DJI said it is disappointed by a decision by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to place all non-US-made drones on a “covered list,” warning that the move limits choice for American consumers and commercial users and undermines principles of an open and fair market. The world’s largest civilian drone maker’s products are widely used […]

Alibaba Group is considering purchasing 40,000 to 50,000 MI308 AI accelerators from AMD, according to people familiar with the matter. The MI308 is an AI chip tailored by AMD for the China market and has received US export approval, though it requires AMD to pay a 15% licensing fee to US authorities. The chip is […]

China’s first open robot leasing platform, BOTSHARE, was launched to the public in Shanghai. Jiang Qingsong, partner at Zhiyuan AGIBOT and chairman of BOTSHARE, said the platform aims by 2026 to connect with more than 10 robot manufacturers, 200 premium service leasing partners, over 3,000 content creators, and more than 400,000 rental customers, with the […]

After logging more than 5 million kilometres of testing, Changan Automobile has been granted China’s first official license plate dedicated to Level 3 autonomous driving, as China moves to advance regulation of the self-driving industry. The license plate, numbered Yu AD0001Z, was issued to Changan by the Chongqing Municipal Public Security Bureau’s Traffic Management Department. […]

Moore Threads on Saturday unveiled its next-generation GPU architecture, Huagang, at its inaugural MUSA developer conference, as the Chinese chipmaker seeks to strengthen its position in AI and high-performance computing. The Huagang architecture supports full-precision computing from FP4 to FP64 and delivers a 50% increase in compute density, while improving energy efficiency by tenfold, the […]

French independent game studio Drama Studios said its Unreal Engine 5–powered tactical shooter Unrecord has received a strategic investment from Tencent. The game, presented from the perspective of a police body camera, has drawn global attention for its cinematic visual quality and immersive narrative style. Unrecord previously surpassed 600,000 at its peak on Steam’s wishlist […]

XPeng CEO He Xiaopeng said on Wednesday he does not believe there is currently an AI bubble, adding that the technology remains at a very early stage and offers significant long-term opportunities. He said AI is likely to drive profound societal change and described its development as being in the “zero to 0.1” phase. If […]

Lu Weibing, president of Xiaomi Group, announced today at Xiaomi’s 2025 Human–Car–Home Ecosystem Partner Conference that the company plans to invest RMB 200 billion ($27.8 billion) in research and development over the next five years, with the long-term goal of becoming a global leader in hard-core technologies. For this year, Xiaomi expects its R&D spending […]