Chinese AI chipmakers join forces with StepFun to counter Nvidia’s return to China · TechNode
In a rare show of unity, several Chinese AI chipmakers have formed an alliance with domestic AI model startup StepFun...
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EU finds Temu in violation of digital services act over illicit products · TechNode
The European Commission has preliminarily found that Chinese e-commerce platform Temu violated the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) by failing...
MiniMax CEO predicts another 10x drop in AI inference costs within two years · TechNode
MiniMax CEO Yan Junjie said inference costs for leading AI models could fall by another order of magnitude within one...
Alibaba advances AI strategy with Amap’s spatial intelligence upgrade · TechNode
Alibaba has released an AI-native version of its map application. This update, claimed as the world’s first AI-native map app,...
China’s Baidu to deploy “thousands” of robotaxis in Europe in partnership with Lyft · TechNode
Chinese tech giant Baidu on Monday announced a partnership with US ride-hailing platform Lyft that will see the two companies...
Geely restructures smart driving R&D in latest cost cutting move: report · TechNode
Chinese automaker Geely Holding Group is merging three existing divisions that develop intelligent driving technologies—and together employ more than 3,000...
NIO shares surged 14% on aggressive pricing for refreshed luxury SUV · TechNode
NIO shares soared 14.4% on Aug. 22 in New York, one day after the Chinese electric vehicle maker unveiled a...
Huawei Cloud launches major restructuring, merges departments to focus on AI · TechNode
Last Friday, Huawei Cloud CEO Zhang Ping’an announced a major organizational restructuring under which multiple departments will be cut or...
MIT Technology Review releases 2025 ’50 Smartest Companies’ list, recognizes Deepseek, Game Science and Unitree Robotics · TechNode
At the EmTech China 2025 Global Technology Summit last Friday, MIT Technology Review unveiled its annual list of the “50...
Chinese Display Manufacturer BOE Unveils 1.5K ADS Pro LCD Panel for Smartphones · TechNode
BOE, a Beijing-based display panel manufacturer, has introduced a 6.74-inch 1.5K ADS Pro LCD panel (2720×1224, 446 PPI, RGB stripe)...