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Korean Media: NVIDIA's Jensen Huang to Visit South Korea Next Week for Intensive Meetings with Leaders of Samsung and SK

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Ferrari (法拉利) staged an unusually secretive rollout for Luce, its first electric model, reportedly imposing strict controls on journalists and creators at the launch. It has been reported that attende

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XPeng (小鹏汽车) reported first-quarter revenue exceeding RMB 13 billion, underscoring that China’s EV startups are still generating sizeable top-line sales even as margins tighten across the sector. The

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Report: Xiaomi (小米) Surge OS 4 to launch in July or August

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Li Auto (理想汽车) reported a weaker-than-expected first quarter, with revenue falling 11.4% year‑on‑year to RMB 23.0 billion and a net loss of RMB 2.3 billion, according to a report by ifeng. The numbers

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US banks roll out American AI in Hong Kong despite geopolitical tensions

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Alibaba (阿里) Rewarded, Tencent (腾讯) Questioned: How Should Platform Companies' AI Contributions Be Accounted For?

China’s robotics boom is turning startups into market darlings — and fast. Yushu Technology (宇树科技) is racing toward what could be the quickest A‑share “pass” in two years: the Shanghai Stock Exchange

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It has been reported that Volkswagen Anhui (大众安徽) has appointed Liu Zhanshu as its new CEO, while Tang Tingwan is concluding his assignment in China. The personnel move was disclosed in Chinese media

Amazon executive: AI has crossed the uncanny valley; ordinary audiences struggle to distinguish AI-generated content

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When working on Harness, DeepSeek places more trust in quantitative teams

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Swiss engineering technology firm Algorized has developed an edge AI model that reportedly converts standard radio sensors — ultra‑wideband (UWB), millimetre‑wave and Wi‑Fi — on industrial robots into

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It has been reported that a fresh wave of AI-driven listings has exploded onto the U.S. stock market, with three major technology giants raising a combined total north of $200 billion in what market p

DynaSchedBench: Calibrated Dynamic Scheduling Benchmarks and Observability Paradox in LLM-based Scheduling Agents

A new preprint on arXiv introduces DynaSchedBench, a calibrated benchmark suite designed to break a methodological impasse in neural combinatorial optimization for the Dynamic Flexible Job Shop Schedu

Discovery Agents for Real-Time Analytics: Toward Proactive Insight Systems

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Agyn: An Open-Source Platform for AI Agents with Scalable On-Demand Execution, Agent Definition as a Code, and Zero-Trust Access

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You Are in Control of Your State: Why Human Outcomes Are Controllable Through Causal State Intervention

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Reasoning and Planning with Dynamically Changing Norms

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DeepSciVerify: Verifying Scientific Claim--Citation Alignment via LLM-Driven Evidence Escalation

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Auditable Decision Models with Learned Abstention and Real-Time Steering

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GraD-IBD: Graph Representation Learning from Diagnosis Trajectories for Early Detection of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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MolLingo: Molecule-Native Representations for LLM-Powered Scientific Agents

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FundaPod: A Multi-Persona Agent Pod Platform with Knowledge Graph Memory for AI-Assisted Fundamental Investment Research

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Towards Faithful Agentic XAI: A Verification Method and an Open-World Benchmark for Better Model Faithfulness

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Dr-CiK: A Testbed for Foresight-Driven Agents

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618's old battleground becomes an AI proving ground

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A fresh, concentrated expansion has ignited China’s lithium‑ion battery separator industry just weeks after the sector finally clawed its way out of a two‑year downturn. Putaolai (璞泰来) announced a 5.6

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Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Maryland this week published a paper titled "Language Models Need Sleep" that proposes a simple but striking fix to a core scaling problem: when a mode

Huawei (华为) 'gold-star customer service' representative Li Xiaolong offers tips online: if Pura X Max experiences poor app compatibility, one-handed mode can restore the aspect ratio to 18:9

Huawei Terminal BG CTO Li Xiaolong (李小龙) — reportedly hailed online as a "gold-star customer service" representative by users — posted a short video showing a quick workaround when apps are not optimi

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It has been reported that Chinese retail models that let urban consumers place an afternoon order and receive fresh ingredients and kitchen kit by dinner are being exported to Europe. In major Chinese

Big tech giants still can't let go of the 'grocery' business

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Young man from Liaoning goes viral after heeding advice and imitating Jensen Huang (黄仁勋): video surpasses one million views

A short online clip of a young man from Liaoning (辽宁) imitating Jensen Huang (黄仁勋), CEO of NVIDIA (英伟达), has reportedly racked up more than one million views after heeding advice to try Huang’s distin

People's Daily Online (人民网) viewpoint: Large models should not be regarded as 'my product' that embeds 'my stance'

It has been reported that People's Daily Online (人民网) recently urged caution in treating large AI models as personal products that embed an individual's "stance", a timely admonition after a young man

Hang Seng (恒生) Hong Kong–U.S. Technology Index to include SpaceX

It has been reported that Hang Seng (恒生) plans to include SpaceX in a newly created Hong Kong–U.S. Technology Index, a move that would link prominent U.S. tech names — and in this case a high‑profile

Huawei (华为) executive Zheng Jun: Chips developed based on the Tao (τ) Law have been deployed in the Mate 90 model, achieving near-3nm top-tier process levels

It has been reported that Zheng Jun (郑俊), CTO of Huawei’s (华为) financial systems unit, told a Shenzhen finance forum that chips developed under a Huawei‑devised design paradigm called the Tao (τ) Law

Huawei (华为) executive Yu Chengdong isn't being modest: the all-new next-generation Wenjie M9 (问界 M9) is the most formidable SUV among all production cars currently on sale on Earth, bar none

At the close of a product launch for the HarmonyOS-powered Wenjie M9 (鸿蒙智行问界 M9), Huawei (华为) consumer chief Yu Chengdong (余承东) high‑profile declared that the all‑new next‑generation M9 is "the most f

Xiaomi Group (小米集团): to implement a HK$20 billion share buyback plan

Xiaomi Group (小米集团) said its board has adopted a new market share repurchase programme allowing the company to buy back up to HK$20 billion of its Class B ordinary shares over the next 12 months, it h

Bloomberg: ByteDance (字节跳动) plans to lavishly spend $70 billion to step up the AI data-center race

Bloomberg, as carried by Chinese outlet ifeng, has reported that ByteDance (字节跳动) is preparing to spend roughly $70 billion to build out AI data‑center capacity — reportedly a multi‑year, aggressive p

Kuaishou (快手) reports Q1 financial results: total revenue RMB 33.7 billion, overseas operations loss RMB 31 million

Kuaishou (快手) reported total revenue of RMB 33.7 billion for the first quarter, and it has been reported that its overseas operations recorded a loss of RMB 31 million (roughly US$4.3–4.5 million depe

Hong Kong finalises crypto regulatory framework to lock in global hub ambitions

Hong Kong has completed a long‑anticipated regulatory framework for the digital‑asset industry as it pursues a bid to become a global crypto hub. The Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB,

China expands tech replacement drive to include AI chips amid US curbs

For the first time, China has put artificial intelligence processors into its official “secure and reliable” technology assessment framework. The China Information Technology Security Evaluation Centr

Xu Jieyun Responds to Xiaomi (小米) Helping Car Owners Defend Their Rights: "More Illegal Acts; Legal Team Is Progressing on a Rolling Basis"

It has been reported that Xu Jieyun has publicly pushed back after Xiaomi (小米) moved to assist car owners in defending their rights, accusing other parties of committing "more illegal acts" and saying

Benchmark Scores for the First Trump-Branded Phone Are Out — It Can’t Beat a 2023 Chinese Mid-Range Device

IT Home (IT之家) reports that a device identified on Geekbench 6.7.1 as model SGG SGG-06 surfaced on May 21 and was reportedly flagged by blogger @i冰宇宙 as the first Trump-branded phone. The listing show

Luxshare Precision (立讯精密) fined RMB 900,000 for acquiring part of Wingtech Technology's (闻泰科技) business

China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) has imposed a RMB 900,000 administrative fine on Luxshare Precision (立讯精密) for completing a concentration without the required prior notific

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Traditional distributors' sales have plunged — 80% of the reasons lie with manufacturers

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The second half for distributors: "Don't blindly chase trends; rebuild your business from scratch"

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Claude Code head on the 80x demand behind explosive growth and the Agent revolution: "I don't write code — my army of Claudes writes it for me"

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Private-label skirmish: an overt scheme of 'de-branding'

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Zhang Xiaoman: Big tech firms grind people down — I want to know why

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People's Daily (人民日报) on merchant's thousand-mile durian pursuit incident: eradicate the malicious "refund-only" scourge

Huawei (华为) has reportedly introduced a new internal design philosophy dubbed "Tao's Law" (韬定律) intended to steer its semiconductor development away from a strict Moore's Law trajectory and toward arc

Tao's Law bears fruit: Huawei (华为) next-generation CPU Kunpeng 960 expected to exceed 4 GHz — up 54%

It has been reported that Huawei's (华为) next‑generation server CPU, the Kunpeng 960, is expected to surpass 4.0 GHz — a roughly 54% increase over the previous generation, according to a report in ifen

A desperate Claude could extort humanity — Anthropic co-founder issues emergency alert

A large-scale misbanning of third‑party developer accounts has exposed holes in a Chinese AI platform’s risk controls, and the episode has sparked fresh debate about service parity between overseas an

Nvidia ‘likely the most concerned’ as Huawei bets on new chip architecture law

Huawei (华为) on Monday unveiled a new chip-architecture proposal it calls the Tau (τ) Scaling Law, a move that Beijing and some analysts say could accelerate China's push for semiconductor self-relianc

Lu Weibing: the test car currently being driven on the road is not the Xiaomi (小米) YU9; the new model will definitely be launched within the year

It has been reported that Xiaomi (小米) Group President and partner Lu Weibing denied market rumors on the company’s earnings call tonight, saying the test car currently being driven on public roads is

Three global storage giants collectively join the 'trillion-dollar market-cap club'

NIO (蔚来) chairman William Li (李斌) told investors that the next year or two "will be relatively hard" for the auto industry, and that China's carmakers are entering the most brutal phase of the sector'

Qianwen (千问) upgrades its 'photo-based health inquiry' capability, enabling it to reason like a doctor during consultations

Baidu (百度)’s large model Qianwen (千问) has reportedly upgraded its “photo-based health inquiry” capability, enabling the system to interpret patient photos and produce step-by-step clinical reasoning a

Xiaomi (小米) steadies its core business while closely pursuing DeepSeek

Xiaomi (小米) is reportedly balancing a steadying of its core hardware engines — smartphones, smart-home devices and online services — with a tighter push into AI through a close pursuit of DeepSeek. It

Google's entire suite has been 'polluted' by the new model

It has been reported that several Chinese AI services will disable image‑based question‑answering features during the national college entrance exam, the gaokao. According to Red Star News and IT Home

AI comic dramas face their first bubble burst

The boom in AI-generated comic dramas hit a wall after the National Radio and Television Administration (国家广电总局) implemented new rules on April 1, formally folding AIGC and comic-style micro-dramas in

Hongguo (红果)’s “10,000 Plays for 5 Yuan” Sparks an Upheaval — Where Are Comic Dramas Headed?

