A testament to cross-border collaboration and the elite gaming performance of the Infinix GT 30 Pro

HONG KONG, Dec. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — During the2025 PUBG MOBILE SUPERSTARS UNITED event held in Bangkok, the Team Infinix, composed of renowned global content creators, delivered a stunning performance. In a high-stakes showdown, bolstered by the clutch performance of Uzbekistani player Yakudza and the powerful, stable performance of the Infinix GT 30 Pro, the team successfully secured the prestigious “Chicken Dinner Victory Squad” honor. This cross-cultural team not only showcased the power of international collaboration but also highlighted Infinix GT Series’ dedication to “Enjoyment Technology” that empowers players to achieve their esports dreams.

Breaks Barriers: GT 30 Pro Powers International Team to “Chicken Dinner” Success

The Team Infinix members included Captain Salim Al Badi from Saudi Arabia, Sikandar Nawaz from Pakistan, MODOX from Morocco, and Yakudza from Uzbekistan. This international alliance came together through their shared passion to challenge the global stage.

It is worth noting that Sikandar Nawaz and MODOX were ordinary PUBG MOBILE players before the competition, with no professional-level gaming experience, making their presence on the PMGC stage a challenge in itself. It was the mutual trust within the team, combined with the extreme experience provided by the Infinix GT 30 Pro, that allowed them to create a miracle in the top-tier competition.

At a critical moment during the match, the Team Infinix faced its most heart-stopping challenge: Yakudza and his teammate were ambushed by three enemies while driving. Though his teammate was quickly eliminated, Yakudza refused to give up. He was left alone on the battlefield, facing the impossible odds of one against three.

With composure and mastery over the GT 30 Pro, Yakudza pulled off an astonishing counter-attack. He engaged the three enemies in a fierce guerrilla fight, utilizing every piece of cover and the phone’s millisecond-level response speed to execute precise movements and shots. Ultimately, Yakudza successfully eliminated all his opponents, single-handedly reversing a sure defeat and securing the vital “Chicken Dinner” opportunity for the team.

The team was ecstatic and immensely surprised by Yakudza’s heroic performance and the reliability of the GT 30 Pro. The moment the Team Infinix name flashed on the screen symbolized not just a victory empowered by technology, but the profound enhancement of cross-border camaraderie in competitive sports.

GT 30 Pro, The Ultimate Aid: Yakudza’s Clutch Play Changes the Tide

Yakudza shared his deep impressions of the Infinix GT 30 Pro’s performance after the match. As a veteran user of the GT 30 Pro, he declared that the device’s extreme fluidity and stable, non-dropping frame rates were his secret weapon for the spectacular comeback.

“In those high-intensity final circles, if your phone overheats or lags, you’re finished. But my GT 30 Pro was like a reliable comrade,” Yakudza expressed excitedly. “Coupled with its cooling system, it truly maintained a steady frame rate throughout, allowing me to focus entirely on tactical execution instead of worrying about my equipment failing me.”

The GT 30 Pro’s ability to stay cool under pressure stems from Infinix’s professional esports hardware integration. It is powered by the high-performance MediaTek Dimensity 8350 Ultimate chip, providing surging power. Even more critical is the comprehensive “Cooling System” created by Infinix: the 3D Vapour Cloud Chamber serves as its internal core, complemented externally by the innovative MagCharge Cooler and a compatible MagCase. Yakudza noted that upon attaching the magnetic fan, cooling efficiency is enhanced, and the exclusive Draco Mode automatically activates, ensuring high-efficiency cooling even during wireless charging.

Thanks to this comprehensive cooling system, the Dimensity 8350 Ultimate, and the combination of 512GB ROM and 12GB of RAM (expandable to 24GB), the Infinix GT 30 Pro is among the first smartphones in its price segment capable of maintaining a stable 120FPS(frames per second) throughout the day, earning it official endorsement for global PUBG MOBILE tournaments.

It was these technological advantages that allowed Yakudza to remain calm, execute with precision, and ultimately seize victory in the nick of time.

Enjoyment Beyond Expectations: The GT Series’ Commitment to Esports Future

This victory in a global top-tier esports event signifies a concrete step forward in Infinix’s strategic plan for the esports sector. Following the match, Captain Salim, a seasoned PUBG MOBILE player and a professional tech reviewer, shared his outlook on Infinix’s future technological direction, emphasizing hardware upgrades and AI integration: “In terms of hardware, a better processor combined with larger RAM will further enhance the esports experience… I am very much looking forward to Infinix integrating AI technology more deeply into the mobile experience.”

