Alibaba releases the Qwen3-VL vision models, the Qwen3Guard “safety moderation” models, and three closed-weight models, including Qwen3-Max with 1T+ parameters
Qwen 50.6k — Safetensors qwen3_vl_moe Julian Nabil / Forbes Middle East : Alibaba Introduces Qwen3-Max AI Model With Over 1T Parameters Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : Alibaba Releases Qwen3-VL O...
Humanoid Robot Games highlighted robotics advancements but also limitations, with robots tripping over each other; one robot ran faster than many amateur humans
The Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing — featuring running, kickboxing and soccer — highlighted advancements in robotics. Limitations, too.
Beijing-based Kuaishou updates its Kling video-generation tool to cut the cost and time to create clips, and says it can generate 1080p videos in under a minute
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Xiaomi unveils open-source AI reasoning model MiMo, joining other Chinese tech leaders hoping to make a splash in the burgeoning AI field endorsed by Beijing
Xiaomi debuted MiMo a day after Alibaba unveiled the latest version of its own flagship model, amplifying a race between China's tech players …
Chinese startup Manus, whose AI agent service is still in beta, announces a $39 per month Manus Starter plan and an upgraded $199 per month Pro tier
The Beijing-based startup behind Manus has set up a $39-per-month tier and a $199 upgraded option, the latter in line with OpenAI's ChatGPT Pro.
A joint US-China research effort finds that graphene can act as a semiconductor, but experts say graphene chips face immense manufacturing hurdles and costs
a few screenshots are attached (from Tianjin... [image] Byron Wan / @byron_wan : Press releases from Georgia Tech (L) and Tianjin University (R) — supposedly collaborators on the same graphene semicon...
Beijing-based Nreal launches its $379 Air AR glasses in the US and adds iPhone support with a $59 dongle, expanding on its $599 Nreal Light glasses from 2021
Augmented reality company Nreal is launching its stripped-down Air glasses in the United States.
China is ready to launch its first domestic blockchain platform, Blockchain Service Network, for application development; platform hints at global expansion
China is about to launch its national blockchain platform, part of the country's grand strategy to lead the digital transformation of the world economy. Tweets: @coindesk and @androidsaint Tweets: @co...
Apple extends its Apple Pay Express Transit feature, already available in Beijing and Shanghai, nationwide, after a new partnership with China T-Union
From today, iPhone users across China can set up their T-Union cards for Express Transit, Apple's contactless transit payment system.
Didi received permits for a self-driving taxi service, with safety drivers, in Shanghai, plans to expand to Beijing and Shenzhen by 2020, overseas by 2021
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