and precise communication on-site to explore 2025 retail trends and new channel opportunities.

Partial Exhibitor List: Intel, METTLER TOLEDO, DIGI, Posiflex, Ishida, Bizerba, Philips, Omori Packing, Bitzer, Carel, Tennant,Wanzl, Aeon, Sunmi, Ovopark, Kemai, Qisheng, Hanshow, Weidian, Dmall, Lakala, Shiji, Aoc, HEADING, TCL, Partner,Aclas,Iccold, Hiron, Haiercarrier, Xingxing, Bfresh, Konper, Tus Lighting, Vichi, Fuxing, Fumingyang, Guangyoute, Caimeta, Tianyi, Hongda, Aertai, Roadease Guidance, Sunyoung, LinU Display, Hongye, Keshun, COFCO, Yanjin Shop Food, C R NG FUNG, ChaCha, Jianlibao, TongRenTang, etc.

Notably, beyond the exhibition, 2025CHINASHOP will host multiple concurrent industry conferences.

The Consumer Goods Channel Marketing Innovation Summit will focus on new consumer groups, new scenarios, and new connections, addressing high-frequency topics such as product innovation, omni-channel integration, overseas expansion, and supplier-retailer collaboration. Executives from Yili, Kewpie, Heytea, Weilong, KPMG, Huayuhua, Xiaohongshu, TIKTOK, and others have confirmed their participation to share insights.

The All-Retail AI Spark Conference, a retail industry event dedicated to AI technology applications, will adopt a “1+N” model (main forum plus multiple sub-forums) to empower multiple retail scenarios. Leveraging CHINASHOP’s numerous technology exhibitors, the conference will explore AI’s implementation trends across the entire retail landscape. Executives from Hanshow, NVIDIA, Microsoft, Huawei, CR Vanguard, Meiyijia, Haidilao, Tianhong, Easyhome, Pagoda, and others in the tech, retail, and F&B sectors have confirmed their participation.

Additionally, the China Supermarket Conference will center on the theme “Embracing Distribution Revolution, Accelerating Operational Transformation”, gathering over 300 Chinese supermarket enterprises and supply chain exhibitors to discuss topics like procurement model innovation and private-label development. Executives from Freshippo, Beauty Group, XinYulou, Hubei Yasi, fudi, Guizhou Heli, Fresh Legend, and others have confirmed their participation.

On-site at 2025CHINASHOP, events such as the Consumer GoodsChannel Selection ConferenceCHINASHOP Golden Wing Awards FinalsRetail X-LAB and Rising Stars Zone, Hi-shopHackathon Competitions, and over 20 WORKSHOP activities covering ready-to-eat foods, commercial refrigeration equipment, retail category trends, healthy foods, and more will also take place.

 

BingX Brings Balance (EPT) to Spot with a 200 Million EPT Xpool

PANAMA CITY, April 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — BingX, a global leading cryptocurrency exchange, announces the listing of EPT, the native token for Balance.fun, for both spot trading and also on the BingX Xpool. The spot listing will commence on April 21 at 12:00 (UTC) while the Xpool launch will start on April 22 at 10:00 (UTC). BingX users can stake BTC and EPT in Xpool, though new users will have an additional option to stake USDT to win a bigger share of the reward pool that includes 2,000,000 EPT Points. The first 1000 new users who stake a minimum of 100 USDT will also be able to earn an additional bonus voucher worth 100 USDT.

BingX Brings Balance (EPT) to Spot with a 200 Million EPT Xpool
BingX Brings Balance (EPT) to Spot with a 200 Million EPT Xpool

EPT is the governance token of Balance, an AI-powered web3 experience infrastructure designed for the masses. This new digital asset will fuel the new Balance Platform to create an open and inclusive gaming ecosystem for both gamers and developers with fairness at its core. With the integration of AI and blockchain technology, games can be built and marketed more easily while allowing players to benefit from the enhanced and diversified gaming experience.