Complementing Salim’s technical foresight is the firsthand experience of a living legend in the scene: Bune Top. Known as “The Mighty Top,” he stands as the only player in the history of PUBG MOBILE esports to win two FMVP awards in Global Championships (PMGC 2022 with STE and PMGC 2025 with APG). Having reached the pinnacle of global competition using the GT series, Bune Top highlighted the synergy between aesthetics and performance, stating: “I really like the design of the Infinix.” When asked if he would suggest the GT30 Pro to the community, the two-time FMVP was definitive: “I would certainly recommend it to others,” endorsing the device for both casual and competitive players.

Infinix is actively responding to these demands, continually pushing the boundaries of performance. The GT Series is committed to becoming the innovation platform for the future of mobile esports. Infinix will work closely with MediaTek to optimize the chipset and accelerate the development of advanced cooling technologies, ensuring unwavering frame rate stability during extended play, and significantly improving battery endurance. This commitment affirms the GT Series’ role as a co-creator in the future of mobile esports, ensuring that technology and talent advance together.

Infinix remains dedicated to providing global young users with an exceptional digital life experience, upholding the brand manifesto of “Enjoyment Beyond Expectations.” Infinix believes that the power of technology can break barriers and connect the world, aspiring to be the bridge for global players to gather due to passion and succeed because of technology.

About Infinix:

Founded in 2013, Infinix is a trendy tech brand crafted for young consumers. With a presence in over 70 countries, Infinix delivers cutting-edge technology, stylish design, and outstanding performance. Our product lineup includes smartphones, TWS earbuds, smartwatches, laptops, and smart TVs. In 2023, Infinix was recognized in Kantar and Google’s top 50 Chinese Global Brand Builders Report and ranked sixth in Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2024 in the Asia-Pacific sector. For more information, please visit: http://www.infinixmobility.com/.

About PUBG MOBILE:

PUBG MOBILE is based on PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, the phenomenon that took the world of interactive entertainment by storm in 2017. Up to 100 players parachute onto a remote island to battle in a winner-takes-all showdown. Players must locate and scavenge their own weapons, vehicles, and supplies, and defeat every player in a visually and tactically rich battleground that forces players into a shrinking play zone. PUBG MOBILE is co-developed by LIGHTSPEED STUDIOS of Tencent Games and KRAFTON, Inc.

For more information, please visit the official PUBG MOBILE accounts on Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

PUBG MOBILE is available to download for free on the App Store and Google Play.

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– Secured a total of 55 million in R&D funding, including 40 million in upfront payment and 15 million in equity investment

– Accelerating R&D on core technologies, including expansion of indications for the Grabody platform

SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — ABL Bio (CEO Sang Hoon Lee), a company specializing in bispecific antibodies, announced that ABL Bio will receive a USD 40 million upfront payment for the license, research and collaboration agreement for its Grabody platform, and a USD 15 million equity investment from Eli Lilly and Company (“Lilly”).

ABL Bio and Lilly are currently conducting joint research and development on multiple therapeutic candidates leveraging the Grabody platform across various modalities.

In parallel with strengthening its collaboration with Lilly, ABL Bio plans to accelerate R&D on its core technologies—including the bispecific antibody platform ‘Grabody’, bispecific ADCs, and dual-payload ADCs—using the newly secured funding.

Sang Hoon Lee, CEO of ABL Bio said, “With the completion of the relevant administrative procedures, including the HSR Act, ABL Bio will receive the upfront payment and equity investment from Lilly. The company plans to use the newly secured funding to expand the indications of its Grabody platform into high-unmet-need areas such as obesity and muscle disorders. ABL Bio also intends to extend clinical development of its bispecific immuno-oncology candidates into combination therapies and focus on advancing next-generation ADC programs.”

Meanwhile, on November 12 and 14, ABL Bio signed a license, research and collaboration agreement for Grabody platform with Lilly valued at USD 2.602 billion (including a USD 40 million upfront payment), as well as a USD 15 million equity investment agreement. Based on these agreements, ABL Bio explores a broad range of collaborative opportunities with Lilly to develop therapies from a long-term perspective.