Hongguo (红果) has triggered a pricing shock in China’s fledgling comic-drama market with a promotion reportedly offering “10,000 plays for 5 yuan.” The move is blunt and simple: drive massive view coun

Concerns That Moore’s Law Has 'Peaked': Huawei (华为)'s 'Tao Law' (韬定律) Emerges, Experts Say Core Breakthrough Reconstructs an Industry Evolution Paradigm Used for Over 50 Years

Huawei (华为) board member and head of its semiconductor unit, He Tingbo (何庭波), has reportedly introduced a new semiconductor evolution framework dubbed the "Tao Law" (韬定律) at the 2026 International Cir

Xiaomi (小米) MiMo-V2.5 series API permanently discounted: cuts of 57%-99%, current valid Token Plan users' quotas fully reset

Xiaomi (小米) said it has permanently overhauled pricing for its MiMo‑V2.5 series API, with it has been reported that new prices represent reductions ranging from roughly 57% up to 99% versus the origin

Report: Huawei (华为) nova 16 very likely to have entire lineup upgraded to Kirin 9010S chip, battery up to around 7000mAh

It has been reported that Huawei (华为) will equip the entire nova 16 series with an upgraded Kirin 9010S chip from HiSilicon (海思), according to Chinese blogger @数码闲聊站 and coverage by IT Home (IT之家). Th

University Program Planning Needs a Long-Term Perspective

China’s university system is facing a strategic mismatch: short-term enrollment and funding pressures are driving program proliferation, but long-term national needs — from advanced manufacturing to A

The Liberal Arts Renaming Trend: Adding the Word "Intelligent" — So What Now?

It has been reported that Chinese universities and college departments are quietly rebranding liberal‑arts majors by inserting the word “Intelligent” (智能) into program and department names, a move tha

Tencent (腾讯) AI Assistant Tops DAU, Yet Everyone Chased After Coding

Tencent (腾讯) has reportedly vaulted to the top in daily active users among China's emerging generative-AI assistants, according to a Huxiu report. The headline number is attention-grabbing. But the mo

At Last, a New Solution for the 'Real-Device Data' Problem in Embodied Intelligence

It has been reported that Chinese researchers and startups have converged on a practical fix for the long‑standing “real‑device data” bottleneck in embodied intelligence — the gap between what models

How Can Unsold Bread Waste Be Reduced?

Unsold bread is a visible, persistent waste problem in China’s rapidly modernising food retail sector. Fresh-bakery items spoil quickly. Margins are thin. Consumers expect perpetual freshness. The res

When Commerce Stops Shouting, the Marketplace Truly Begins to Speak

Retail spaces in China are dialing down the shouting. According to a recent report by Huxiu, malls and shopping centres are trading blanket discounts and hyperactive promotional copy for small, human

Xiaomi (小米)'s Alarm Hasn't Gone Off Yet

Xiaomi (小米) is still one of China's most visible tech champions — a smartphone maker turned consumer-electronics and services conglomerate. But alarm bells that should be ringing for investors and man

When China Calls for a Tech Boom, Capital Can't Keep Fleeing Abroad

China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC, 中国证监会) and seven other departments have launched a concentrated crackdown on illegal cross‑border securities services, and it has been reported that the a

Cherish Every Weibo (微博) Hot Search, But Cherish Every User Search Even More

It has been reported that Weibo (微博), China’s dominant microblogging platform akin to Twitter/X, saw 47,700 main-board hot-search entries in Q1 2026. Entertainment accounted for just 31% — now on par

BrickAnything: Geometry-Conditioned Buildable Brick Generation with Structure-Aware Tokenization

A new preprint, BrickAnything: Geometry-Conditioned Buildable Brick Generation with Structure-Aware Tokenization (arXiv:2605.26182), proposes a method to turn arbitrary 3D shapes into discrete, physic

Can LLMs Introspect? A Reality Check

A new preprint on arXiv (arXiv:2605.26242v1) argues that recent claims about large language models (LLMs) being capable of introspection may be premature. The paper draws on decades of human metacogni

OmniToM: Benchmarking Theory of Mind in LLMs via Explicit Belief Modeling

A team of researchers has posted OmniToM on arXiv (arXiv:2605.26322), proposing a shift in how Theory of Mind (ToM) is evaluated in large language models (LLMs). Instead of judging models solely by an

Managing Uncertainty in LLM-Generated Procedural Knowledge for Virtual Laboratory Planning

A new arXiv preprint, "Managing Uncertainty in LLM-Generated Procedural Knowledge for Virtual Laboratory Planning" (https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.26333), tackles a practical problem: how to make large la

Advancing Creative Physical Intelligence in Large Multimodal Models

Large multimodal models (LMMs) have vaulted forward on perception and reasoning. But can they do more than recognize patterns and answer prompts? A new preprint on arXiv (arXiv:2605.26396) frames this

Reasoning, Code, or Both? How Large Language Models Handle Variations in Math Questions

A new preprint on arXiv (arXiv:2605.26414) asks a simple but sharp question: do state-of-the-art large language models (LLMs) really understand math, or do they rely on brittle patterns? It has been r

Mind the Tool Failures: Achieving Synergistic Tool Gains for Medical Agents

Medical AI agents increasingly stitch together external tools — retrieval systems, diagnostic calculators, image-processing models and clinical knowledge bases — to perform diagnosis and treatment rec

Towards Feedback-to-Plan Decisions for Self-Evolving LLM Agents in CUDA Kernel Generation

A new preprint on arXiv (arXiv:2605.26720v1) examines how large language models (LLMs) acting as self‑evolving agents make planning decisions when generating CUDA kernels. The authors focus on a criti

Beyond a Single Direction: Chain-of-Thought Disrupts Simple Steering of Refusal

A new arXiv preprint (arXiv:2605.26772) argues that chain-of-thought (CoT) reasoning in large reasoning models (LRMs) breaks a common assumption used to steer model behavior: that refusal can be captu

Composition Collapse: Stable Factual Knowledge Does Not Imply Compositional Reasoning

A new preprint on arXiv (arXiv:2605.26789) warns that standard post‑training evaluations can be misleading: a model that retains or even improves its atomic factual knowledge may still fail to assembl

What Makes Chain-of-Thought Work at Probe Time? Local Co-occurrence Rather Than Global Derivation

A new arXiv paper (arXiv:2605.26795) argues that the efficacy of chain‑of‑thought (CoT) prompting at probe time is driven more by local co‑occurrence signals in the rationale than by the model perform

Helicase: Uncertainty-Guided Supply Chain Knowledge Graph Construction with Autonomous Multi-Agent LLMs

A new arXiv preprint, "Helicase: Uncertainty‑Guided Supply Chain Knowledge Graph Construction with Autonomous Multi‑Agent LLMs" (arXiv:2605.26835), proposes using autonomous multi‑agent large language

On the Detection of Commutative Factors in Factor Graphs: Necessary and Sufficient Conditions

A new preprint on arXiv, "On the Detection of Commutative Factors in Factor Graphs: Necessary and Sufficient Conditions" (arXiv:2605.26908), provides a formal answer to a core problem in lifted probab

Generating Robust Portfolios of Optimization Models using Large Language Models

A new arXiv preprint, "Generating Robust Portfolios of Optimization Models using Large Language Models" (arXiv:2605.27013), explores using large language models (LLMs) to ease a long-standing bottlene

ORCA: An End-to-End Interactive Copilot for Optimized Root Cause Analysis

Researchers have posted a new preprint on arXiv (arXiv:2605.27022v1) describing ORCA, an "end-to-end interactive copilot" designed to guide domain experts through optimized root-cause analysis. Root-c

Exterior design sparks controversy — Ferrari’s first all-electric model Luce unveiled, shares plunge

Ferrari (法拉利) has unveiled Luce, the Italian marque’s first all-electric production car, and the reaction was immediate — and mixed. The five-seat, four-door model breaks sharply with Ferrari’s tradit

Alibaba (阿里) major pay overhaul! 13th-month salary merged into year-end bonus

It has been reported that Alibaba (阿里) is making a major compensation adjustment by merging the traditional 13th‑month salary into its year‑end bonus. The move restructures how annual pay is distribut

Why is it all biomedicine? Why is it Geng Tongxue (耿同学)?

