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What grounds digital progress in physical form? Analyze chipsets, sensors, and advanced components driving device performance.

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As smart glasses gain traction, they could soon redefine how we see and interact with technology.

Smart glasses: The optics behind the comeback of wearable displays

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The personal care brand plans to open 300 stores to build a retail network around its expanding product lineup.

Laifen turns to offline retail to anchor its next phase of growth

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What began as a crowdsourced knowledge base now spans 37 cities, driven by a culture of curiosity, co-building, and radical openness.

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Masamune Shirow's sci-fi manga universe is thriving 40 years after his debut.

AI will not change humans, says "Ghost in the Shell" creator

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The rollout reflects a broader shift in financial AI from experimentation to scaled deployment.

Ant debuts finance-focused large model as AI takes hold in banking

The company has carved out a niche by targeting device markets in regions where cloud access isn’t a given.

RockAI gains global traction with offline-capable AI models

Tencent, a Chinese tech conglomerate, invests in gaming, social media, and cloud services, supporting entertainment and connectivity worldwide.

The tech giant signals a deeper push into full-stack AI with its latest round of announcements.

Tencent ups its AI game with a flurry of releases at WAIC 2025

Former chart toppers like Maoxiang and Talkie now see sharp user declines, weak monetization, and mounting regulatory pressure.

Emotional companion apps stumble after early hype

But tensions with the US still cast a cloud over overseas expansion ambitions.

Inside China's AI rise: Youth infusion pushes country past "follower" status

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Forget syntax. This startup’s AI tool builds apps without a single line of code, for users who just want to get back to business.

No code, no problem: How CodeFlying is turning mahjong players and couriers into app creators

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The US market serves as both the backbone and the driving force behind global technological advancements.

Pang Ruoming built Apple’s foundational AI models, but secrecy and internal gridlock kept his team in the shadows—until he walked.