About ABL Bio

ABL Bio is developing various clinical and non-clinical assets based on its bispecific antibody platform ‘Grabody’. Clinical projects for 8 pipelines, including ABL301 (SAR446159), ABL001 (tovecimig), ABL111 (givastomig), ABL503 (ragistomig), ABL105 (YH32367), ABL104 (YH32364), ABL103, and ABL202 (CS5001/LCB71), are underway for different indications in various countries, including the United States, China, Australia, and Korea. Following the completion of the Phase 1 clinical trial of ABL301 (SAR446159), Sanofi will conduct the subsequent clinical studies. ABL001 (tovecimig) has received Fast Track designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In addition, ABL111 (givastomig), co-developed with NovaBridge, has presented encouraging data from the Phase 1b clinical trial evaluating the triple combination therapy with nivolumab and chemotherapy in ESMO GI 2025. In addition, ABL Bio is continuously researching and developing several other product candidates, including bispecific antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs).

Source: ABL Bio, Inc.

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• Is the real-life J.A.R.V.I.S AI assistant from Marvel’s Iron Man movies almost here?

HANGZHOU, China, Dec. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Tuya Smart (NYSE: TUYA; HKEX: 2391), a global AI cloud platform service provider, today announced the launch of Hey Tuya, a next-generation Super AI Life Assistant designed to seamlessly integrate artificial intelligence into daily life. Hey Tuya marks a major milestone in the evolution of AI agents and physical AI. Built on a multi-agent collaborative architecture, it will transform how AI moves beyond screens to deliver proactive, intelligent assistance across home, office, and more scenarios in daily life.

Multi-Device Collaboration: Making AI Ubiquitous

Much like J.A.R.V.I.S., Tony Stark’s iconic AI assistant in the Iron Man movies, Hey Tuya is evolving into more than a virtual assistant answering simple questions. It is designed to become an AI life assistant capable of sensing environments, learning user habits, and coordinating with physical devices. Unlike traditional AI assistants confined to single devices, Hey Tuya is engineered to break beyond the screen, empowering users to summon their AI assistant from anywhere, whether through the Tuya App, smart speakers, control hubs, or even AI toys and wearables. It will facilitate multi-device collaboration and orchestrate smart devices and equipment, delivering a connected and intelligent experience throughout everyday life.

Hey Tuya will feature short-term and long-term memory, designed to learn and adapt to users’ routines, environmental preferences, and habits. Over time, it will evolve beyond reactive commands to anticipate needs and offer proactive recommendations. As it learns your habits, Hey Tuya will possibly suggest turning on the air conditioner 30 minutes before you arrive home, preheating the water heater and opening bedroom curtains ahead of your 7 a.m. wake-up, or dimming lights and activating a humidifier as you wind down for sleep. This continuous learning process will make interactions feel more intuitive, seamless, and efficient.

Full-Scenario Coverage: From Home to Office and Beyond

Hey Tuya’s capabilities are designed to span diverse life scenarios, taking on different roles:

• Home Security Guardian: Will provide round-the-clock security, with image recognition and retrieval, converting results into easy-to-understand voice or text alerts for clear safety status.
• Energy-Saving Expert: Will monitor and analyze energy consumption in real time, proactively suggesting strategies like turning off idle devices, shutting off appliances during weekend trips, or adjusting AC temperatures according to weather and seasonal changes, making it easy to save energy with minimal effort.
• Health Coach: Will focus on physical and mental well-being, support calorie recognition, track sleep and exercise data, and generate personalized health reports.
• Efficient Work Assistant: Will offer meeting minutes generation, real-time multilingual translation, content summarization, and mind mapping to boost productivity.
• Personal Life Secretary: Will manage daily tasks such as reminders, holiday alerts, pet and plant care, and family health monitoring for an organized life.

Powered by Tuya’s Proprietary PAE Technology

Hey Tuya’s ubiquitous AI experience is built on Tuya’s proprietary PAE (Physical AI Engine), which deploys the AI-Device Real-Time Network (AD-RTN) edge acceleration network globally. With the AD-RTN as a foundation, Tuya Real-Time Communication (T-RTC) provides a reliable, low-latency, resilient, and global real-time communication system for AI devices.

Tuya has further developed engines for natural language multimodal interaction (Conversational AI Engine), visual understanding (Vision AI Engine), and IoT device communication and control (IoT Intelligence Engine). Leveraging OmniMem long-term memory technology, PAE enables continuous learning across multimodal interactions and device behaviors, allowing the AI to truly understand user preferences and spatial habits.

Through its Adaptive Expert System (AES) and Dynamic Orchestration Agent (DOA), PAE deeply integrates AI cognition and decision-making with real-world smart devices, forming a complete loop from perception to execution—creating intelligent spaces that grow and self-optimize.