Users of the existing Epal platform can transfer their EPT tokens to BingX, enabling a reliable method to trade EPT or, alternatively, purchase EPT for governance purposes. Having a solid exchange to further explore the vast world of cryptocurrencies, this new listing further empowers both Epal and Balance users in the process.

Vivien Lin, Chief Product Officer of BingX, shared her thoughts on the new trading option and Xpool listing: “I think providing users with these new trading and early investment options is our responsibility as a responsible cryptocurrency exchange since some of our users rely on us to introduce such projects with such numerous functions across multiple subcategories”.

Visit bingx.com to join the Xpool starting April 22 and start trading EPT on spot from April 21. Whether you’re a gamer, builder, or crypto enthusiast, this is your chance to be part of a new decentralized chapter in entertainment.

About BingX 

Founded in 2018, BingX is a leading crypto exchange, serving over 20 million users worldwide. BingX offers diversified products and services, including spot, derivatives, copy trading, and asset management – all designed for the evolving needs of users, from beginners to professionals. BingX is committed to providing a trustworthy platform that empowers users with innovative tools and features to elevate their trading proficiency. In 2024, BingX proudly became the official crypto exchange partner of Chelsea Football Club, marking an exciting debut in the world of sports.

For more information, please visit: https://bingx.com/

Dingdong Files Its Annual Report on Form 20-F

SHANGHAI, April 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Dingdong (Cayman) Limited (“Dingdong” or the “Company”) (NYSE: DDL), a leading fresh grocery e-commerce company in China, with advanced supply chain capabilities, today announced that it filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2025.

The Annual Report can be accessed on the Company’s investor relations website at https://ir.100.me. The Company will also provide a hard copy of its Annual Report containing the audited consolidated financial statements, free of charge, to its shareholders and ADS holders upon request.

About Dingdong (Cayman) Limited

Dingdong is the leading fresh grocery e-commerce company in mainland China, with sustainable long-term growth. The Company directly provides users and households with fresh groceries, prepared food, and other food products through delivering a convenient and excellent shopping experience supported by an extensive self-operated frontline fulfillment grid. Leveraging its deep insights into consumers’ evolving needs and its strong food innovation capabilities, Dingdong has successfully launched a series of private label products spanning a variety of food categories. Many of Dingdong’s private label products are produced at its own production plants, allowing it to more efficiently produce and offer safe and high-quality food products. Dingdong aims to be the first choice for fresh and food shopping.

For more information, please visit: https://ir.100.me.

 

Vidu Q1 Model Launches Globally Offering Unmatched Realistic VFX Capabilities, From Generating Cinematic Transitions to High-Fidelity Sound Effects with Just a Few Simple Inputs

Vidu Q1 brings high-budget VFX capabilities in generating audio and high-definition, convincingly natural transitions that are now within reach of anyone within only minutes

SINGAPORE, April 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Vidu, the flagship product of ShengShu Technology and a pioneer in generative AI video, is unveiling Vidu Q1 – a new high-performance generative video model that demonstrably sets the benchmark for quality and control, outperforming competing tools based on VBench‘s standard for comprehensive generative video evaluation standards. Starting today, Vidu Q1 launches with four major features that rival cinematic-grade visual effects (VFX). These include seamless transitions between realistic and animated sequences, and high-fidelity background music that can be auto-generated from text-inputs.


Aiming to offer creators access to capabilities that were previously reserved for well-funded film studios, Vidu is redefining the future of visual effects. Chief of Vidu Q1’s features centers around First-to-Last Frame, a seamless way to generate hyper-realistic, professional-grade transitions that rival those created by experienced VFX artists. By uploading two images and typing a simple text command, users can leverage Vidu Q1’s advanced semantic understanding and visual guidance to produce cohesive, cinematic transitions with minimal randomness. This innovative solution allows filmmakers, content creators, and influencers to significantly reduce production time without the need for expensive post-production or CGI teams. 

