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China private nuclear fusion sector surges as multiple startups adopt differentiated technical routes, driven by AI energy demand and policy support, targeting demonstration reactors by 2030.
DJI pre-release EV50 composite-wing drone reaches 8,861 meters above Everest during polar mission, demonstrating 100km-range VTOL cargo capability for extreme environment logistics.
Huawei Mate 90 series set for September launch with HarmonyOS 7 and a new Kirin chip using Tao's Law LogicFolding technology, achieving 53.5% transistor density improvement.
ByteDance Seed team releases Seedream 5.0 Pro with complex information visualization, precise editing, real photography质感, and native multilingual generation across 17 test scenarios.
Driven by pressure in the Chinese market and the expiration of US electric vehicle tax credits, Porsche delivered 122,306 vehicles worldwide in the first half of 2026, down 16% year over year. Deliveries in China plunged nearly one-third from a year earlier, which Porsche attributed to challenging market conditions and its continued focus on a value-over-volume sales strategy. In North America, Porsche’s largest sales region, first-half deliveries fell 13%, while deliveries in Europe excluding Germany declined 14%. “We are below last year’s level, but the result is in line with our expectations,” said Matthias Becker, Porsche’s Board Member for Sales and Marketing. [Jiwei, in Chinese] Every Wednesday and Friday, TechNode’s Briefing newsletter delivers a roundup of the most important news in China tech, straight to your inbox. Your support helps TechNode continue to provide credible, on-the-ground journalism and industry insights about the Chinese tech industry.
Apple’s first foldable smartphone, the iPhone Ultra, has entered mass production, according to supply chain sources. Foxconn has reportedly begun large-scale hiring to support production of the new device. Chinese tech blogger Dingjiao Digital said the first batch of inventory for the Chinese market is expected to be just over one million units, lower than Huawei’s tri-fold smartphone. The estimate is broadly in line with projections from Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Kuo expects iPhone Ultra assembly shipments to reach 7 million to 8 million units in the second half of 2026, with only 500,000 to 1 million units shipped in the third quarter, when the device is expected to debut, accounting for roughly 10% of the total. By comparison, combined third-quarter shipments of the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max are projected at 20 million to 22 million units, around 20 times higher than those of the foldable iPhone. [TechWeb, in Chinese] Every Wednesday and Friday, TechNode’s Briefing newsletter delivers a roundup of the most important news in China tech, straight to your inbox. Your support helps TechNode continue to provide credible, on-the-ground journalism and industry insights about the Chinese tech industry.
On July 7, E-House (China) Holdings chairman and president Zhou Xin took the stage again to unveil the company latest AI products under its DEEPINNET subsidiary...
As debate rages over whether China faces a computing power shortage or surplus, Shanghai Zhangjiang has emerged as a national hub for silicon photonics, hosting over 20 companies across the full value chain.
Nubia confirms the world first mass-produced AI agent smartphone will debut at WAIC, built with ByteDance Doubao and designed to execute tasks autonomously via GUI agent technology.
DJI on Wednesday launched the DJI AP100 Parachute, its first parachute system designed for enterprise drone applications. Built specifically for the Matrice 400 drone, the AP100 is priced at 7,488 yuan (about $1,100) and is currently available exclusively through authorized distributors. According to DJI, the AP100 weighs around 935 grams, carries an IP55 protection rating, and operates in temperatures ranging from -20°C to 50°C. The parachute supports both automatic and manual deployment. DJI says it can stop the drone’s propellers and deploy the parachute within 600 milliseconds, reducing the drone’s landing speed to under 5 meters per second. Throughout the flight, the AP100 continuously monitors the status of its gas generator and communication link. Any abnormalities are displayed in real time through the Health Management System (HMS) interface in DJI Pilot 2. Once deployment is triggered, an independent Flight Termination System (FTS) cuts power to the motors within 600 milliseconds to prevent the parachute lines from becoming entangled with the propellers.
DeepCtrls closes Series B funding to scale its physical AI platform for global energy infrastructure, serving 360+ enterprise clients including TSMC, CXMT, Tencent, and CATL.
Huawei's Tao's Law V2 unveils a new chip scaling framework based on total system latency reduction, challenging Moore's Law with concrete production data and a roadmap through 2035.