China’s talent and capital are visibly clustering around biomedicine — and a new internet shorthand, Geng Tongxue (耿同学), has come to personify that shift. The nickname has been used online to describe

Huawei Mate 80 and other series of smartphones launch HarmonyOS 6.1.0.125 SP9 version, adding features like 3D image wallpapers

It has been reported that Huawei (华为) began pushing a HarmonyOS 6.1.0.125 SP9 update to Mate 80, Pura 80 and other series, with a system package of about 5.69GB. The headline feature is a new 3D image

With 800,000 units in stock, the millet store owner is struggling to hold on

A niche retail boom built on blind‑box "gacha" merchandise has turned sour, and small shop owners are paying the price. It has been reported that one operator — described in local coverage as a typica

Tengxin Precision: Low R&D supports high profit margins, well-funded yet raising large amounts of capital | IPO Observation

Tengxin Precision (腾信精密) has drawn attention ahead of its public listing for an unusual combination: very low research-and-development outlays alongside persistently high profit margins. It has been r

From a lunch table to an infinite universe, Li Feifei bets on the next dimension of AI

According to reporting in TMTPost, entrepreneur Li Feifei has turned a casual conversation over lunch into a full‑blown bet on what she and others are calling the next dimension of artificial intellig

Xiaomi (小米): Fallen to the point of questioning life? The worst is over

Xiaomi Group (小米集团, 1810.HK) reported 2026 Q1 revenue of RMB 99.1 billion, down 11% year‑on‑year, as phone and traditional AIoT businesses dragged performance. Phone and AIoT together fell 14.5%. Gros

Xiaomi’s Q1 EV deliveries surpass 80,000 units

Xiaomi (小米) reported first-quarter 2026 revenue of RMB 99.1 billion ($13.8 billion), and it has been reported that revenue from its smart electric vehicle, AI and other innovation businesses reached R

Lei Jun (雷军) humorously responds to Vučić (武契奇)'s 'can't afford a Xiaomi (小米) car': "Mr. President, the YU7 standard model is RMB 233,500"

Aleksandar Vučić (武契奇), Serbia’s president, toured a Xiaomi (小米) auto plant in Beijing during a state visit and briefly took the driver's seat of the new YU7, where the car cabin even played Serbia’s

The Biggest IPO in History Is About to List — How Will It Perform on Its First Day?

Huawei (华为) announced it will formally introduce the next generation of its HarmonyOS Smart Home (鸿蒙智家) at the nova 16 series (nova 16系列) and full‑scene product launch on June 1. The company says the

Microsoft Hits Pause on Vibe Coding: Burning Tokens is Now More Expensive than Employees

Microsoft has begun revoking internal licenses for Claude Code, the Anthropic-powered “vibe coding” interface it opened to thousands of employees in December 2025, with access set to end on June 30 —

Big Tech Companies Pushing Programmers to Embrace AI, Burning Annual Budgets in 4 Months, CTOs are Confused

It has been reported that Uber deployed Anthropic’s Claude Code to engineering teams in December 2025 — and that the company’s CTO told management the annual AI tools budget was exhausted within the f

Reports Say ByteDance is Opening Bean Stock Subscription for Seed Department: $13 per Share

It has been reported that ByteDance (字节跳动) is opening a subscription window for so‑called "bean stock" for its Seed department at a price of $13 per share, according to Chinese media. The move is repo

The New York Times: How Does SpaceX Use 'Unconventional Design' to Strengthen Musk's Control?

The New York Times has reported that SpaceX uses an “unconventional design” of corporate structures and governance arrangements to consolidate Elon Musk’s control over the private company. Short sente

Avita (阿维塔): Preparing to Resubmit IPO Application, Process Unaffected

I’m ready to write the article, but the material you pasted is about Samsung Electronics’ union vote and bonuses while your headline mentions Avita (阿维塔) resubmitting an IPO application. Which story d

Zhihui (智谱) Joins Multiple Institutions to Set Up AI Industry Venture Capital Fund in Shanghai

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić (武契奇), on a state visit to China, visited Xiaomi Automobile (小米汽车)’s Beijing factory yesterday and sat in the driver’s seat of the company’s new YU7 model. Video fro

Tesla FSD is About to Launch, Can Domestic Automakers Handle It?

Tesla announced on May 21 that a supervised version of its Full Self‑Driving (FSD) system will be available in multiple regions, including China. Supervised FSD requires drivers to remain attentive an

2026 Commercial Real Estate: Wanda Slams the Brakes, China Resources (华润) Overtakes, Who is Swimming Naked?

Wanda (万达) is reportedly hitting the brakes on new openings in 2026 — the heaviest slowdown in nearly a decade — while China Resources (华润) is pressing the accelerator and is set to top the annual ope

The Three 'Vests' of Consumerism That Have Deceived You the Longest

What looks like rebellion against consumption is often just consumption in a new costume. Brands and platforms in China have repackaged buying as identity and emotion — “small pleasures,” “delicate po

Yushu Technology (宇树科技) Rushes for A-Share 'First Human Robot Stock': Behind Impressive Profits, 'Specialized' Weaknesses Need to Be Addressed

Yushu Technology (宇树科技) is racing to become the A‑share market's first pure-play human‑robot company. The Shanghai Stock Exchange has scheduled a listing committee review for the company's initial pub

NASA Announces Comprehensive Restructuring Plan

NASA announced its largest internal realignment in years, aiming to streamline decision‑making and "focus resources on the most urgent goals only NASA can pursue," said Administrator Jared Isaacman (贾

Gao Huasheng: RWA: New Opportunities for Digital Yuan

Gao Huasheng argues that the next meaningful role for the digital yuan (数字人民币) is not in beating Alipay or WeChat Pay at everyday retail — it is in serving as the cash leg for real‑world assets (RWA)

In Memory of Master Karl Vick

A recent commemorative essay republished by Huxiu (虎嗅) draws attention to the enduring influence of Karl Weick (卡尔·维克) on how organizations think about improvisation — and why that matters for Chinese

Latest Urban Population Map, Growth Champion is This One

It has been reported that Shenzhen (深圳) again led China’s urban population gains in 2025, with a resident population of 18.2485 million at year-end — an increase of 259,000 from 2024 and the largest n

Price hikes across the board! Large AI models are starting to 'ask' you for money

Alibaba (阿里)’s Qwen3.7‑Max vaulted into fourth place on the Code Arena leaderboard with a score of 1,541, it has been reported, becoming the only non‑Claude model in the global top five and the first

Report: ByteDance (字节跳动) opens subscription of 'Doubao' shares to its Seed division — $13 per share

It has been reported that ByteDance (字节跳动) has opened a subscription window for shares in a unit called "Doubao" (抖宝), offering them to its internal Seed division at a price of $13 per share, accordin

Fuyao Glass (福耀玻璃): the 'shovel-seller' behind China's rise as an automotive powerhouse

SuperFusion (超聚变) was born out of necessity — and design. It has been reported that the firm, spun out of Huawei (华为) amid U.S. sanction pressure, was structured to be legally independent: equity had

Huawei (华为) took no equity but 'nurtured' an 80-billion-yuan unicorn

It has been reported that Huawei (华为) played a key role in the rise of a startup now valued at roughly 80 billion yuan, despite taking no equity stake. According to coverage in Chinese media, Huawei's

Qualcomm reaches AI chip agreement with ByteDance (字节跳动)

It has been reported that Qualcomm has reached an agreement to supply AI chips to ByteDance (字节跳动), the Beijing-based owner of Douyin and TikTok. Details of the deal — volume, product types, timelines

Will the Model S/X return in the future? Tesla (特斯拉) vice president: 'Don't rule it out'

Tesla (特斯拉) has left the door ajar on a possible comeback for its premium Model S and Model X lines. It has been reported that a Tesla vice president—speaking to Chinese media—said, "Don't rule it out

25-year-old man used AI to formulate his own traditional Chinese medicine prescription, causing qi and blood imbalance and severe insomnia

It has been reported that a 25-year-old man in China used an artificial-intelligence chat tool to formulate a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM, 中医) prescription for himself and subsequently developed

After seven years of hardship for tens of thousands, He Tingbo — the 'mother of Taoding Law' behind Huawei (华为) chips — reveals an internal 'Moye' working group

He Tingbo (何庭波), director and president of Huawei’s (华为) semiconductor business, on May 25 unveiled what she called the “Taoding (韬, τ) law” — a new design principle Huawei says will guide chip perfor

Huawei's 'Tao Law' Logic Folding Chip Design Released, Peking University Team Rapidly Announces 'True 3D' EDA Tool Prototype

It has been reported that Huawei (华为) has publicly framed a new chip architecture paradigm it calls the "Tao (τ) Law" — centered on "logic folding" — that moves design optimization off the 2D plane an

Xiaomi Automotive is Losing Money Again, Is Lei Jun Worried?

Xiaomi (小米) reported that its "intelligent electric vehicle and AI" arm posted revenue of RMB 19.9 billion in Q1 2026 and delivered 80,856 vehicles, a modest 6.6% year‑on‑year rise. But profitability

Xiaomi Has No Turning Back

Xiaomi (小米) reported a sharp early-2026 reversal that signals a strategic inflection: the company’s long-running light-asset, high-efficiency model is giving way to a heavy-investment agenda centred o

Those Filming Short Dramas Have All Gone to Travel Photography

China’s once-bustling short-drama production hubs have imploded as generative AI slashes costs and headcounts, and many former crew members have poured into travel photography (旅拍) to survive. Hengdia

AI Encirclement, Production Capacity Surge, A Wave of Unemployment for Short Drama Actors

AI has turbocharged short‑drama production in China, and the winners are not the mid‑level actors who built the last boom. It has been reported that short‑drama output rose to about 50,000 titles in 2

To Southeast Asia or Europe? The 'Optimal Solution' for High-End Manufacturing Going Global

At the 20th China Investment Annual Conference (第20届中国投资年会·年度峰会), investors and bankers framed a central question: where should China’s high‑end manufacturers plant production for the next growth phas

The Other Side of Samsung's Withdrawal from China: China Has Become the Core of the Global Industrial Nesting Structure

It has been reported that Samsung (三星) has withdrawn parts of its home-appliance and offline retail operations in China. But withdrawal is not the same as departure. Samsung has reportedly kept ODM ar

What is the Value of Huawei's 'Tao Law'? Expert Analysis

Huawei (华为) is pitching a different answer to the limits of Moore's Law: shrink time, not just geometry. The so‑called "Tao Law" (韬定律) reframes AI scaling by targeting the system time constant τ acros

AI Has Killed Information Arbitrage, but Amplified Another Kind of Demand

Artificial intelligence has stripped away much of information’s scarcity — and with that, a once-profitable form of arbitrage. Data, reports and product takeaways can now be auto-generated in minutes.

