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Huawei Mate X8 to Feature Kirin 9050 and Kirin 9050 Pro in Multi-Tier Lineup
October 19, 2026 —Huawei has been rolling out multiple devices powered by its self-developed chips, making it clear that production capacity for the Kirin 9050 series is steadily increasing. According to the latest supply-chain news, Huawei is expected to officially launch the next-generation foldable smartphone, the Mate X8, as early as November. The high-end flagship…
ByteDance in Talks to Buy Custom AI Chips from MediaTek
October 16, 2026 — ByteDance is in advanced talks with MediaTek to purchase custom data center chips, according to people familiar with the matter. The chips would be application-specific integrated circuits, or ASICs, tailored to ByteDance’s platform needs. If the deal goes through, ByteDance would likely become MediaTek’s second-largest ASIC customer after Google. Neither side…
DJI Launches Dock 4: First Battery-Swapping Unmanned Drone Platform
October 15, 2026 – DJI has officially launched its first battery-swapping unmanned platform, the DJI Dock 4, priced at 167,999 yuan for the hardware bundle. The package includes the Dock 4 station, a DJI Matrice 5TD drone, a DJI O4 Ground Station and four batteries. Software subscriptions, maintenance and additional services are sold separately. The…
Alibaba’s Qwen Launches AI Glasses N1, N1 Pro and Bose-Partnered AI Earbuds
October 13, 2026 – Alibaba’s Qwen has launched three new AI wearables: the Qwen AI Glasses N1, N1 Pro and a Qwen AI clip-on earphone developed with Bose. The products went on sale the same day, with prices starting at 2,218 yuan for the glasses and 1,099 yuan for the earphones after national subsidies and…
Geely Enters Canada: Chinese Automakers Now Present in Both U.S. Neighbors
October 10, 2026 – Geely Auto officially announced its entry into the Canadian market on October 9, saying it has set up a local team and is building out retail and service networks before launching its first vehicles for Canadian consumers in 2027. The move makes Geely another Chinese automaker to enter the North American…
BYD’s Humanoid Robot ‘Xiao Di’ Debuts in Newly Published Design Patent
October 10, 2026 – China’s National Intellectual Property Administration has published a design patent for an embodied intelligent robot, with BYD Co. Ltd. listed as the patent holder. This marks the first formal public disclosure of the appearance of BYD’s self-developed humanoid robot. The patent’s authorization announcement number is CN 310247768 S. The authorization announcement…
EU Set to Rule on JD-Ceconomy Deal by November 4, Sources Say
October 9, 2026 – According to media reports citing people familiar with the matter, JD.com has refined its remedial package to address the European Commission’s regulatory concerns over its $2.5 billion (about 16.8 billion yuan) acquisition of German electronics retailer Ceconomy. The transaction is now expected to win EU approval, with the European Commission set…
Huawei Unveils XMFS: A New File System for CXL 3.0 Servers Outperforming tmpfs
October 8, 2026 – At the Linux Plumbers Conference 2026 held recently in the Czech Republic, Huawei engineers formally presented an experimental file system called XMFS. XMFS, short for eXpress Memory File System, is a specialized file system designed for modern Linux servers equipped with CXL 3.0 or Huawei’s Unified Bus. Both CXL 3.0 and…
Passing Extreme Tests: China’s Localized Robot Architecture Proves Superior Safety Over Traditional Systems
September 28, 2026 – According to CCTV News, the world’s first embodied AI robot equipped with a fully localized electronic architecture was officially unveiled today at a launch event in Yichang, Hubei Province. The electronic architecture serves as the robot’s “intelligent nervous system,” covering core components such as the operating system, network, tool software, and…
Small Yet Powerful: Alibaba’s 27B Model Outperforms Giants in AI Security Benchmark
September 28, 2026 – Alibaba’s Fuyuan Xirang large model (XekRung-27B) has claimed the top spot on CyberGym with an 88.9% success rate, becoming the first Chinese model in the history of this internationally authoritative AI security benchmark to take the championship. While achieving the highest success rate, Fuyuan Xirang also made a breakthrough in being…