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President Xi Jinping will personally keynote China's World AI Conference on 18 July 2026, as Beijing uses the 1,100-company showcase to project dominance in humanoid robots and autonomous agents —…
Nvidia declared AI the most important layer of national infrastructure on July 16, 2026, comparing it to transportation and…
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman publicly admitted the past year was not the company's best performance, accepted personal…
Beijing start-up ModelBest has hit a 20 billion yuan valuation after raising over 5 billion yuan this year — a striking signal…
OnePlus is pulling out of the US and Europe entirely, while sibling brand Realme simultaneously exits China — a twin retreat by…
China's biggest memory-chip maker CXMT launched a record $8.56bn IPO on 17 July 2026, drawing retail investors with little sector…
China's pharmaceutical R&D boom has pushed laboratory monkey prices to roughly US$27,000 per animal — matching Covid-19 pandemic…
Chinese open-weight AI models now command 29% of token volume on Vercel's AI Gateway — nearly triple their April share — with…
Nvidia's chief executive Jensen Huang visited Akihabara, Tokyo on 16 July 2026 to mark a collaboration with SEGA, referencing…
