
China’s robot-joint makers are racing against time as mass production looms
By Yuan Jingming On a production line in Zhangjiang’s “Robot Valley”, a new kind of industrial…

Chinese streaming giant’s push for AI actors sparks backlash
By Da Cheung China’s iQiyi faces a backlash over its AI “actor library”, raising concerns about…

NovaFusionX draws repeat funding as fusion gains ground in China
China’s push into nuclear fusion is no longer just a state-led moonshot. A fast-rising private startup,…

Honor’s robot smashes men’s half-marathon world record
By Da Cheung A humanoid robot called Lightning developed by smartphone maker Honor ran a half-marathon…

Beyond gimmicks: how China’s robots are slowly marching into kitchens and care homes
By Da Cheung In a bustling Seoul fast-food joint, the cook stationed by the 200-degree Celsius…

Alibaba, Huawei close gap with Nvidia in China’s AI chip race as focus shifts to inference
By Da Cheung Alibaba recently switched on a massive AI computing cluster powered entirely by its proprietary…

Inside AI’s global sweatshop: Datong swaps coal mining for data mining
By Sleepy.md In Datong, a northern Chinese city once defined by coal, a new kind of…

3D printing gets ugly. As Creality retries Hong Kong IPO, top rival Bambu Lab is sued by toy giant Pop Mart
By Da Cheung 3D printing is moving rapidly from industrial applications and niche geek workshops into…

Tencent Cloud launches agent portal to bring corporate AI out of the “black box”
By Su Da Tencent Cloud has unveiled what it describes as China’s first cross-platform enterprise agent…

Tokens: the powerful new currency of the AI economy
By Zhang Jinyi For decades, the fundamental units of the global economy were barrels of oil,…




