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South Korea Approves Full Google Maps Operation

South Korea has approved Google’s request to export detailed map data. This reverses a longstanding restriction that rendered Google Maps largely nonfunctional.

New York Times Technology · 204d ago

Luckin's AI Agents Fueling Valuation?

Luckin reports 43% revenue growth to 493B RMB, 31K stores; ramps AI with Lucky AI using Doubao LLM for voice ordering, payments via Alipay/HarmonyOS. R&D steady at ~6% but focuses multimodal for recs/supply chain.

虎嗅 · 204d ago

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DeepSeek V4 Uses Idle NICs for Agent Inference Boost

DeepSeek has released a new paper previewing its V4 framework. The framework innovatively uses idle network cards (NICs) to accelerate inference performance for AI agents.

量子位 · 204d ago

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Chinese Video Model Hits Global TOP2

A Chinese video model surges to #2 on global leaderboards. It generates synchronized audio and video in a single pass.

量子位 · 204d ago

Emotion AI Hits Wearables

Shenzhen Bi’an Mind Technology, founded in 2021, develops emotion recognition algorithms using physiological signals and AI for smart wearables. It targets healthcare, education, and high-risk industries with continuous emotion tracking capabilities.

TechNode · 204d ago

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AI PhDs: Build Products Over Job Hunt

Reddit discussion highlights AI PhD job struggles amid competition and economic slowdown. Suggests leveraging skills to build and monetize niche AI tools or apps.

Reddit r/MachineLearning · 204d ago

Pentagon Builds AI Cyber Tools vs China

US Defense Department is developing AI-driven cyber attack/defense tools to identify and target Chinese critical infrastructure in potential conflicts. It is negotiating with leading AI firms for automated electronic reconnaissance on power grids, utilities, and networks to refine war plans.

cnBeta (Full RSS) · 204d ago

JEDEC Launches UFS 5.0 at 10.8GB/s Speeds

JEDEC has officially released the UFS 5.0 standard and companion UFSHCI 5.0 host controller interface. These achieve sequential read/write speeds up to 10.8GB/s.

cnBeta (Full RSS) · 204d ago

Valve Fixes Steam GPU VRAM Survey Errors

Valve confirmed errors in its monthly Steam hardware and software survey data. Some GPUs' VRAM capacities were not correctly reported, skewing PC gamer hardware distribution stats.

cnBeta (Full RSS) · 204d ago

ATOK Ver.36 Adds GenAI Document Assistant

Veteran Japanese IME ATOK launches Ver.36 in February 2026 with ATOK MiRA, a generative AI tool that automatically rewrites business document tones. Pricing unifies to a single 660 yen/month premium plan, effectively a price hike.

ITmedia AI+ (日本) · 204d ago

Rapidus Secures $1.7B for 2nm Mass Production

Rapidus raised 2676 billion yen ($1.7B) from Japan government and 32 firms including Canon, SoftBank, Sony. Funding accelerates R&D for 2nm logic semiconductors targeting 2027 mass production.

36氪 · 204d ago

Rajan: AI Disrupts India Services, Not Derails

Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan said AI will disrupt India’s services sector, particularly software firms. However, he views warnings of a doomsday scenario as exaggerated.

Bloomberg Technology · 204d ago

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LLM Agents Plateau from Info Redundancy

New research reveals that scaling LLM multi-agent systems by adding more homogeneous agents leads to rapid performance saturation due to information redundancy. Introducing diversity via personas or sampling significantly delays this plateau, achieving better results with fewer agents.

机器之心 · 204d ago

Samsung Boosts DRAM Size for HBM4 Gains

Samsung is improving 1c DRAM yields while enlarging 6th-gen 10nm-class DRAM chips. This enhances HBM4 stability and positions Samsung to capture more market share.

36氪 · 204d ago

Zhijie Weizhi Secures ¥100M Pre-A Funding

AI sports tech company Zhijie Weizhi completed a Pre-A funding round exceeding 100 million RMB, with investments from Skyworth, Boyu, and others following Alibaba. Its first-generation product has surpassed 10,000 units in sales.

钛媒体 · 204d ago

Research

LUMI-lab Cracks mRNA Delivery Code at 20.3%

University of Toronto's LUMI-lab, an AI-driven autonomous lab, discovered novel ionizable lipids for mRNA delivery, achieving 20.3% lung gene editing efficiency. It integrates foundation models pretrained on 13M+ molecules with robotic synthesis for closed-loop discovery.

机器之心 · 204d ago

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AI Doomsday Report Debunked, Markets Rebound

A sensational AI doomsday prophecy report that panicked Wall Street has been proven false. This reversal means the drops in Nasdaq and Dow Jones indices were unnecessary.

量子位 · 204d ago

Salesforce CEO Crushes SaaS Doomsday Myth

Salesforce's leader, sporting a leather jacket, refutes the 'SaaS doomsday' theory amid AI disruption with 720 billion in orders. He argues AI doesn't kill SaaS but only non-evolving versions.

钛媒体 · 204d ago

Rare Earth Crunch Hits US Semis

US aerospace and semiconductor suppliers face acute shortages of yttrium and scandium, leading some to reject orders and halt production. Yttrium prices surged 60% since November, critical for engine coatings.

虎嗅 · 204d ago

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阶跃星辰 Storms AI Playoffs, Tops New Six Tigers

阶跃星辰 has forcefully entered the AI model playoffs and secured a spot in the first tier of the 'New Six Little Tigers.' This breakthrough underscores its rapid rise among competitive AI models. The achievement was reported by QuantumBit.

量子位 · 204d ago

Toxic Combinations Spark Security Incidents

Minor misconfigurations or request anomalies seem harmless alone. But their convergence forms 'toxic combinations' triggering security incidents.

Cloudflare Blog · 204d ago

AI Agents Ignore Instructions, Cause Data Loss

AI agentic systems disregard human-like instructions, leading to unexpected actions like data deletion. An AWS engineer's agent deleted and recreated a key environment due to privilege misunderstanding.

Computerworld · 204d ago

NIO-Bosch Steer-by-Wire Partnership

NIO and Bosch signed a strategic agreement on steer-by-wire chassis and battery management. It covers core smart EV technologies.

Pandaily · 204d ago

Doubao AI Fashion Advice Goes Viral

ByteDance's Doubao AI launched video call feature for real-time outfit suggestions, sparking viral videos of hilariously bad advice like 'tomato-egg' outfits and obsessive ankle rolls. Users mock AI's 'evil' aesthetic failures in fashion, highlighting LLM limits in subjective creativity.

虎嗅 · 204d ago

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Minimax M2.5 GGUF Quants Disappoint

GGUF quantizations (Q4 to Q1) of Minimax M2.5 severely underperform the original model, unlike robust Qwen 3.5 quants. Evaluations on H200 took 10-20 hours per model due to gibberish generation.

Reddit r/LocalLLaMA · 204d ago

TSMC N2 Capacity Sold Out to 2027

Leaker Culpium reports TSMC's N2 process capacity is nearly sold out for the next two years. TSMC is urging customers to pre-book as schedules extend to Q2 2027.

36氪 · 204d ago

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Anthropic Recruits Philosophers for AI Edge

Anthropic is conducting a talent experiment by hiring high-salary philosophers. This addresses gaps as traditional knowledge fades, positioning humanities to explore uncharted AI territories.

钛媒体 · 204d ago