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Xi Jinping β€œSuffers Severe Stroke” in India

17 September 2026 at 17:33

Chinese President Xi Jinping suffered a severe stroke in India and, after refusing treatment in the country, may now be suffering with long-lasting effects, it has been claimed by his political opponents.

The post Xi Jinping β€œSuffers Severe Stroke” in India appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

China vai pΓ΄r Γ  prova a estratΓ©gia da Apple nos dobrΓ‘veis. iPhone Duo conseguirΓ‘ fazer frente Γ s rivais?

17 September 2026 at 09:04

Na China, marcas como Huawei, Xiaomi, Honor e Vivo jΓ‘ disputam um mercado onde os dobrΓ‘veis estΓ£o longe de ser uma novidade. Para o iPhone Duo, o desafio serΓ‘ diferenciar-se das rivais e transformar a dimensΓ£o do ecossistema da Apple numa vantagem, sobretudo atravΓ©s das aplicaΓ§Γ΅es, apontam os analistas da Omdia.

The post China vai pΓ΄r Γ  prova a estratΓ©gia da Apple nos dobrΓ‘veis. iPhone Duo conseguirΓ‘ fazer frente Γ s rivais? appeared first on Tek NotΓ­cias.

Tesla brings Cybercab to China, rules out sale and robotaxi service

16 September 2026 at 20:13

Tesla is putting its Cybercab on public display in China this week, but the company wants to be clear about one thing it isn’t: a vehicle it plans to sell there.

Tesla China said the showcase β€œdoes not involve” selling the Cybercab in the Chinese market or launching a driverless ride-hailing service β€” even as China’s own robotaxi operators run paid rides at scale.

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The US government is failing Americans on AI | Shakeel Hashim

16 September 2026 at 11:00

Trump and Republicans want companies to regulate themselves. It’s a dereliction of duty that will make AI less safe

It is hard to get Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Dario Amodei to agree on much. But over the weekend, all three AI company CEOs called for AI development to slow down in the face of growing, alarming risks. Their employees are sounding the siren too, with one researcher publicly quitting and accusing OpenAI and Anthropic of β€œgambling with our lives”.

The combination of dire warnings from insiders and growing real-world evidence of rogue AIs should, in a sane world, lead to government action. Instead, Donald Trump and the Republican leadership have their heads in the sand.

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Founder’s cost-cutting obsession drove Unitree lead in cheap humanoid robots

14 September 2026 at 20:38

China leads the world in churning out humanoid robots and four-legged robot dogs that also happen to be the most affordable on the marketβ€”and Unitree Robotics’ founder Wang Xingxing is arguably one of the people most responsible for that Chinese lead.

The introverted founder, who prominently appeared at a 2025 business symposium hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping, became phenomenally wealthy after Unitree launched an initial public offering on the Shanghai Stock Exchange STAR Market on August 19. But extensive reporting by Beijing-based Caijing Magazine suggests Unitree’s success so far has been driven by Wang’s extreme micromanagement leadership styleβ€”an approach that may be more suited to a small startup than a fast-growing robotics company.

Caijing’s interviews with Unitree employees and investors paint a picture of Wang as someone who personally decides nearly every aspect of corporate strategy or product design, including the colors of materials and lengths of individual screws. The Caijing Magazine feature published on August 31, titled β€œThe King of Unitree,” was translated into English by ChinaTalk, a US-based think tank and media organization, on September 10.

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Founder’s cost-cutting obsession drove Unitree lead in cheap humanoid robots

14 September 2026 at 20:38

China leads the world in churning out humanoid robots and four-legged robot dogs that also happen to be the most affordable on the marketβ€”and Unitree Robotics’ founder Wang Xingxing is arguably one of the people most responsible for that Chinese lead.

The introverted founder, who prominently appeared at a 2025 business symposium hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping, became phenomenally wealthy after Unitree launched an initial public offering on the Shanghai Stock Exchange STAR Market on August 19. But extensive reporting by Beijing-based Caijing Magazine suggests Unitree’s success so far has been driven by Wang’s extreme micromanagement leadership styleβ€”an approach that may be more suited to a small startup than a fast-growing robotics company.

Caijing’s interviews with Unitree employees and investors paint a picture of Wang as someone who personally decides nearly every aspect of corporate strategy or product design, including the colors of materials and lengths of individual screws. The Caijing Magazine feature published on August 31, titled β€œThe King of Unitree,” was translated into English by ChinaTalk, a US-based think tank and media organization, on September 10.