This even works for images that have no perceivable relation to one another, where Vidu Q1 can come up with a highly believable transition between a photo of a door opening, and a screenshot of your favorite action hero and villain fighting. By prompting Vidu Q1 to “open the door to watch your action hero fighting his rival,” what you input is faithfully reflected in the output with high fidelity, ensuring a natural and convincing result.

Additionally, all of this is achieved thanks to a groundbreaking breakthrough in generative video quality – Vidu Q1 delivers up to 1080p video output for clips up to 5 seconds. This means studio-quality, crisp, and detailed visuals, while also eliminating the usual wait times associated with rendering footage. While still honoring its core value to animators, Vidu Q1 is also introducing major enhancements to generating videos in the anime style that now offers even a higher degree of consistency and expressiveness from generated characters, for smoother outputs with natural, cinematic transitions between frames.

Moreover, users starting today can also gain complete control over their audio production without a background in audio engineering or voice actors. Vidu’s new AI Sound Effects feature can be controlled entirely by semantic instructions (text-inputs), and offers high-resolution, HD audio in an industry-first 48 kHz. Vidu Q1 is intelligently optimized to generate original background music and sound effects that offer richer audio details, and professional-grade fidelity. On top of this, Vidu Q1 delivers an audio experience free of jarring sounds, compression distortions, or choppy audio. Moreover, the melody can be automatically generated to match the mood, emotion and style of a video clip. For more precise controls over how and where sounds are used within a film, users can layer multiple audio tracks for up to ten seconds per track, or also splice the music and sound effects to be timed exactly to specific actions through simple text prompts to add timestamps like “between 0-2 seconds add a wind sound.” 

“Vidu Q1 marks a pivotal step forward in making video generation smarter, more expressive, and more accessible,” said Yihang Luo, CEO of ShengShu Technology. “This new generative video model brings us closer to our vision of building the next-generation content creation platform – one that empowers anyone to turn imagination into reality with unprecedented ease, creative freedom and cinematic precision.”

As a testament to its rising popularity among animation studios since being the first to be made commercially available back in July 2024, Hollywood has begun taking notice. Just last month, Aura Productions co-announced a 50-episode sci-fi series of AI-generated anime shorts developed using Vidu, which included piloting Vidu Q1. 

All of this builds on the platform’s use of its U-ViT research, penned by the Vidu team. With the groundbreaking Multiple-Entity Consistency feature, introduced in Vidu 1.5, users could for the first time effortlessly merge unrelated people, objects, and environments into a seamless video. Since then, Vidu has consistently set key industry benchmarks, with Vidu Q1 being the latest to solidify Vidu’s position as one of the most cost-effective and advanced video generation platforms available on the market.

To learn more about Vidu, please visit https://www.vidu.com

About ShengShu Technology

Founded in March 2023, ShengShu Technology is a world-leading artificial intelligence company, specializing in the development of Multimodal Large Language Models. Driven by innovation, the company delivers cutting-edge MaaS and SaaS products that revolutionize creative production by enabling smarter, faster, and more scalable content creation. With its flagship video generation platform Vidu, ShengShu Technology’s solutions have reached more than 200 countries and regions around the world, spanning fields including interactive entertainment, advertising, film, animation, cultural tourism, and more.

CLOU Electronics Sets New Safety Benchmark in Energy Storage with TS-800 Fire Test Certification

SHENZHEN, China, April 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Energy storage has garnered unprecedented attention regarding its safety and reliability. On January 16, 2025, a fire broke out at the Moss Landing lithium battery energy storage power plant in California, USA. This is not the first accident at the Moss Landing energy storage plant. In both 2021 and 2022, the plant experienced fires caused by overheating due to unexpected moisture exposure of the batteries. The specific cause of this latest incident is still under further investigation.

In recent years, many countries around the world have been deploying large-scale lithium battery energy storage facilities. However, safety concerns have become a “Sword of Damocles” hanging over the energy storage industry. Risks such as internal short circuits, overcharging, over-discharging, external environmental temperature impacts, misuse, and battery management system failures can lead to thermal runaway in battery cells, potentially causing fires.

