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Xiaoyuan and People's Education Audio-Visual Digital Press launched the 'Primary and Secondary School Textbook Learning Agent' on Xiaoyuan's AI learning device, integrating AI tutoring with authoritative textbooks.
Xiaomi released three self-developed chips including the 3nm O3 SoC, while Hugging Face explored a $13B sale and Alibaba launched Wan3.0 video generation model.
Anthropic's Claude AI is down, with users reporting problems across the service. The company has identified the cause of elevated errors affecting multiple models, but has not given a timeline for a fix.
Report: Samsung's Exynos 2700 tops Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro in internal tests.
GrapheneOS plans to support Motorola flagship phones and Razr foldables from 2027, with seven-year updates and next-generation Snapdragon security features, according to Android Authority.
Shanghai Film Group and Kuaizi.ai launched the Haozhen platform, China's first industrial-grade AI film production infrastructure with 50 NVIDIA DGX Spark systems and trillion-token annual subsidies.
Photon Leap showcased its AI-powered imaging ecosystem at BIRTV 2026, featuring the LEAPTIC Cube 8K thumb camera, four prototype gimbals and an AI ring that triggers shooting based on heart rate. It also announced a retail partnership with Kejilai for 20 airport stores.
Alibaba released its video generation model Wan3.0 on August 24, capable of generating 30-second videos and supporting document inputs, with enterprise users praising its stability, realism, and texture.
Hugging Face is exploring a sale that could value the AI model hub at $13 billion or more, Business Insider reported.
Wondershare Technology releases Filmora.TV, an AI-driven canvas workbench for TVC and brand video creation, partnering with tea brand Chayan Yuese for a demo video.
Harvey released Tenet, its first post-trained legal AI, in research preview; it nearly doubles task completion on legal benchmarks.
Google's upcoming Googlebook may be worth waiting for power users, but most buyers should stick with a Chromebook now.
Waymo revealed a custom 5nm chip for its robotaxis; Also raised $150M; Serve added Grubhub and expanded DoorDash.
GoldenEar’s hybrid powered/passive tower speakers T44 and T66 are now shipping, blending built-in DSP-controlled bass amplification with user-selected external amps for the top end.
Apple is preparing significant retail changes for new Home products and an M6 iMac by year-end, per Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
An Android Authority reporter who dumped Netflix a year ago found Apple TV to be a surprisingly satisfying replacement, citing price and sci-fi shows.
Unitree's first angel investor made a 140x return and now chairs Galaxy General. Meanwhile, at least 16 Hong Kong professors are founding embodied-AI companies, reshaping the sector.
Zhejiang Humanoid Robotics unveiled its NAVIAI robot lineup at the 2026 World Robot Conference, demonstrating cross-scenario applications from industrial clusters to home cooking.
Shakespeare debuted as the world's first emotionally intelligent jewelry brand in Shenzhen, selling smart rings for 1,499-2,399 yuan to urban women.
ZhiShen Technology unveiled its full-stack robotics lineup at WRC 2026, featuring mass production of over 15,000 robots and applications in security, emergency, and power inspection.
MarkTechPost's new tutorial shows developers how to build layered guardrails for LLM-based financial assistants using NVIDIA's NeMo Guardrails framework.
Waymo's self-driving cars are classified as Level 4, not Level 5, because they operate within defined conditions. Reaching Level 5 would require removing all boundaries.
According to 9to5Mac, Google’s Pixel 11 adds Camera Looks presets, and the publication argues Apple should offer a similar 'Minimal' style on iPhone.
A Wired investigation says Flock, which long denied its tech can identify or track individuals, has built an AI police tool that matches plates to names and addresses.