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AI leaders want to hit the brakes after years of reckless speed

14 September 2026 at 20:06

For years now, the major frontier AI labs have all been acting as if they're in an all-out, winner-take-all race with control of world-changing machine superintelligence (or at least market-changing artificial general intelligence) at the finish line. This weekend, the industry as a whole rapidly started turning away from that posture, urging coordination on slowing down the development of frontier AI that they say could soon be too dangerous and unknowable to control.

Anthropic's Dario Amodei was at the forefront of this change in tone, arguing in a nearly 4,000-word essay this weekend that "we must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models" to avoid "a race to the bottom, spurred by commercial incentives, [that] can make [catastrophic] risks more acute."

Within hours, other AI leaders were echoing the same call. OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman posted his agreement on social media and said similar pacing discussions had been taking place at OpenAI. Alphabet Chief Scientist and Google DeepMind cofounder and chair Demis Hassabis said that Amodei's essay "points towards the right path forward," and renewed his own recent call for an industry-wide standards body. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella posted that the company "welcome[s] the research, focus, and deliberate pacing needed to get alignment right as the design goal," ahead of the release of a lengthy "humanist AI" code of conduct for its models.

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Shell, FAW partner on better, safer electric semi truck batteries

14 September 2026 at 13:23

The Starship 3.0 concept truck has been busy of late, testing a battery pack that uses an immersion-cooling system to manage battery heat, improve range performance, and enhance the durability of electric semi truck batteries.

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I spent $4,000 on a robot dog from China

12 September 2026 at 12:00

On a sunny morning in June, I walked to work with a quadruped robot beside me. I’ve never gotten more attention from strangers.

A bunch of people snapped pictures of my robot dog. Several people asked me questions. Was it mine? (Yes.) Did I build it? (No.) Was it being used for surveillance? (No.)

Biological dogs kept a safe distance from my mechanical companion. Some growled or barked at it.

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Geely TT launches at $19,100 β€” half the price of a Tesla

11 September 2026 at 13:40

Geely launched its new TT electric sport sedan in China, starting at 129,900 yuan (about $19,100), with 800V fast charging and LiDAR on every trim.

That price puts a 640 km sedan with next-generation charging hardware at roughly half the price of a Tesla.

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Denisovans Once Roamed Southwest China, New Fossils Reveal

10 September 2026 at 20:01
An artist’s concept of a Penghu Denisovan walking under the bright Sun during the Pleistocene of Taiwan. Image credit: Cheng-Han Sun.

Paleoanthropologists have identified a trove of Denisovan fossils from a cave in China’s Yunnan province, extending the known range of the elusive human relative and providing the first-ever direct evidence of what its forearm bones looked like.

The post Denisovans Once Roamed Southwest China, New Fossils Reveal appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

China’s drone supremacy shows in airlifting bodies and food after Nepal flood disaster

10 September 2026 at 17:53

Chinese-made drones are flying out the bodies of flood victims and delivering food to survivors in the aftermath of devastating flash floods on the border of Nepal and China’s Tibetan region.

Nepal’s army has been using four DJI FlyCart 100 drones donated from China to make 10 to 16 aid deliveries each day, according to Reuters. This comes after a partial glacier collapse in the Himalayan mountains unleashed a sudden surge of water, mud, and debris that swept through border crossings, valley communities, and hydropower projects on August 26.

The DJI Flycart 100 Drones come with a 98-foot rope and winch system for picking up and dropping off heavy loads. The website of Chinese drone company DJI describes the drones as being able to carry between 187 and 220 pounds, depending on the battery configuration.

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China’s drone supremacy shows in airlifting bodies and food after Nepal flood disaster

10 September 2026 at 17:53

Chinese-made drones are flying out the bodies of flood victims and delivering food to survivors in the aftermath of devastating flash floods on the border of Nepal and China’s Tibetan region.

Nepal’s army has been using four DJI FlyCart 100 drones donated from China to make 10 to 16 aid deliveries each day, according to Reuters. This comes after a partial glacier collapse in the Himalayan mountains unleashed a sudden surge of water, mud, and debris that swept through border crossings, valley communities, and hydropower projects on August 26.

The DJI Flycart 100 Drones come with a 98-foot rope and winch system for picking up and dropping off heavy loads. The website of Chinese drone company DJI describes the drones as being able to carry between 187 and 220 pounds, depending on the battery configuration.

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