Holding 800,000 Units, the Shop Owner Can't Hold On Any Longer

It has been reported that a gacha shop owner in China is now stuck with some 800,000 unsold units and can no longer keep the doors open. What was a gold rush just a few years ago has turned into an ov

Was Hema (盒马) unfairly driven to apologize after being criticized over 'pink wood ear'?

Hema (盒马), the Alibaba (阿里巴巴)-backed fresh-food chain known for blending supermarkets with app-driven services, has apologised after online criticism of a new private-label line called "Mushroom Plane

'Parents sue daughter, siblings mutually remove each other': 170,000 shareholders pay to watch the infighting of a solar-power dynasty

A long-running family power struggle at Tuori New Energy (拓日新能) has erupted into a full governance crisis, and roughly 170,000 small shareholders are watching their holdings evaporate. Once celebrated

Leapmotor (零跑) and Dongfeng (东风) become Stellantis's first Chinese 'saviors'

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How Much Thinking is Enough? Quantifying and Understanding Redundancy in LLM Reasoning

A new preprint on arXiv (arXiv:2605.23926) asks a simple but urgent question: how much of an LLM's long chain-of-thought is actually necessary? The authors set out to quantify and classify redundancy

BODHI: Precise OS Kernel Specification Inference

A new arXiv preprint introduces BODHI, a system that aims to automate the generation of precise operating‑system kernel specifications using large language models (LLMs). Formal verification of kernel

Practical Quantum CIM Empowerment via All-Domestic-Core Agentic Large Model

Researchers have posted a new preprint, "Practical Quantum CIM Empowerment via All‑Domestic‑Core Agentic Large Model" (arXiv:2605.23934), proposing an integrated workflow that pairs coherent Ising mac

Operationalizing Reconstructive Authority: Runtime Construction, Dependency Resolution, and Execution Gating in Autonomous Agent Systems

A new arXiv preprint (arXiv:2605.23935) lays out a practical path for enforcing what the authors call Reconstructive Authority (RAM) in autonomous agent systems. The core idea is simple: an action sho

Authority Inversion in LLM-Mediated Ubiquitous Systems: When Models Trust Users Over Sensors

A new arXiv paper (arXiv:2605.23938) warns that large language models (LLMs) used to mediate inputs in ubiquitous computing systems can implicitly invert authority — privileging user claims over senso

Residual Drift Dominates Contradiction in Multi-Turn Constraint Reasoning

A new preprint on arXiv (arXiv:2605.23940) argues that large language models and multi-turn reasoning systems fail more often by "satisfiable drift" than by outright logical contradiction. It has been

Stop Comparing LLM Agents Without Disclosing the Harness

A new position paper on arXiv (arXiv:2605.23950) argues that when evaluating long‑horizon tasks across models with comparable frontier capability, the agent execution harness — the infrastructure laye

Machine Psychometrics: A Mathematical Psychology of Artificial Intelligence

A new preprint on arXiv (arXiv:2605.23952) proposes "machine psychometrics" — a mathematical-psychology approach to evaluating artificial agents. The paper argues that current evaluation regimes privi

QUIVER: A Formal Framework for Quantifying Perturbation Propagation and Bifurcation in Compound AI Systems

A new preprint on arXiv, titled "QUIVER: A Formal Framework for Quantifying Perturbation Propagation and Bifurcation in Compound AI Systems," proposes a formal way to measure how small changes cascade

LGMT: Logic-Grounded Metamorphic Testing for Evaluating the Reasoning Reliability of LLMs

A new arXiv paper, "LGMT: Logic-Grounded Metamorphic Testing for Evaluating the Reasoning Reliability of LLMs" (arXiv:2605.23965), argues that the apparent logical prowess of large language models (LL

Why We Need World Models for AGI: Where LLMs Fail and How World Models May Outperform

A new arXiv preprint, "Why We Need World Models for AGI: Where LLMs Fail and How World Models May Outperform" (arXiv:2605.23972v1), argues that today’s large language models — excellent at text genera

Saturating Scaling Laws for Equational Discovery: A Phenomenology of Growth Dynamics in Three Toy Substrates with Two Real-World Replications

A new preprint on arXiv, "Saturating Scaling Laws for Equational Discovery: A Phenomenology of Growth Dynamics in Three Toy Substrates with Two Real-World Replications" (arXiv:2605.23983), reports tha

Towards trustworthy agentic AI: a comprehensive survey of safety, robustness, privacy, and system security

A new arXiv survey, "Towards trustworthy agentic AI: a comprehensive survey of safety, robustness, privacy, and system security" (https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.23989), takes stock of the emerging risks t

Reason--Imagine--Act: Closed-Loop LLM Decision Making with World Models for Autonomous Driving

A new arXiv preprint, "Reason--Imagine--Act: Closed-Loop LLM Decision Making with World Models for Autonomous Driving" (arXiv:2605.24004), argues that large language models (LLMs) hold promise for hig

LC-ERD: Mining Latent Logic for Self-Evolving Reasoning via Consistency-Regulated Reward Decomposition

Large language model (LLM) reasoning may be able to improve itself without massive new human labels. A new arXiv preprint, "LC-ERD: Mining Latent Logic for Self-Evolving Reasoning via Consistency-Regu

Six major AI platforms restrict some features/services during the 2026 Gaokao

It has been reported that six major Chinese AI platforms — including Baidu (百度), Alibaba (阿里巴巴), Tencent (腾讯), iFLYTEK (科大讯飞), Huawei (华为) and NetEase (网易) — limited certain features and services duri

'Pink Wood Ear' packaging design accused of being vulgar/too suggestive? Hema (盒马) apologizes: all items removed, firmly opposes vulgar and harmful content

Hema (盒马), Alibaba’s fresh-retail chain, has apologised after a package design for a private‑label mushroom product drew sharp online criticism and climbed social media trending lists. The product — s

Let the clock be a clock: sixty years from Moore's Law to Tao's Law

It has been reported that Xu Yao (许垚), the one-time CEO of Three-Body Universe (三体宇宙（上海）文化发展有限公司), was executed on May 21, 2026, following a high‑profile criminal case that began with a string of pois

Huawei (华为) MatePad Pro Max flagship tablet officially announced; to be unveiled on June 1 alongside the nova 16 series smartphones

Huawei (华为) today confirmed the MatePad Pro Max will debut at its June 1 “nova 16 series and all‑scenario” launch and go on sale the same day at 16:08. The company positions the device as an ultra‑thi

Honor (荣耀) 600 Pro smartphone launched: features a “3D Milky Way Aesthetic” design, final price after national subsidy RMB 3,399-4,199

Honor (荣耀) tonight unveiled the 600 Pro, a camera-focused mid‑to‑high‑range phone that undercuts some flagship rivals on headline specs and battery life. IT Home (IT之家) reported the retail band at RMB

Record-breaking heat across many parts of India; traffic police install fans inside helmets for cooling, traffic lights temporarily turned off allowing free passage

Cities across India are sweltering under a severe heatwave, with many locations topping 43°C (109°F). It has been reported that New Delhi reached 45.3°C (113.5°F) on May 21 and the northern Uttar Prad

IT Home (IT之家) Unboxing: OPPO (OPPO) Reno16 Pro "Heart‑Stirring Star Motion" gallery — 3D floating planet, highly distinctive design

IT Home (IT之家) has published an unboxing gallery of OPPO (欧珀)’s new Reno16 Pro “Heart‑Stirring Star Motion” edition, and the handset’s standout move isn’t a chip or camera spec — it’s the back. What l

A 'Mutual Struggle' Over a GPU Order: The 'Dual Efforts' of Two Listed Companies | Titanium Media Deep Dive

A convoluted near‑RMB70 billion (≈27.8bn + 35–40bn) compute deal has tied together two loss‑making A‑share firms and a company that, reportedly, cannot be found at its registered address. Tianyang Tec

Behind Tesla's (特斯拉) FSD Entry into China, Momenta and Horizon Robotics (元戎启行) are 'Racing Against Time'

Tesla’s decision to bring its supervised FSD to China has suddenly reshaped the timetable for domestic autonomous‑driving players. One day after WeRide (驭势科技) completed a Hong Kong IPO — a listing tha

Sleeper film "A Letter to Grandma" decryption key extended to June 30; Douban (豆瓣) rating rises to 9.2

It has been reported that the digital decryption key for the surprise box‑office hit A Letter to Grandma (给阿嬷的情书) has been extended until June 30, allowing the film to remain available for online play

China Software Evaluation Center (中国软件评测中心): Predicts China's eldercare robot market size will surpass 10 billion yuan this year

China Software Evaluation Center (中国软件评测中心) reportedly predicts that the domestic eldercare robot market will surpass 10 billion yuan this year — roughly $1.4 billion — reflecting rapid commercialisat

33-year-old Zhiyuan Robotics (智元机器人) CTO “稚晖君” Peng Zhihui officially appointed chairman of Shangwei New Materials (上纬新材)

Shangwei New Materials (上纬新材) has completed a board-level reshuffle, it has been reported that the company updated its registration with China’s national enterprise credit information system to show t

Honor (荣耀) launches 600 Vitality Edition phone: Snapdragon 7 Gen 4, priced from RMB 2,699

Honor (荣耀) has introduced the 600 Vitality Edition, a lower‑cost member of its new 600 series, priced from RMB 2,699 (national subsidy price RMB 2,294.15). It has been reported that preorders open ton

Adding ice cream to milk tea and snack shops: 90% of people choose the wrong method — 6 minutes ago

