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Science & Tech
Ant International, spun off from Ant Group in 2024, has raised US$1.2 billion in a Series A round backed by Ant Group and Alibaba — one of the largest standalone fintech raises of 2026 — to scale a…
Nvidia on 20 July 2026 declared that its AI research prioritises worlds governed by physics and responsive in real time, not just…
Nvidia has unveiled the Synthetic Video Detector NIM microservice at SIGGRAPH 2026, built on its AI for Media platform to help…
Nvidia announced at SIGGRAPH 2026 that leading creative applications are opening Model Context Protocol connections, enabling AI…
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman posted 'it is good now' on X on 20 July 2026 with three images but no further context. The…
Nvidia unveiled agentic and physical AI advances at SIGGRAPH 2026 on 20 July 2026, announcing open models and real-time…
Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 — a 2.8 trillion-parameter model that reportedly outperforms GPT-5.6 Sol and Claude Fable 5 on key…
For the first time, China's RUSH3D-HR microscope has captured live footage of electroacupuncture visibly halting an immune cell…
China's antitrust regulator is poised to deliver its verdict on Trip.com Group as early as this week, with sources placing the…
