Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek has unveiled preview versions of its V4 models, marking its most ambitious release since early 2025. The new models are open source and aim to rival leading proprietary systems at a significantly lower cost. The launch introduces two variants designed......
Tencent and Alibaba are in talks to invest in AI startup DeepSeek at a valuation exceeding $20 billion, marking a sharp increase from earlier expectations and signaling rising competition for strategic positions in China’s AI sector. The discussions would represent the first external funding round......
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited has introduced its third generation Shenxing lithium iron phosphate battery, claiming charging speeds that surpass current market benchmarks. The announcement was made during the company’s Super Tech Day 2026 event in Beijing, positioning the new technology......
Moonshot AI has launched Kimi K2.6, an open-weight model designed to compete directly with leading systems developed by OpenAI and Anthropic. The Beijing-based firm made the model weights freely available on Hugging Face, positioning the release as a challenge to proprietary approaches that dominate......
Humanoid robots demonstrated remarkable technological progress by outperforming human runners during a half-marathon held in Beijing, highlighting the rapid evolution of robotics and artificial intelligence. The event, which featured both human participants and robotic competitors running on parallel......
China has branded Meta’s 2 billion dollar acquisition of AI startup Manus as a “conspiracy,” escalating tensions over one of the most sensitive cross border deals in artificial intelligence. The assessment came from China’s national security commission, a top level body chaired......
Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek is reportedly in discussions with investors to raise at least $300 million, with a potential valuation reaching $10 billion, according to a recent media report citing sources familiar with the matter. The startup, which focuses on developing advanced......
A supply crunch in advanced 2nm chips from TSMC is pushing smartphone manufacturers to limit their most powerful processors to premium devices, reshaping product strategies ahead of the second half of 2026. The shortage comes as the industry also faces a worsening memory crisis, adding pressure across......
U.S. lawmakers have revised proposed legislation aimed at restricting China’s access to advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment, scaling back some of the more expansive measures included in earlier drafts. The updated proposal reflects ongoing debates over how far export controls should......
Unitree Robotics has begun selling its humanoid robot R1 internationally through AliExpress, offering the full model at about 8,150 dollars including import costs, with free shipping to the United States. A lighter version, the R1 AIR, is priced around 6,800 dollars. Deliveries are expected to start......
Rising fuel prices linked to the war in Iran are accelerating a global shift toward electric vehicles, driving a sharp increase in exports of clean technologies from China. Analysts say the surge in oil costs is pushing consumers across Asia and other regions to adopt electric mobility faster than expected,......
Models from Alibaba have posted strong results on the MMLU-Pro benchmark, with Qwen3.6 Plus claiming the top spot on at least one major ranking. However, independently verified evaluations suggest a more contested picture of leadership in language understanding, highlighting ongoing disputes over how......
A research team at Peking University has developed an artificial intelligence system capable of solving and formally verifying a long-standing mathematical conjecture without human input, completing the task in roughly 80 hours. The system addressed the Anderson conjecture, a problem in commutative......