TS-800: An Upgrading for the Way in Fire Safety Test
In 2024, the internationally renowned certification body CSA issued TS-800, a large-scale fire test protocol for energy storage systems. This test provides manufacturers with direct criteria for optimizing system safety, while also offering critical data for regulatory agencies, fire departments, and insurance companies to assess risks.

The advancement of site-level energy density is a crucial driving indicator for industry development. With active fire suppression systems turned off, the challenge lies in arranging units more densely while ensuring that thermal runaway in one unit does not affect others. This metric profoundly challenges the boundaries of energy storage fire safety design.

“The existing standards (such as UL 9540A) are capable of testing for thermal runaway, but they do not adequately simulate fire propagation scenarios, especially in multi-module container systems where a single battery fire can potentially ignite adjacent units or even the entire system. The core goal of the TS-800 test is to address this gap,” said Marvin Peng, the Battery & Energy Storage Certifier of CSA Group.

The Aqua-C2.5 is world's first large-scale energy storage system to adopt an active ventilation fire protection design
The Aqua-C2.5 is world’s first large-scale energy storage system to adopt an active ventilation fire protection design

In 2024, Sungrow verified that its liquid-cooled energy storage system endured four hours of combustion laid in an A/B array. All cabinets remain unharmed and without any fire spreading to its surroundings and the structure remained intact, the battery compartment doors did not open, and no mechanical parts were ejected. That because Sungrow applied pressure-sensing explosion venting, multi-layer fire resistance, and dual-compartment design in its PowerTitan system, which played a crucial role in ensuring the safety of the entire energy storage system. Moreover, Sungrow Power further announced that its next-generation large-scale storage product, PowerTitan 2.0, had also passed the large-scale fire test. Additionally, leading energy storage companies Trina Storage and BYD claimed to have passed the large-scale fire test in October 2024 and January 2025, respectively.

Challenge the Limit Spacing: A Breakthrough in Energy Storage Safety
Recently, the 15 years pioneers of energy storage commercialization——CLOU Electronics has announced completing the CSA TS-800 Large-Scale Fire Test (LSFT) in February 2025. This achievement again highlights its unwavering commitment to developing innovative, reliable, and safe energy storage solutions for a global market.

“CLOU committees that every product delivered is trustworthy and has undergone rigorous testing. The Aqua-C2.5 5MWh utility scaled energy storage system is the world’s first large-scale energy storage system to adopt an active ventilation fire protection design. Through active cell sensing, it triggers an electric shutter explosion suppression solution in thermal runaway scenarios, effectively controlling the spread of thermal runaway at extreme short distances in 140mm,” said Eric Wang, System Director of CLOU ESS Division.

The Aqua-C2.5 was lunched at September 2024, it also engineered for durability with an impressive C5 anti-corrosion rating and IP55 protection. It has earned multiple certifications, including CE, UL1973, UL9540A, UL9540, IEC62619, IEC63056, IEC62477-1, UN38.3, NFPA855, and NEC, and has passed the rigorous IEEE693 seismic test.

CLOU Aqua-c2.5 20ft cabinets were arranged according to an actual A/B A/D back-to-back and side to side real station layout. All cabinets were spaced in an extreme short distance apart with full load capacity to replicate operational scenarios
CLOU Aqua-c2.5 20ft cabinets were arranged according to an actual A/B A/D back-to-back and side to side real station layout. All cabinets were spaced in an extreme short distance apart with full load capacity to replicate operational scenarios

The experiment adhered to stringent technical specifications throughout the testing process. Under the supervision of the CSA Group, the TS-800 LSFT subjected the product to extreme fire conditions, simulating a real-project conditions, four 20ft cabinets were arranged according to an actual A/B A/D back-to-back and side to side real station layout. All cabinets were spaced in an extreme short distance apart with full load capacity to replicate operational scenarios. The test also aims to evaluate whether the structural design (such as fire barriers) and material selection (such as flame-retardant components) can effectively prevent the spread of fire when external firefighting measures completely fail.