Milk‑tea and snack chains across China have added ice cream to menus, and the rush looks more strategic than fleeting. TMTPost reports that lines at flagship stores — from Heytea (喜茶) to smaller chain

Proya (珀莱雅) Really Needs Hua Zhixiao (花知晓) — 3 Minutes Ago

Proya (珀莱雅) has moved decisively to shore up its makeup credentials, spending nearly RMB 780–800 million to take control of youth-focused cosmetics brand Hua Zhixiao (花知晓). The deal, done via Proya’s

Jia Yueting's FF secures biggest order: sold 23 EAI robots in one go

It has been reported that FF (法拉第未来), the company tied to entrepreneur Jia Yueting (贾跃亭), has sold 23 EAI robots in a single transaction — the largest order the firm has announced to date. Details on

Haier (海尔) unveils world's lightest AI sports exoskeleton robot: weighs just 1.75 kg, single-leg peak assist 16 N·m

Haier (海尔), the Chinese appliance conglomerate better known for refrigerators and washing machines, has unveiled what it says is the world's lightest AI sports exoskeleton robot. It has been reported

BYD (比亚迪) Song Ultra DM-i launch scheduled for May 28: fifth-generation DM technology, maximum pure-electric range 310 km

BYD (比亚迪) has announced the Song Ultra (宋 Ultra) DM‑i will officially go on sale on May 28. The new plug‑in hybrid uses BYD’s fifth‑generation DM system and will be offered with two battery packs: a 2

Three major giants bidding for Pupu (朴朴)? Instant retail enters an era of oligopoly — 1 minute ago

It has been reported that Alibaba (阿里巴巴), JD.com (京东) and Meituan (美团) are engaged in a competitive bid for Pupu (朴朴), the last large independent front‑warehouse instant‑retail operator. Reportedly, t

New products are a major highlight of this year’s 618 — Just in

This year’s 618 shopping festival has a different center of gravity: new products. Why the shift? Because China’s e‑commerce market is moving into a stock‑market phase — growth is harder to buy with p

The 'military-grade' label on phone cases isn't that impressive — don't be fooled

Insta360 (影石) has quietly opened the door to pre-sales for its high-end pocket gimbal camera, the Luna Ultra, and the specs read like a checklist for serious mobile creators. Reportedly some German re

Alibaba (阿里) and Amazon: Two Differentiated Examples of AI E‑commerce - 1 minute ago

It has been reported by TMTPost that two global e‑commerce giants have just taken materially different steps toward the same prize: control of the AI shopping entry. Alibaba (阿里) has integrated its la

The 'Huobao' Team Tried Letting AI Be the Boss! Result: It Lost Money on Everything — Not Even Their Underwear Left

IT Home (IT之家) has reported that Moon's Dark Side (月之暗面), the developer behind the open-source Kimi family of large models, announced the deprecation of the Kimi K2 series API. The notice says Kimi K2

Who Will Carry the 'Art' of Selling Vegetables to Greater Heights? (14 minutes ago)

China’s retail giants are once again converging on the humble grocery basket. Meituan (美团), Pinduoduo (拼多多), Yonghui (永辉), RT‑Mart (大润发), Alibaba (阿里巴巴) with its Hema (盒马) chain, and foreign names suc

Open-source full-size BitCPM-CANN: China-made compute successfully runs 1.58-bit training for the first time

It has been reported that an open‑source, full‑size BitCPM‑CANN implementation has successfully run 1.58‑bit training using China‑made compute for the first time. The project adapts the BitCPM family

Fintech Weekly: Eight government departments jointly crack down on illegal cross-border stock trading; insurance assets exceed publicly offered funds — May 25

On May 22 the China Securities Regulatory Commission (中国证券监督管理委员会) and seven other government departments jointly issued the "Implementation Plan for the Comprehensive Rectification of Illegal Cross‑b

SERES (赛力斯) Blue Electric brand receives 6.67 billion yuan capital injection; CATL (宁德时代) and others take equity stakes

SERES (赛力斯) Blue Electric has received a 6.67 billion yuan capital injection, it has been reported, with battery giant CATL (宁德时代) and other investors taking equity stakes in the business. The move re

Jensen Huang criticizes CEOs for using AI as a reason for layoffs: 'too perfunctory, trying to look clever'

Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia (英伟达), has criticized corporate leaders who cite artificial intelligence as the reason for workforce cuts, calling the explanation “too perfunctory, trying to look clever.”

OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Model Leaked to Launch Next Month: AI Context Window 1.5 Million Tokens

It has been reported that OpenAI will unveil GPT‑5.6 as soon as next month, and that the model will support a context window of roughly 1.5 million tokens — an order‑of‑magnitude jump from today’s mai

Huobao team experiments with making an AI the boss! Outcome: it loses on every decision — left with nothing, not even underwear

It has been reported that a team identified as Huobao (火豹) tried an audacious social‑engineering test: put an AI in charge and let it run a small organization. The punchline? According to coverage on

Huawei (华为) nova 16 series phones appear on official website, including four models: 16 Ultra / 16 Pro / 16 / 16z

Huawei (华为) has listed a new nova 16 series on its official online store, showing four models: nova 16 Ultra, nova 16 Pro, nova 16 and nova 16z, according to IT Home (IT之家). The pages are live in the

Huawei (华为) details core technologies such as "logic folding", with a multi-level collaborative optimization framework spanning devices, circuits, chips to system level

At the IEEE ISCAS 2026 conference, Huawei (华为) engineer He Tingbo (何庭波) set out a provocative new roadmap for chips: the韬 (τ) law, which replaces traditional geometry‑based scaling with "time (τ)缩微" —

‘Sharif speed’ meets Qwen AI: how Alibaba sealed a sweeping deal with Pakistan

It has been reported that Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, known for his “Sharif speed” in executing development projects, challenged Alibaba Group chairman Joe Tsai to produce a comprehensi

Survey of over 800 respondents shows 99% of corporate executives expect AI to cause layoffs within two years

Chris Olah, co‑founder of Anthropic, warned that artificial intelligence is “very likely” to replace human labor at enormous scale and argued the technology’s governance cannot be left solely to tech

China’s Top Phone Companies Launch Packages Covering AI Use

It has been reported that China Mobile (中国移动), China Unicom (中国联通), and China Telecom (中国电信) this week unveiled commercial "AI token" packages that let customers track and pay for artificial‑intellige

Before WeChat, There Were Qiaopi Writers

Jiang Mingdian in Shishi, Fujian, has spent nearly six decades turning private grief and longing into sentences. It has been reported that the 77-year-old may be the last remaining writer of qiaopi (侨

Launch of Shenzhou-23 Manned Spacecraft Successfully Completed

China Manned Space Engineering Office (中国载人航天工程办公室) announced that the Long March 2F Y-23 carrier rocket ignited at 23:08 Beijing time on 24 May 2026 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center and succe

82 Dead, 128 Injured in Shanxi Mine Explosion

An explosion on May 22 in Qinyuan City in northern Shanxi has left at least 82 miners dead, two missing and 128 hospitalized, it has been reported. The blast occurred in one of China’s most coal-depen

拉勾网创始人许单单被限制消费 此前公司已申请破产

It has been reported that Xu Dandan (许单单), founder of job-recruitment platform Lagou (拉勾网), has been placed on China’s consumer-restriction list amid creditor action after the company reportedly appli

[Video] Honor (荣耀) 600 series hands-on — first to debut 4K Live across all focal lengths

It has been reported that Honor (荣耀)’s new 600 series introduces an industry-first capability: 4K Live direct output across all focal lengths. That means, reportedly, whether you switch to ultrawide,

IT Home (IT之家): Fifteen Years Old~

China’s tech news site IT Home (IT之家) marked its 15th anniversary with a reflective editorial that frames the outlet as a “guesthouse” for information and a community for curious readers. The annivers

Reports say Alibaba (阿里), JD.com (京东) and Meituan (美团) are competing to acquire Pupu Supermarket (朴朴超市); an insider responds

It has been reported that Alibaba (阿里), JD.com (京东) and Meituan (美团) are separately exploring bids for Pupu Supermarket (朴朴超市), the fast-delivery grocery chain that has drawn attention for its urban l

Omdia: Weak start to 2026; Middle East smartphone market expected to decline by 22%

Market-research firm Omdia says the global smartphone sector has opened 2026 on the back foot, with the Middle East market singled out for a steep decline. It has been reported that Omdia expects ship

Every humanoid robot in China set to receive personal identification number

China will assign a unique digital identity to every bipedal humanoid robot manufactured in the country, in a state-led move to tighten regulation and raise industry standards. It has been reported th

中国芯片走出不同于西方的路，玉渊谭天谈我国半导体领域高压下实现突破

It has been reported that speakers Yu Yuan and Tan Tian (玉渊、谭天) argued China’s semiconductor sector is pursuing routes distinct from Western models as it faces mounting external pressure. Rather than

Diablo IV China extends free base game giveaway until August 2026

The China server operator for Diablo IV announced that the limited-time free claim event for the game’s base edition has been extended until August 4, 2026. The base game—originally sold in China for

Completely withdrawing from China, this giant has run into major trouble

A global compute shortage in 2026 has rippled across chips, clouds, servers and data‑centre components, pushing prices higher and forcing companies to scramble for capacity. It has been reported that

Dreame (追觅) officially announces Cristiano Ronaldo as global ambassador

It has been reported that Dreame (追觅), the Chinese home-robotics and consumer appliances maker, has named Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo as its global brand ambassador. The announcement, c

He Tingbo reveals Huawei (华为) made huge efforts to bring phone chips back to the market; after launching the Kirin 9030 Pro last year it entered a performance 'saturation zone'

He Tingbo (何庭波), a board director and president of Huawei (华为)’s semiconductor business unit, told delegates at the International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2026) that since 2020 Huawei

Google cracks down hard on 'AI poisoning'

Google has reportedly stepped up an aggressive campaign to detect and remove so‑called “AI poisoning” — malicious or low‑quality data injected into training sets or models to bias outputs, create back