Hey Tuya will be available to individual consumers and open to global brands and developers, who will be able to integrate Hey Tuya into their AI hardware or customize it further. Tuya’s open DNA will accelerate the evolution and adoption of Physical AI worldwide, fostering an open, symbiotic, and vibrant AIoT ecosystem.

Currently, developers have created over 12,000 AI Agents on Tuya’s platform, with 155 million daily AI interactions globally across various scenarios. In the future, Hey Tuya will integrate user feedback and best practices to further enhance the experience.

Availability

Hey Tuya is now live with initial capabilities. Users can download the Tuya App from major app stores or visit Tuya.AI to begin the journey with Hey Tuya as it continues to expand its full range of features.

About Tuya Smart

Tuya Smart (NYSE: TUYA; HKEX: 2391) is a global leader in AI cloud platform services, dedicated to applying AI to everyday life. Through its AI Agent development platform and TuyaOpen open-source framework, Tuya integrates multimodal AI capabilities, lowers development barriers, and accelerates AI’s integration with the physical world. Tuya provides innovative Physical AI solutions for smart devices, commercial applications, and industry developers, fostering an open and neutral global ecosystem. As of September 30, 2025, Tuya’s AI developer platform has over 1.622 million registered accounts across more than 200 countries and regions.

For more information: About Tuya | Tuya Smart 

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BANGKOK, Dec. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — This Christmas, MINISO is bringing YOYO and a lineup of its popular characters to Bangkok’s Siam Square, creating a festive seasonal setting and marking the close of a strong year for the brand in Thailand. A series of Christmas-themed installations will remain in place across Siam Square’s pedestrian streets and at Thailand’s first MINISO LAND through the holiday period, running until January 4, 2026.  

Christmas in Thailand may come without snow, but this year, MINISO brings festive cheer to the heart of Bangkok. Its signature characters—YOYO, the Gift Bear, and DUNDUN—headline a 10-day holiday installation anchored by a 60-meter-long Christmas promenade. Featuring five themed photo spots, the route leads visitors from Siam Square to MINISO LAND, ending at a Christmas tree marked by MINISO’s iconic red wink. Inside the store, seasonal displays, limited-edition gifts, and wish cards await.

MINISO LAND in Siam Square marks the company’s first overseas debut of its new experiential store format. Opened in October, the store features a redesigned storefront and highlights the Zootopia product lineup. Since launch, it has drawn strong foot traffic from both local shoppers and tourists. The opening reinforced MINISO’s presence in Thailand, while the brand awareness built earlier in the year positioned the store as a natural hub for year-end holiday activations. Through immersive design, curated assortments, and campaign-led execution, MINISO continues to elevate the in-store experience for Thai consumers.

A Year of Joy: Retail Expansion and Brand Activity

Throughout 2025, MINISO continued to expand its retail footprint and delight Thai consumers with a combination of new stores, exclusive product launches and immersive brand experiences. The year kicked off in January with the opening of the brand’s first flagship store at Asiatique The Riverfront in Bangkok, and coincided with Thailand’s debut of MINISO’s Harry Potter merchandise collection.

In the following months, MINISO introduced multiple newly refreshed and flagship stores in key Bangkok locations, including Megabangna Mall, MBK Center, and The Mall LifeStore Bangkapi. Each opening showcased IP-themed products, and immersive displays, drawing strong foot traffic and social media buzz. The May launch at The Mall LifeStore Bangkapi marked the overseas debut of the Stitch GenZ Street Series vinyl plush, generating high shopper interest.

Beyond Bangkok, MINISO strengthened its presence in northern Thailand by establishing stores across key commercial destinations in Chiang Mai, including Central Festival Chiangmai, Central Chiangmai Airport, and MAYA Lifestyle Shopping Center. The expansion reflects the brand’s focus on delivering an elevated and refined store experience, while steadily extending its presence across Thailand.

MINISO’s growth strategy also emphasized engaging local consumers through popular IP collaborations. Throughout the year, the brand introduced over 15 new IP collections in Thailand—including Zootopia, Stitch, Harry Potter, and One Piece—alongside more than 5,000 new products.

By combining retail expansion with engaging retail experiences and campaigns, MINISO has positioned its stores as vibrant destinations for Thai consumers. The Christmas and New Year program, anchored by MINISO LAND and a festive promenade in central Bangkok, further strengthened the brand’s visibility and engagement during the holiday season, setting the stage for continued growth in 2026.

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