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Huawei’s Kirin Chips Return to Public Billboards With Mate 90’s Flagship τ Family
October 28, 2026 – Huawei’s “τ chip” is stepping out of the shadows. Outdoor billboards across multiple Chinese cities recently began promoting the Mate 90 series with the line “entire lineup equipped with flagship τ chips,” marking the first time in six years that Huawei’s Kirin-brand silicon has appeared prominently on public advertising screens. The…
Xiaomi Unveils 21-DOF Bionic Hand Built From Real Factory Workflows
October 28, 2026 – Xiaomi has outlined a new 21-degree-of-freedom bionic hand designed specifically for flexible manufacturing, arguing that factory performance matters more than simply stacking joints. The latest design comes from Xiaomi’s automotive smart manufacturing pilot center. Engineers collected multi-angle video and motion-capture data from 1,827 standard operating procedures across 16 typical production stages,…
Ant Group’s Lingguang 2.0 Becomes an AI Assistant That Manages Personal Tasks Over Time
October 27, 2026 – Ant Group has released Lingguang 2.0, upgrading its consumer AI assistant from a tool that answers questions and generates content into one that can actively monitor and manage personal tasks. After receiving user authorization, Lingguang can connect to existing information sources and services, identify potential needs, and continue tracking them across conversations….
JD Logistics Deploys Agibot G2 Max in Zhi Lang Warehouse to Handle Pallet Breaking and Stacking
October 27, 2026 – Agibot’s heavy-duty humanoid robot, Elf G2 Max, has entered JD Logistics’ Zhi Lang warehouse to handle inbound tasks such as pallet breaking, stacking, box moving and standard container handling. The deployment marks one of the first applications of a humanoid robot in a real warehouse production environment. On the hardware side, G2…
Jensen Huang Says NVIDIA Is Open to Working With China’s CXMT
October 23, 2026 – NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang said he is “open” to cooperating with China’s CXMT (Changxin Memory Technologies), adding that “no country is stronger in manufacturing than China” and that almost every global supply chain already works with Chinese companies at some point. Speaking during NVIDIA’s GTC conference in Berlin, Huang also pushed…
Chery’s Jaecoo 7 Tops U.K. Sales Again, Beating Tesla Model 3 and Ford Puma
October 22, 2026 – Chery’s Jaecoo 7 has returned to the top of the U.K. new-car sales chart, registering 10,813 units in September and beating the Tesla Model 3 and Ford Puma. It is the second time this year the SUV has finished first, after also leading in March. The model has quickly become one…
Neolix Raises Nearly $400 Million to Scale Its Global Autonomous Delivery Fleet
October 20, 2026 – Neolix, a Beijing-based maker of autonomous delivery vehicles, has raised nearly $400 million in a Series E round that it says is the largest single investment in China’s self-driving sector this year. The round was led by BOCI Investment and a national-level AI investment fund, with new participation from Alibaba Group’s…
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…