Huawei (华为) Kunpeng‑Ascend Developer Conference: Kunpeng BoostKit to be open‑sourced

The AI boom has not only changed software — it has remade where and how memory chips are produced. Overseas giants such as Samsung Semiconductor (三星半导体), SK Hynix (SK海力士) and Micron (美光) have reported

Don't read the story of Changxin (长鑫) and Yangtze (长江) as 'domestic substitution'

Don't rush to call recent wins by Chinese memory firms proof of wholesale "domestic substitution." Changxin Memory Technologies (长鑫) and Yangtze Memory Technologies (长江存储) have indeed made headline-ma

Huawei (华为)'s He Tingbo authors chip paper, full text released

It has been reported that Huawei (华为) engineer He Tingbo has authored a technical paper on chip design, and that the company has released the full text publicly. The move is notable because Huawei — l

Single-day swings up to ±60%! South Korea to list leveraged ETFs for Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix

It has been reported that South Korean exchanges will approve leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tied to Samsung Electronics (三星电子) and SK Hynix (SK海力士). The eye-catching detail: single-day price

Huawei (华为)'s He Tingbo: The performance of our new chip can fully and consistently match the alternative path

Huawei (华为) executive Ms. He Tingbo (何庭波) used a keynote at the 2026 International Circuit and Systems Symposium to unveil what she called the "韬（τ）定律" — a new guiding principle for semiconductor deve

Fed leadership change: The wealthiest central-bank chief in history sworn in at the White House; Trump on the spot wrote a "job description" for Wash (沃什)

Kevin Warsh (凯文·沃什) was sworn in as chair of the Federal Reserve in the White House East Room — the first time a Fed chair took the oath there since Alan Greenspan in 1987. The confirmation was razor-

Flex Appeal: A Shy Influencer’s Abs Leave China Thirsty for More

It has been reported by Sixth Tone that a brief video of Lin Yangduo — wearing a tight black tank top and tucking a ripe persimmon between his bicep and forearm — has quietly gone viral, not because o

VOICES & OPINION

A growing number of young people in Shanghai no longer treat marriage as a compulsory life milestone but as an elective choice. Multiple quantitative studies back this shift — including a report joint

Not flashy, focused on execution: a cohort of robotics IPOs rises in Tianjin

A cluster of Tianjin-based robotics firms is quietly moving toward public markets, signaling a shift from isolated breakthroughs to system-level industrial strength. Atom Robotics (阿童木) filed for list

Nature: First fully autonomous AI scientist — Robin! Completes in two hours what human scientists take months to do, discovers a new drug for a blinding eye disease

Nature has reportedly published a paper describing "Robin" — described as the first fully autonomous AI scientist — that completed in two hours a sequence of tasks human researchers typically take mon

Several compute-power leasing industry sources: have not received any "new requirements"; major firms' purchases of overseas cards all come with invoices

Several sources in China’s compute-power leasing sector say they have not received any “new requirements” from regulators, pushing back against social-media reports of abrupt policy changes. It has be

Not relying on new lithography processes! Kirin 2027 is on the way, Huawei (华为) 'Tao's Law' paper revealed

It has been reported that Huawei (华为) has released a technical paper dubbed "Tao's Law" outlining a roadmap that would allow its next-generation Kirin (麒麟) family to reach 2027 performance targets wit

Europe's most powerful supercomputer 30 years ago! The world's first Cray T3D goes to auction: 100 million then, now only tens of thousands

A Cray T3D once billed as Europe’s most powerful supercomputer thirty years ago has appeared at auction, reportedly fetching only “tens of thousands” — a tiny fraction of its original price. It has be

He Tingbo (何庭波) of Huawei (华为): the 'Kirin 2026' mobile chip is the first successful implementation of logical folding technology and will continue moving toward full folding over the next decade

At the International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2026), Huawei (华为) board member and head of its semiconductor division He Tingbo (何庭波) said the company’s upcoming “Kirin 2026” mobile SoC

Lagou (拉勾网) founder Xu Dandan (许单单) placed under consumption restrictions; the company had previously filed for bankruptcy

It has been reported that Xu Dandan (许单单), founder of recruitment platform Lagou (拉勾网), has been placed under consumption restrictions by Chinese courts, measures that limit high-end spending and some

Liang Wenfeng (梁文锋) wants to give DeepSeek a coming-of-age gift

It has been reported that entrepreneur Liang Wenfeng (梁文锋) is preparing a “coming-of-age” gift for DeepSeek — a gesture that reads less like celebration and more like triage. The context is stark: com

Huawei Kirin (华为麒麟) 2026 chip official teaser: transistor density up 53.5%, peak frequency tops 3 GHz for the first time

It has been reported that Huawei (华为) used the International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2026) to tease its next-generation Kirin (麒麟) mobile chip. He Tingbo (何庭波), a Huawei director and

Mediative Fuzzy Logic: From Type-1 Foundations to Type-2, Type-3 and Quantum Extensions

A new preprint on arXiv (arXiv:2605.22900) argues that Mediative Fuzzy Logic — originally conceived as a practical scheme for reconciling hesitant or conflicting assessments in fuzzy control and decis

The Deterministic Horizon: Impossibility Results as Design Specifications for Trustworthy AI Systems

A new preprint on arXiv (arXiv:2605.23024) reframes classical impossibility theorems—Turing, Arrow, and No Free Lunch—not as curiosities but as usable design constraints for trustworthy artificial int

Inductive Deductive Synthesis: Enabling AI to Generate Formally Verified Systems

A new arXiv preprint (arXiv:2605.23109) introduces "Inductive Deductive Synthesis," a hybrid approach designed to close the gap between AI-driven code generation and the need for formal verification.

AutoResearch AI: Towards AI-Powered Research Automation for Scientific Discovery

A new preprint on arXiv (arXiv:2605.23204) frames a turning point: AI systems are moving beyond isolated assistance toward longer‑horizon research workflows that span literature grounding, hypothesis

Design and Report Benchmarks for Knowledge Work

A new preprint on arXiv argues that current benchmarks for large‑language‑model (LLM) agents—used to evaluate coding, research assistance and clinical support—are poorly matched to real knowledge work

DART: Semantic Recoverability for Structured Tool Agents

A new arXiv preprint (arXiv:2605.23311) introduces DART, a proposal for "semantic recoverability" aimed at structured tool agents that fail mid-execution. The paper frames a common runtime dilemma: re

EDGE-OPD: Internalizing Privileged Context with Evidence Guided On-Policy Distillation

A new arXiv preprint, “EDGE‑OPD: Internalizing Privileged Context with Evidence Guided On‑Policy Distillation” (arXiv:2605.23493), proposes a variant of On‑Policy Distillation (OPD) designed to fold e

CP or DP? Why Not Both: A Case Study in the Partial Shop Scheduling Problem

A new preprint on arXiv (arXiv:2605.23569) argues that two longstanding algorithmic paradigms—Dynamic Programming (DP) and Constraint Programming (CP)—need not be rivals when tackling hard scheduling

Solving the Aircraft Disassembly Scheduling Problem

A new study posted on arXiv (arXiv:2605.23592) tackles a practical — and surprisingly urgent — operations research challenge: how to schedule the disassembly of aircraft that have reached their end of

Beyond Binary Edits Robust Multimodal Knowledge Editing with Adversarial Subspace Alignment

A new paper on arXiv, "Beyond Binary Edits: Robust Multimodal Knowledge Editing with Adversarial Subspace Alignment" (arXiv:2605.23780; https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.23780), tackles a growing practical p

RAG4Outcome: A Retrieval-Augmented Multimodal Framework for Prognostic Prediction in Chronic Osteomyelitis

A new arXiv preprint titled "RAG4Outcome: A Retrieval‑Augmented Multimodal Framework for Prognostic Prediction in Chronic Osteomyelitis" proposes a machine‑learning approach to a stubborn clinical pro

The Misattribution Gap: When Memory Poisoning Looks Like Model Failure in Agentic AI Systems

Researchers warn of a structural blind spot in multi-agent AI pipelines: memory-layer attacks can mimic model misalignment, tricking defenders into the wrong fixes. An arXiv preprint (arXiv:2605.22842

PilotWiMAE: Pilot-Native Representation Learning for Wireless Channels

Researchers on arXiv have released PilotWiMAE, a self-supervised representation-learning framework designed for the realistic setting where full channel observations are unavailable. Channel foundatio

Approximate Machine Unlearning through Manifold Representation Forgetting Guided by Self Mode Connectivity

A new paper on arXiv, "Approximate Machine Unlearning through Manifold Representation Forgetting Guided by Self Mode Connectivity," proposes a targeted approach to the technical right to be forgotten.

MedExpMem: Adapting Experience Memory for Differential Diagnosis

It has been reported that a new arXiv preprint, MedExpMem: Adapting Experience Memory for Differential Diagnosis (arXiv:2605.22872), proposes a way to give medical vision‑language models (VLMs) someth

618 shopping festival approaches — Beijing regulators call companies in for talks, demand ban on irrational large-scale subsidies

It has been reported that Beijing market regulators have called in executives from major e‑commerce platforms ahead of the mid‑year 618 shopping festival and pressed them to stop "irrational" large‑sc

Huawei’s mate 90 series expected to debut new Kirin chip this autumn

Huawei (华为) said a new Kirin (麒麟) smartphone chip will arrive this autumn and is expected to debut in the Mate 90 series. He Tingbo, a Huawei board member and head of its semiconductor business, told

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It has been reported that the Beijing Municipal Market Regulation Bureau (北京市市场监督管理局) convened a citywide network market supervision meeting and summoned 17 key platform companies for guidance aimed a

Why does Elon Musk take 50 out of every 100 that Anthropic earns?

