ZTE Calls Reports of $5.5 Billion Smartphone Unit Sale “False”
November 4, 2026 – ZTE has dismissed reports that it is preparing to spin off its consumer smartphone business into a joint venture with a major Chinese internet company and Shanghai state capital, calling the claims “not true.” The company issued the denial on the evening of November 3 after speculation spread that it was…
Baidu Proposes “2+3” Standard for Autonomous Driving World Models
November 3, 2026 – Baidu Apollo has unveiled Apollo World, an agent-driven, full-modality world model for physical AI, and proposed a “2+3” evaluation framework for judging world models. The system is already being used to test and validate Apollo Go’s global autonomous driving operations. Unlike conventional simulators that rely on scripted traffic, Apollo World models…
Xiaomi’s Humanoid Robot Completes 8-Hour Shift in Auto Factory as Embodied AI Moves to Real Production
November 3, 2026 – Xiaomi has won two awards at the 2026 World Internet Conference in Wuzhen: the Outstanding Contribution Award for the group, and the Leading Technology Award for its “key technologies of general-purpose robotic manipulation foundation models for scalable deployment.” It is the first time Xiaomi has received both honors at the same…
NIO Firefly to Add New Driving Mode via OTA Before Year-End
November 2, 2026 – NIO Firefly will add a new driving mode through OTA version 220 before the end of 2026, Firefly president Jin Ge confirmed at NIO’s eighth-anniversary event. He described the mode as “very interesting” but did not disclose specific functions. Public speculation has focused on two possibilities: simulated sound effects delivered through…
Huawei Adds Optical Disc Burning to HarmonyOS 7 on MatePad Pro and Edge
November 2, 2026 – Huawei has added optical disc burning to HarmonyOS 7 on tablets, allowing users to write photos, documents and videos to CD, DVD and Blu-ray media through an external USB optical drive. The feature is available on MatePad Pro 12-inch series and MatePad Pro Max running HarmonyOS 7.0.0.111SP12 or later, and on…
At First CMG Mount Tai Robot Challenge, Unitree G1 Withdraws After Overheating on the Steps
November 2, 2026 – The first CMG World Robot Mount Tai Challenge kicked off in Tai’an, Shandong, putting humanoid robots, quadrupeds, exoskeletons and other embodied-AI systems through a real mountain trail rather than a laboratory track. The main route runs about 3.9 kilometers from Hongmen to Zhongtianmen, with more than 3,100 stone steps and roughly…
Xiaomi Open-Sources Xiaomi-OCR-0, a 0.8B Document Understanding Model
October 31, 2026 – Xiaomi has open-sourced a lightweight document-understanding model called Xiaomi-OCR-0, positioning the 0.8-billion-parameter model as a compact all-in-one tool for parsing documents, extracting structured fields and answering questions about visual text. Unlike traditional OCR systems that mainly convert images to text, Xiaomi-OCR-0 is designed to understand document structure. It can parse body…
Apple Intelligence Arrives in China on Dec. iOS 27.3, With Alibaba’s Qwen Built Into Siri
October 31, 2026 – Apple Intelligence is finally coming to mainland China. Apple announced this morning that the first batch of on-device AI features will enter developer beta testing on November 4 and roll out to all eligible users in December with iOS 27.3. The China version will be powered by Apple’s own on-device generative…
Huawei’s Qiankun ADAS Open Competition Draws Over 100,000 Sign-Ups on Day One
October 30, 2026 – Huawei’s second Qiankun ADAS Open Competition has drawn more than 100,000 sign-ups on its first day, far exceeding the total participation of the inaugural event and underscoring the growing base of vehicles running its smart-driving stack. Registration opened at 10:00 a.m. on October 26, while official mileage counting will begin on…
Xiaomi Begins New Wave of HyperOS 4 Stable Updates for Phones, Tablets and TVs
October 30, 2026 – Xiaomi has started rolling out a second batch of stable HyperOS 4 updates, extending the rollout beyond the first wave of flagship phones to more Xiaomi, Redmi and TV devices. The latest batch covers seven smartphones: Xiaomi 17 Max, Xiaomi 17T Pro, Xiaomi 17T, Redmi K90 Max, Redmi K90 Ultra, Redmi…
