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Tencent has launched TenPayGo, a mobile payment app for travellers visiting China that connects foreign bank cards and digital wallets to WeChat Pay’s vast merchant network. The app also offers QR-code access to public transport in Shenzhen and tools for translating menus. Its simpler email-based sign-up could ease a common difficulty for overseas visitors who do not have a Chinese phone number, as the city prepares to host the Apec leaders’ meeting in November.

OpenAI is rolling out ChatGPT Ads in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Taiwan, widening its advertising service across Asia. Eligible businesses can buy ads through a self-service Ads Manager, while larger advertisers can work with OpenAI and agency partners. The company says ads appear only on Free and Go plans, are labelled separately from ChatGPT’s answers, and do not influence those answers or give advertisers access to private convers

YouTube is adding AI assistance across video creation, moderation and shopping as it expands tools for creators and viewers. At its Made on YouTube event, the company unveiled draft feedback and thumbnail suggestions in YouTube Studio, a Gemini-powered editing assistant for Shorts, and new ways to compare products before buying. It is also testing personalised feeds and stronger likeness protections, while planning to extend its shopping affiliate programme to 35 countries by