OpenAI has signed a multi‑year cooperation agreement with the Singapore government to establish its first Applied AI Lab outside the United States, it has been reported. The company is reportedly comm

OpenAI invests $234 million to establish its first overseas AI lab in Singapore

It has been reported that OpenAI will invest $234 million to open its first overseas research lab in Singapore, marking the company's largest explicit regional bet outside the United States. The lab —

Tianjin — a hub for industrial robots

Tianjin is no longer just an old industrial city. It has quietly built one of China’s most practical and fast‑moving robotics clusters, with robots on car lines, in logistics hubs and even cleaning Ol

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Apple's (AAPL) share price climbed to a fresh record, pushing the company's market capitalization to about $4.5 trillion, it has been reported. The rally marks another milestone for the iPhone maker a

Reports say the Android camp may replicate Apple's playbook, launching Pro series and standard versions separately

It has been reported that major Android vendors are considering a shift in launch strategy: debuting Pro-series models separately from their standard counterparts, mirroring the product segmentation A

五角大楼再度公布超 50 份外星人、UFO 等有关政府文件

It has been reported that CCTV's International News Tonight said the U.S. Department of Defense on May 22 made public another batch of government files "related to aliens, extraterrestrial life, unide

Major Changes: fpt. Renders Showcase Apple iPhone 20

YouTube channel fpt. has released a set of concept renders that reportedly depict Apple’s next-generation iPhone 20 — billed as the iPhone 20 Anniversary Edition and internally codenamed "Glasswing."

Breaks through the 6 million mark — report says Huawei (华为) Mate 80 series sales have reached 6.0935 million units

It has been reported that Huawei (华为) Mate 80 series sell-out — consumer sales rather than mere shipments — reached 6.0935 million units in China by the 20th week of 2026 (May 11–17), according to a p

Earth's Most Powerful Thrust: Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship V3 Completes Successful Maiden Flight, Finishes Simulated Payload Deployment Test and Splashdown

SpaceX’s newest Starship V3 (Ship 39) completed a largely successful maiden flight, demonstrating record‑setting thrust and validating key systems for future lunar and interplanetary missions. Accordi

Tesla delivers its last Model S and Model X; Musk: next time a robot will hand the car to you

Tesla has delivered what it described as the final units of its current-generation Model S and Model X, marking a symbolic close to the early flagship line that put the company on the map. It has been

Google's Gemini breaks into the scientific world — appears in Nature twice in one day; AlphaFold was just the appetizer

TaiLan New Energy (太蓝新能源) used the 2026 Shenzhen International Drone Expo to roll out a line of mass-production solid‑state batteries aimed at drones and robotics, it has been reported. The firm showc

Samsung chairman secretly visits MediaTek seeking to trade memory chips for foundry orders

It has been reported that Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Jae‑yong (이재용) quietly led a senior executive delegation to MediaTek (聯發科技) headquarters on May 21, meeting with MediaTek chairman Ming‑Kai T

XPeng Inc. (小鹏集团) CEO He Xiaopeng: Making cars is truly painful — any price hike anywhere affects us

XPeng Inc. (小鹏集团) chairman and CEO He Xiaopeng (何小鹏) said bluntly after the GX launch that "making cars is truly painful," and that any price hike anywhere ripples through the industry. It has been re

Hollywood is frantically recruiting this vocational-school student to make AI films, but he says: "I won't take sides with AI"

It has been reported that Anthropic's next‑generation model, Claude Mythos Preview, was deployed in a secret operation called Project Glasswing and, within 30 days, scanned more than 1,000 core open‑s

Geely (吉利) Galaxy Xingyao 7 officially launched: MAX model standard with e‑AWD intelligent electric four‑wheel drive, limited‑time price CNY 98,800–129,800

Geely (吉利) tonight unveiled the Galaxy Xingyao 7 (银河星耀 7), with the headline move that several trims are now upgraded to the MAX specification, which comes standard with an e‑AWD intelligent electric

New Geely (吉利) Xingyuan all‑electric compact car to launch on May 28: adds parking assist and Sentry Mode

Geely (吉利) will unveil a refreshed version of its Xingyuan (星愿) all‑electric compact car on May 28, the company has announced. The headline changes are focused on convenience and safety: it has been r

OpenAI ChatGPT unlocks AI form‑filling: image recognition, voice input and auto‑completion

Starbucks has quietly stopped using an AI‑powered inventory counting tool in its North American stores, it has been reported. The tablet‑based system was designed to photograph shelves, use computer v

Profit Has Become the Make-or-Break Line for This Year's 618 Shopping Festival

This 618, profit trumps headline Gross Merchandise Value (GMV). It has been reported that an e‑commerce head at a multinational beauty group told colleagues the brief was simple: “protect margins.” Ri

618 Preview: Fewer Gimmicks, More AI

China’s mid‑June shopping festival “618” is changing tone. Where previous years leaned on ever‑more complicated discounts and flash deals, this year e‑commerce giants are simplifying rules — and layer

Smart Products Turned into Trendy Toys: New Growth for Companies, or Just Smart Junk?

China's tech and appliance makers are slapping toys on hardware. Honor (荣耀) has teamed with Pop Mart (泡泡玛特) for a MOLLY‑themed phone; Baidu (百度) rolled out a blocky "潮玩" smart speaker; Huawei (华为) lau

Spending 10.5 billion yuan, Zeng Yuqun (曾毓群) eyes AI computing-power leaders and plans to invest in DeepSeek

It has been reported that Zeng Yuqun (曾毓群), the founder and chairman of CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited, 宁德时代), has deployed about 10.5 billion yuan to take positions in firms that c

Standard Chartered CEO apologizes over comment that AI will replace "low-value" human labor

Standard Chartered (渣打银行) CEO Bill Winters reportedly apologised after comments suggesting that artificial intelligence would replace "low‑value" human labour provoked public anger. It has been report

Hollywood is scrambling to recruit this vocational school student to make AI movies — but he says: 'I won't side with AI'

It has been reported that a vocational school student in China has attracted interest from Hollywood studios for his short films made with generative AI tools — and that multiple offers have followed.

Just posted record profits, then cut 8,000 jobs — Zuckerberg aims to rewrite Meta with AI

Jason Liu, author of the 13k‑star Instructor repository, has reportedly been recruited into OpenAI’s Codex team — and he is demonstrating a new way to use the model: not as a single-shot assistant but

After acquiring Ximalaya (喜马拉雅), Tencent Music (腾讯音乐) will waive the rights to exclusive authorization under exclusive copyright contracts with relevant rights holders for online audio content

Tencent Music Entertainment Group (腾讯音乐娱乐集团), a unit of Tencent Holdings (腾讯控股有限公司), has committed to waive exclusive rights in online audio after completing its acquisition of Ximalaya (喜马拉雅). It has

DeepSeek V4 price slashed; Ning Wang (宁王), JD.com (京东) and NetEase (网易) rush to enter — Liang Wenfeng: the goal is AGI

It has been reported that DeepSeek’s V4 model has seen a sharp price cut, a move that has prompted a raft of new entrants and partnerships — among them Ning Wang (宁王), JD.com (京东) and NetEase (网易). Th

AI paper-detection tools are driving this generation of college students crazy

It has been reported that DeepSeek — the AI unit associated with Chinese parent company 幻方 — is shifting its strategy from base-model glory to shipping agent-first coding products. After news of a rep

Annual salary $320,000–$400,000: Anthropic launches high‑paying writing role

Anthropic has posted a job opening for a senior writing role with an advertised annual salary range of $320,000–$400,000, it has been reported. The posting, reportedly aimed at people who can craft an

Meta data center under construction in the U.S. accused of degrading water sources

It has been reported that Phoenix Media (ifeng/凤凰网) published claims alleging that a Meta data centre under construction in the United States is degrading local water sources. According to the coverag

Why did Zhipu (智谱) surge nearly 30% in a single day?

Zhipu (智谱) jumped nearly 30% in one trading session after a regulatory earthquake that battered several offshore brokers. China’s securities regulator, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (中国证监

Xiaomi (小米) reports two incidents of fabricated vacuuming during air-conditioner installations: involved engineers permanently blacklisted

Xiaomi (小米) said in an internal notice on May 19 that it has taken top‑level disciplinary action after a special audit of its digital vacuuming service uncovered two incidents of fabricated vacuuming

TO-Agents: A Multi-Agent AI Pipeline for Preference-Guided Topology Optimization

A new preprint on arXiv, "TO-Agents: A Multi-Agent AI Pipeline for Preference-Guided Topology Optimization" (arXiv:2605.21622), proposes a multi-agent framework that aims to let designers steer topolo

The Shape of Testimony: A Scalable Framework for Oral History Archive Comparison

Researchers on a new arXiv preprint, "The Shape of Testimony: A Scalable Framework for Oral History Archive Comparison" (arXiv:2605.21623), propose a computational framework to compare styles across o

Latent-space Attacks for Refusal Evasion in Language Models

A new preprint on arXiv (arXiv:2605.21706) argues that safety-aligned language models — systems trained to refuse harmful or disallowed user requests — can have that refusal behavior suppressed simply

AttuneBench: A Conversation-Based Benchmark for LLM Emotional Intelligence

A new arXiv preprint, AttuneBench (arXiv:2605.21739), proposes a conversation-focused benchmark to evaluate large language models' emotional intelligence — the ability to perceive, understand and resp

FLUID: From Ephemeral IDs to Multimodal Semantic Codes for Industrial-Scale Livestreaming Recommendation

A new arXiv preprint (arXiv:2605.21832) introduces FLUID, a recommendation framework that replaces fragile, short-lived item ID embeddings with multimodal semantic codes derived from audio, visual and

ECPO: Evidence-Coupled Policy Optimization for Evidence-Certified Candidate Ranking

Researchers on arXiv have introduced ECPO — Evidence-Coupled Policy Optimization — a new approach to what the authors call evidence-certified candidate ranking (arXiv:2605.21993). The problem they add

Active Evidence-Seeking and Diagnostic Reasoning in Large Language Models for Clinical Decision Support

Large language models excel on static medical exams. But real clinical diagnosis is iterative, uncertain and conversational. A new arXiv preprint, "Active Evidence‑Seeking and Diagnostic Reasoning in

