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Ecovacs Leads as Roborock Closes Gap in China’s Online Robot Vacuum Market
November 9 2026 – China’s online robot vacuum market grew in unit shipments during the third quarter of 2026 but continued to lose revenue momentum, pointing to a recovery that is still fragile and heavily price-driven. Online retail volume reached 918,000 units in the quarter, up 2.4 percent year on year, while retail value fell…
Tencent Shuts Down Sogou Wenwen After Nearly Two Decades
November 9 2026 – Tencent has shut down Sogou Wenwen, one of China’s longest-running online Q&A communities, along with its associated rewards marketplace. The service ended at 23:59 on November 7, after nearly two decades of operation under different brand names. The platform first appeared in 2007 as Tencent’s SOSO Wenwen, a question-and-answer site tied…
Xiaomi’s First Shoe Washing Machine Surpasses Crowdfunding Target by 20 Times
November 6, 2026 – Xiaomi’s first dedicated shoe-washing machine has quickly become a standout product on Xiaomi Youpin, with its crowdfunding campaign surpassing 20 times its initial target shortly after launch. The Mijia Shoe Washing Machine 3kg began crowdfunding on November 2 at 799 yuan, compared with a suggested retail price of 1,299 yuan. Shipments…
JD Logistics Debuts Dual-Arm Baomulang Robot, Capable of Sorting 34,560 Items Per Hour
November 6, 2026 – JD Logistics has rolled out upgraded versions of its “Wolf Pack” warehouse robots at CeMAT ASIA 2026, moving closer to end-to-end automation in sorting and fulfillment. The latest updates center on two systems — “Zhilang” for goods-to-person picking and “Baomulang” for automated sorting — which the company says can now handle…
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…
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…
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…
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…
CATL Signs 3GWh Sodium-Ion Storage Deal With INTILION for Germany, Switzerland and Austria
October 29, 2026 – CATL is pushing sodium-ion storage deeper into Europe. The company has signed a memorandum of understanding with German integrator INTILION to deploy up to 3GWh of its TENER sodium-ion energy-storage systems across Germany, Switzerland and Austria over the next five years. The deal covers grid-scale peak shaving, frequency regulation and commercial-and-industrial…