During the test, temperatures inside the battery cabinet exceeded 1000°C and burned consistently for 48 hours. Despite this, the adjacent cabinets’ temperatures remained below 40°C since the product’s active ventilation blade employing function like active detection and off-gassing, which maximally prevent combustion and ensure thermal isolation.

“The results were remarkable: the Aqua-C2.5 demonstrated excellent flame retardancy, thermal insulation, and superior safety design.” Battery & Energy Storage Certifier of CSA Group Marvin Peng said. Meanwhile, after the combustion test, the structural integrity fully preserved, also showcasing the exceptional rigidity and compressive performance of its design, redefining the durability and stability of energy storage products. This milestone underscores the system’s ability to safeguard against fire risks in even the harshest conditions, setting a new safety benchmark in the energy storage industry.

 

Teen Girl’s Taxi Ride Turns into Nightmare: Harassment Case Reported

Illustrative image of sexual harassment (Photo: Smithey Law Group)

A 17-year-old Lao girl, identified only as Dao – a pseudonym to protect her identity, was reportedly harassed by a taxi driver on 19 April, shortly after Lao New Year. She was on her way to her employer’s house in Nongtha Tai village, Chanthabouly District, Vientiane Capital, where she works as a babysitter.

Connecting Care With Clicks Announces Partnership with Prince Court Medical Center and 8 CPD Points for HCPs

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, April 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Ahead of Connecting Care With Clicks 2025, Medical Channel Asia (MCA) has unveiled an expanded speaker lineup and announced Prince Court Medical Centre as the event’s official Healthcare Professional (HCP) Engagement Partner Hospital. Taking place on 21 June 2025 at InterContinental Kuala Lumpur, this one-day conference is shaping up to be the largest digital healthcare marketing event in Asia.

Connecting Care with Clicks 2025
Connecting Care with Clicks 2025

Expanded Speaker Lineup

Attendees can expect fresh perspectives from speakers like Dr. Colin Lee, Founder of Alpha IVF Group & KL Wellness City, and Datuk Dr. Kuljit Singh, President of Association Private Hospitals Malaysia (APHM). Overseas speakers such as Mr. Samuel Ho, Director of Market Development (APAC), Pulsenmore, from Australia, will also offer their insights.

Returning speakers like Dr. Mahesh Appannan, Head of Digital Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, and Dr. Lim Ing Kien (Dr. Ingky), local skincare medi-influencer, will also join the stage.

Partnership with Prince Court Medical Centre

As the HCP Engagement Partner, Prince Court will spotlight their leadership in healthcare innovation and outreach throughout the event. As one of the most trusted and exclusive hospitals in Asia, they are dedicated to serving patients via modern facilities, technology, and devoted service.

New Opportunities for Professional Development

Attendees will be conferred 8 CPD points, in addition to exclusive networking opportunities, digital healthcare marketing insights, and interactive workshops.

Register now at https://medicalchannelasia.com/events/ccwc2025/. The limited-time Early Bird promotion of RM80 per ticket ends 31 May. This event is for healthcare professionals only.

Media passes and interview opportunities with key speakers available upon request.

About Connecting Care With Clicks: 

Launched in 2024, Connecting Care With Clicks is Medical Channel Asia’s flagship conference bridging healthcare and digital marketing. Emphasising the importance of collaboration and knowledge-sharing, the event is dedicated to helping healthcare professionals stay on top of medical trends, and build a strong digital presence in the ever-evolving world of technology.

About Medical Channel Asia: 

Founded in 2020, Medical Channel Asia was created to help consumers access medical information from trustworthy sources and healthcare professionals. Since then, Medical Channel Asia has reached more than 65 million users over social media and digital platforms, establishing itself as the largest healthcare media platform in the region.