A Camera-Cooperative ISAC Framework for Multimodal Non-Cooperative UAVs Sensing

A new preprint on arXiv (arXiv:2605.22090) proposes a "Camera-Cooperative" Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) framework aimed at detecting multimodal, non-cooperative unmanned aerial vehicle

Knowledge Graph Re-engineering Along the Ontological Continuum (extended version)

A new extended paper on arXiv (arXiv:2605.22093) tackles a practical but under‑reported problem: how to make knowledge graphs (KGs) interoperable across a wide spectrum of modelling styles — from ligh

ArborKV: Structure-Aware KV Cache Management for Scaling Tree-based LLM Reasoning

LLM reasoning is moving beyond single-pass generation into explicit search over intermediate states. Tree-of-Thoughts (ToT) organizes inference as a branching, backtracking search — more powerful, but

Towards a compositional semantics for quantitative confidence assessment in assurance arguments

A new arXiv preprint titled "Towards a compositional semantics for quantitative confidence assessment in assurance arguments" argues for an operational, compositional way to turn structured assurance

SGR-Bench: Benchmarking Search Agents on State-Gated Retrieval

A team has published SGR-Bench on arXiv (arXiv:2605.22219), a benchmark designed to evaluate search agents on "state-gated retrieval" — situations where answer-bearing evidence is only available after

Cross-domain benchmarks reveal when coordinated AI agents improve scientific inference from partial evidence

A new preprint on arXiv (arXiv:2605.22300) introduces a cross‑domain benchmark designed to answer a practical question: when do coordinated AI agents actually improve scientific inference from partial

KAPPS: A knowledge-based CPPS Architecture for the Circular Factory

A team has posted a paper on arXiv proposing KAPPS, a knowledge-based cyber-physical production system (CPPS) architecture aimed at “circular factories” where used products with heterogeneous and unce

A Subjective Logic-based method for runtime confidence updates in safety arguments

A new preprint on arXiv (arXiv:2605.22530v1) presents a Subjective Logic–based approach to add dynamic, runtime-driven confidence updates to traditional static safety cases. The authors integrate desi

Just now, Elon Musk's SpaceX launched the largest and most powerful rocket in human history! NASA Administrator praises Starship V3

It has been reported that SpaceX launched Starship V3 today, a full-stack flight the company and some outlets are calling the largest and most powerful rocket in human history. The report says the veh

Shenzhou-23 Targeted for Launch Tomorrow at 23:08

China’s next crewed mission, Shenzhou-23 (神舟二十三号), is slated to lift off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (酒泉卫星发射中心) at 23:08 Beijing time on May 24, authorities announced at a press briefing

DeepSeek-V4-Pro API Permanently Cuts Prices

DeepSeek-V4-Pro’s API has had its prices permanently reduced, it has been reported. The move affects the cloud API for DeepSeek’s latest large multimodal model, DeepSeek-V4-Pro, and reportedly lowers

Anthropic Reveals Insider Details of Next‑Generation Claude Training — Dedicated Staff Member Focused on “Personality”

Anthropic has revealed new, insider details about how it is training the next generation of its Claude family of models, and one element stands out: reportedly a dedicated staff member is focused sole

Huawei (华为) 'Gold Customer Service' First to Reveal: Li Xiaolong Confirms Yinyuejia App (音悦家) Supports Traditional Instruments — In‑App Pages First Exposed

Huawei (华为) has quietly shown the first screens of its self‑developed music app Yinyuejia (音悦家), and the company's Terminal BG CTO Li Xiaolong (李小龙) — nicknamed the "gold customer service" — was the f

15 Automakers Announce Price Adjustments: The Auto Market Should Say Goodbye to Price Wars

It has been reported that 15 new-energy vehicle brands — including BYD (比亚迪), Tesla (特斯拉), Xiaomi (小米), NIO (蔚来), XPeng (小鹏), Zeekr (极氪) and Exeed (星途) — have announced price adjustments or tightened

HarmonyOS Smart Driving (鸿蒙智行) fully reveals optional equipment for the all-new AITO (问界) M9 flagship SUV series — Ultimate Lingshi (领世) Extended Edition fully loaded price nears one million yuan

Huawei (华为) has quietly published the optional equipment list for the new-generation AITO (问界) M9 series on its official site, lifting the veil on how expensive "fully loaded" can get. The HarmonyOS S

A cloud above the clouds: US, China jockey for position in computing space race

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"Xiao Sam" (小山姆) has become the new top draw on mall B1

A new retail wave is reshaping mall B1 floors across Chinese cities: short‑shelf‑life, made‑to‑order snack stores that shoppers and social media call "Xiao Sam" (小山姆) for their Sam's Club–style wareho

Anthropic Could Raise $30 Billion as Early as Next Week; Annualized Revenue Could Exceed $50 Billion

It has been reported that Anthropic, the San Francisco–based AI startup, could raise as much as $30 billion as early as next week — and that its annualized revenue run rate may already exceed $50 bill

Huawei (华为) Enjoy 90 Pro Max first to receive HarmonyOS 6.1.0.125 SP9 update; HarmonyOS phones debut per-app volume control

It has been reported that Huawei (华为) Enjoy 90 Pro Max (畅享 90 Pro Max) is the first device to receive the HarmonyOS 6.1.0.125 SP9 update. The OTA package is about 1.59GB, and the rollout—reported by I

China rejects claims of curbing US tech funding as Beijing pursues self-reliance

China’s National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展和改革委员会, NDRC) has denied reports that it has directed domestic technology firms to refuse US investment, after regulators last month blocked Met

Google Responds to Gemini's Shift to AI Compute-Based Billing; Paid Users' Quotas Increased Threefold

It has been reported that Anthropic expects second-quarter revenue to exceed $10.9 billion, more than double the $4.8 billion reported in the first quarter, and to post its first quarterly operating p

They Just Released This 1TB Phone — The Final Price Left Me Baffled

Apple is reportedly keeping the distinctive horizontal DECO camera array of the current generation but shaking up colours for the iPhone 18 Pro series. Leaks circulating on Chinese social platforms su

Major Color Overhaul! iPhone 18 Pro Confirmed in Four Colors — Hermès Orange Completely Absent

Apple’s next flagship appears to be getting a visual reset. According to ifeng (凤凰网), early accessory images circulated on Chinese social media show screen protectors and suggest the iPhone 18 Pro and

Tesla FSD Renamed Again; Chinese Name Changed to "Tesla Assisted Driving"

According to IT Home (IT之家), Tesla (特斯拉) has updated the Chinese name for its Full Self-Driving (FSD) package on its China website to “特斯拉辅助驾驶” — literally “Tesla Assisted Driving” — while keeping the

U.S. Trade Representative: Still Considering Imposing Tariffs on Imported Semiconductors to Boost Domestic Chip Industry

It has been reported that the U.S. Trade Representative is still considering imposing tariffs on imported semiconductors as part of a broader effort to strengthen domestic chip manufacturing. The plan

Elon Musk Congratulates New Starship on Completing Test Flight: "Epic Launch, a Major Contribution to Humanity"

It has been reported that Elon Musk congratulated the SpaceX team after the new Starship completed its latest test flight, calling it an "epic launch, a major contribution to humanity." The comment, r

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It has been reported that after Google’s 2026 I/O, the Gemini-powered “smart search box” began misinterpreting certain single-word queries as system instructions rather than search terms. MacRumors, a

Xiaomi YU7 GT officially launched, starting at 389,900 yuan

Xiaomi (小米) has officially launched the YU7 GT, marking another step in the smartphone giant’s push into the electric vehicle market. The company announced a starting price of 389,900 yuan for the new

Xiaomi 17 Max phone launched

Xiaomi (小米) has unveiled the Xiaomi 17 Max, a new entry in its flagship 17 series that pushes size and performance as its main selling points. The announcement, made in China, positions the device as

Former Tesla 'ace factory director' Song Gang makes debut at Xiaomi after joining: The two companies are very similar, Lei Jun persuaded for a year and a half

It has been reported that Song Gang (宋刚), described in Chinese media as a former "ace factory director" at Tesla (特斯拉), has made his public debut after joining Xiaomi (小米). Why does this matter? Xiaom

2nm Snapdragon 8 flagship phone exposed: 10,000mAh++ huge capacity battery, new generation active cooling fan, expected to be part of Honor WIN 2 series

It has been reported by Chinese site ithome that a forthcoming Snapdragon 8 flagship, reportedly built on a “2nm” node, has surfaced in leaks and could become part of Honor (荣耀)’s WIN 2 series. The he

Suspected Huawei nova 16 series phone appearance exposed: still dual-lens design, new 'sky mirror' gradient color added

It has been reported that leaked images published by Chinese site IT Home (IT之家, ithome) show the suspected Huawei (华为) nova 16 series retaining a dual‑lens rear camera layout while introducing a new

Just received bonuses and bought a Porsche sports car, reports reveal Samsung's hundreds of millions of won bonuses causing a collective emotional breakdown among South Korean office workers

It has been reported that Samsung Electronics issued year-end bonuses worth hundreds of millions of South Korean won to some employees — sums large enough that one recipient reportedly used the payout

Nubia President Ni Fei responds to 'being refused reservation with Doubao': The app may not yet support actual booking functions, but the Doubao phone can

It has been reported that several prospective buyers complained they were “refused reservation” when trying to book through the Doubao app. Ni Fei (倪飞), president of Nubia (努比亚), responded on social m

Chasing Qi2 magnetic charging stand power bank drops from 219 to 131 yuan, setting a new low, supports iPhone 15W+ watch charging

A Qi2 magnetic charging stand power bank has hit a new low price in China, reportedly falling from 219 yuan to 131 yuan on major retail platforms, it has been reported. The compact unit supports Qi2 m

The movie 'Penghu Sea Battle' is scheduled for release on July 25: Yi Yangqianxi and Zhao Liying among others depict a historical unification theme