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Leapmotor Updates C10 and C16 With Split Headlights and Higher Output, as 2026 Volume Target Looms

Leapmotor Automobile has filed updated versions of its C10 and C16 SUVs in China’s latest Ministry of Industry and Information Technology catalogue, revealing styling and powertrain changes designed to keep its core C-series competitive as the company pursues an ambitious 2026 sales goal. The refreshed C10 and C16

Kepler Robotics pivots to force-tactile data after securing A++ round

China’s industrial humanoid race is shifting from model architecture to data ownership, as Kepler Robotics rolled out what it calls the country’s first “native full-perception force-tactile data collection system” and said it has closed an “hundreds of millions of yuan” A++ funding round to double down

DeepSeek V4 Targets Late April Launch, Betting on Trillion-Parameter Efficiency

Chinese artificial intelligence developer DeepSeek is scheduled to release its next-generation flagship model, DeepSeek V4, in late April 2026, pivoting the industry's focus toward extreme inference efficiency with a new one-trillion parameter architecture. The timeline, disclosed internally by founder Liang Wenfeng, signals an aggressive product cycle

Nio’s Li Bin Rules Out Robotaxis, Pitches Battery-Cell and Chip Standardization to Cut Industry Costs by RMB 100 Billion a Year

Nio Inc. founder and CEO Li Bin said the Chinese EV maker will not build robotaxis or humanoid robots, choosing instead to concentrate capital and engineering resources on core passenger vehicles as the sector grapples with rapid product churn, oversupply and margin compression. Speaking on April 11 at the 2026

Tencent Cloud Open-Sources “Cube” Sandbox as AI Agents Push China Enterprises Toward Controlled Scale

Tencent Cloud, the cloud unit of Tencent Holdings, is moving to define the infrastructure layer for enterprise AI agents by open-sourcing its “Cube” sandbox and pitching an “Agent Runtime” that isolates and governs autonomous software workers—an attempt to turn the current wave of low-code agents into something

Unitree’s H1 Claims 10 m/s Sprint, Shifting China’s Humanoid Race From Stunts to Deployable Mobility

A sprint video from Unitree Robotics is resetting investor expectations for China’s humanoid robots: hitting a reported 10 meters per second is less about a “world record” and more about whether Chinese suppliers can industrialize high-dynamics control, power delivery and shock management into field-ready machines. The company

Huawei Readies Pura 90 Launch as “Wide Foldable” Leak Signals Push Beyond Standard Smartphones

Huawei Technologies is preparing to broaden its premium handset playbook, with leaks pointing to a first “landscape wide foldable” model set to debut alongside the Pura 90 lineup—an attempt to turn foldables from a niche status symbol into a software-friendly, tablet-like daily device. The company has scheduled

ChinaBiz Briefing | Zhipu Pricing Shift, Pony.ai Global Push, Xiaomi 2nm Bet, Oppo Supply Chain Reset

China’s tech sector is entering a phase where AI monetization, global expansion and hardware control are becoming central battlegrounds. Zhipu is redefining model economics, while Pony.ai and Digua highlight capital flowing into autonomy and robotics. At the same time, Oppo and Xiaomi are reshaping hardware supply chains and

Xiaomi 18 Signals Shift to 2nm Silicon, Targets Battery Dominance in Premium Segment

Xiaomi Corporation is poised to escalate the premium smartphone arms race in 2026, with supply chain indicators pointing to the integration of next-generation 2-nanometer processors and unprecedented battery capacities for its upcoming Xiaomi 18 flagship. The transition to 2nm silicon marks a critical inflection point for the global

SenseTime Pivots Smart Home to Break Auto AI Bottleneck

SenseTime Group is aggressively stepping outside the vehicle cockpit, launching a physical desktop robot designed to capture the remaining 22 hours of a consumer's daily data loop and solve the automotive industry's engagement ceiling. The strategic pivot materializes through "Care U", a desktop hardware