3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (116+ words) ByteDance’s Volcano Engine to bring Arm AGI CPU-powered agentic sandboxes to market TechNode ByteDance’s cloud division Volcano Engine is enabling its next-generation cloud services on Arm’s AGI CPU platform and plans to bring the first Arm AGI CPU-powered agentic sandboxes…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (98+ words) Embodied AI startup PHYMI raises nearly US$100 million in seed funding TechNode PHYMI, an embodied AI startup founded by former DeepRoute.ai executive Liu Nianqiu, has raised nearly US$100 million in seed funding. IDG Capital led the round, with participation…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (115+ words) DeepSeek formally launches V4.1 Flash, routes V4 Pro requests to Flash TechNode DeepSeek on Sept. 10 formally released its V4.1 Flash model and introduced new Flash-series pricing, according to a notification sent to API users. DeepSeek said that V4.1 Flash had surpassed V4 Pro in performance,…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (128+ words) Alibaba puts 1688 and Alibaba.com under unified management TechNode Alibaba has begun integrating its domestic wholesale platform 1688 with cross-border marketplace Alibaba.com and placed both businesses under Kuo Zhang, an Alibaba vice president and president of Alibaba.com, according to…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (127+ words) DeepSeek reportedly hires CITIC Securities for Shanghai STAR Market IPO TechNode Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has hired CITIC Securities to prepare for an initial public offering on Shanghai’s STAR Market, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing two people familiar with the matter....

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (119+ words) Former OpenAI researcher Yonglong Tian named Tencent Hunyuan multimodal head TechNode Former OpenAI researcher Yonglong Tian has been named head of multimodal models for Tencent’s Hunyuan team, according to a report. He has joined Tencent’s CEO and President Office and…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (136+ words) Douyin overtakes WeChat in average time spent per user for the first time TechNode Douyin surpassed WeChat in average time spent per user in July, becoming China’s leading app by that measure for the first time, according to a Nomura…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (109+ words) Amap confirms it is developing a “pitfall list” feature TechNode Amap has confirmed that it is developing a product related to the rumored “pitfall list,” which would help users identify potential problems with restaurants, attractions, hotels, parking lots and other…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (119+ words) WeChat is testing an “AI social” feature that lets two assistants talk first technode.com WeChat is testing a feature called “Xiaowei AI Social” in a limited rollout, allowing a user’s Xiaowei assistant to contact a friend’s Xiaowei assistant and…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (115+ words) Baidu’s Xiaodu schedules AI hardware launch for Sept. 8 TechNode Baidu’s smart-device business Xiaodu will unveil new hardware at a product event on Sept. 8 at 2 p.m. Beijing time. The lineup includes smart displays, Tiantian companion screens, smart speakers and cameras…...