CATL backs humanoid robotics startup Galbot in $153 million funding · TechNode
China’s CATL, the world’s biggest battery maker, has extended its drive into humanoid robotics, leading a RMB 1.1 billion ($153 million) funding round for Beijing-based startup Galbot, making it a…
Boy, 11, shot dead in Texas after ‘ding dong ditch’ doorbell prank
An 11-year-old boy was fatally shot in Houston, Texas after a prank in which he rang the doorbell of a home and ran away, police said. The boy had been…
Travel agency launches immersive dining in Shanghai
Travel agency Trip.com Group has unveiled an immersive 90-minute dining experience that blends cuisine, digital storytelling and live performances. Travel agency Trip.com Group has unveiled „Taste of China“, an immersive…
ByteDance fires LLM team head over conflict of interest · TechNode
ByteDance has dismissed Qiao Mu, former head of its Doubao large language model (LLM) team, following an internal ethics probe. In a notice circulated internally on Monday, the TikTok owner…
At summit, China’s Xi announces talent scheme, calls for SCO development bank
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Leading Chinese humanoid robot maker UBTech gets US$1 billion boost from Infini Capital
UBTech Robotics, a leading Chinese manufacturer of factory robots, has secured a credit line of up to US$1 billion from a Hong Kong investment firm to finance its production expansion,…
DeepSeek AI model faces delays amid US chip export restrictions · TechNode
The development of DeepSeek’s next-generation AI model, DeepSeek-R2, has been delayed due to US export restrictions on NVIDIA’s H20 chips, The Information reported on Friday. The H20 chip has only…
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Please note that this property returns different versionstrings for MariaDB instances on LINUX and WINDOWS environments.For a MariaDB instance 10.0.17:on LINUX, this returns strings like "10.0.17-MariaDB-log"on WINDOWS environments, this returns…
JD logistics hires full-time couriers as food delivery orders surge · TechNode
JD Logistics will recruit full-time couriers to support the rapid growth of JD.com’s food delivery business, according to a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange on Wednesday. The company…
‘Shanghai Spirit’ should be advanced with new vitality
This photo taken on Aug 30, 2025 shows an exterior view of the main venue of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025 in north China“s Tianjin. The curtain was…