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Alibaba Qwen Leadership Shakeup: Lin Junyang Departs

Alibaba's Tongyi Qianwen LLM team sees a leadership change with 32-year-old Lin Junyang officially announcing his departure. This move is part of broader organizational restructuring at Alibaba.

量子位 · 202d ago

Ant Afu Hits 100M Users: AI Med Hype?

Ant Group's AI medical product Afu surpasses 100 million users. Article questions if it's a true AI healthcare boom or overhyped bubble.

钛媒体 · 202d ago

Models

Honor Open-Sources 30B MoE Agent Model

Honor open-sourced MagicAgent at MWC 2026. It's a 30B-parameter MoE agent foundation model for advanced task planning.

Pandaily · 202d ago

Pixel Drop: 8 Useful Android Upgrades Revealed

The latest Pixel Drop introduces 8 useful upgrades for Pixel phones. Some enhancements will extend to other Android devices beyond Pixels.

ZDNet AI · 202d ago

Ex-DJI Engineer Raises Millions for Soft Robots

Shenzhen Qingyu Technology, founded by ex-DJI engineer Peng Rui, completed tens of millions RMB angel funding led by Dexun Investment, Unitree's backer. The startup focuses on biomimetic flexible robots with adaptive soft drives for safe human interaction.

36氪 · 202d ago

RayNeo-Telekom Debut Agentic AI AR Glasses

RayNeo and Deutsche Telekom unveiled agentic AI-powered AR glasses at MWC 2026. The launch highlights a shift to standalone, service-driven smart wearables.

Pandaily · 202d ago

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Alibaba Qwen AI Head Steps Down

Alibaba's tech lead for the Qwen open-source model has stepped down unexpectedly. The move is rattling the global developer community and casting a shadow over the company's AI pivot.

Bloomberg Technology · 202d ago

PERCISPHERE Raises $14M for All-Terrain Robots

PERCISPHERE secured nearly USD 14 million in Series A funding. The capital will scale production of modular all-terrain robots.

Pandaily · 202d ago

Hands-On Lessons Building AI Products

AI disrupts traditional product management, requiring new architectures like metadata layers and prompt logic. Key pitfalls include weak scenes, missing data prep, and non-productizable customization; success demands focus and a strong FDE lead.

虎嗅 · 202d ago

MiniMax's 2500B Valuation Justified?

Article debates if MiniMax warrants its massive 2500 billion RMB market cap. It points to a critical six-month 'quality verification period' ahead for the AI firm.

钛媒体 · 202d ago

NIO ES9 Tech Event Set for April 9

NIO CEO Li Bin announced the ES9 technology release on April 9 during a live stream. It features China's first production steer-by-wire system, integrated active suspension, full-car SkyOS, Shenji NX9031 smart driving chip, and 900V architecture.

36氪 · 202d ago

Open Source

Qwen Core Team Mass Exodus

Alibaba's Qwen technical lead Lin Junyang and key contributors like Kaixin Li and Binyuan Hui have departed, triggering global AI community buzz. This follows Qwen3.5 release and amid ongoing talent losses at Alibaba DAMO Academy.

虎嗅 · 202d ago

Seagate Mozaic 4+ Hits 44TB HDD Record

Seagate launched its second-generation commercial HAMR HDD platform Mozaic 4+, certified by two hyperscale cloud providers and now in production. It sets a 44TB per-drive capacity record using a 10-platter design with over 4TB per platter.

IT之家 · 202d ago

Microsoft Build 2026 Targets AI in SF June

Microsoft scheduled Build 2026 for June 2-3 at San Francisco's Fort Mason, moving from Seattle for AI hub proximity. Attendance capped at 2500 for immersive developer interactions.

IT之家 · 202d ago

AI Turns 35 into One-Person Empire Age

Argues AI eliminates midlife crisis by enabling solo ventures via digital employee teams for content/product creation. Emphasizes judgment, taste as moats; formula: (passion + demand) x skill x 1000 fans.

虎嗅 · 202d ago

TikTok Rejects E2EE for Risky DMs

TikTok has told the BBC it will not implement end-to-end encryption for direct messages, unlike rivals WhatsApp and Messenger. The company states this would put users at greater risk by hindering safety checks.

BBC Technology · 202d ago

AI Startups Dual-Price Equity for Unicorns

AI startups are selling the same equity shares at two different prices using a novel valuation mechanism. This strategy enables founders to artificially achieve unicorn status ($1B valuation).

TechCrunch AI · 202d ago

Models

MiniMax First LLM Earnings Soar 159%

MiniMax released the global first large model financial report 52 days post-IPO, with revenue up 158.9% YoY, gross margin at 25.4%, and sharply narrowed losses. Model iterations are exceptionally fast.

虎嗅 · 203d ago

Coding

Qwen-Code v0.11.1-preview.2 Released

Qwen-code, the open-source coding LLM repository, has released preview version v0.11.1-preview.2 on GitHub. The announcement links to a full changelog detailing changes from v0.11.1.

Qwen (GitHub Releases: qwen-code) · 203d ago

Open Source

Qwen Leaders Exit After 3.5 Launch

Alibaba's Qwen team released the open-source Qwen3.5 small model series (0.8B-9B), praised by Elon Musk for intelligence density, but technical lead Junyang Lin and two others departed 24 hours later under unclear circumstances. The models enable high efficiency on laptops and phones.

VentureBeat · 203d ago

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Altman: OpenAI Can't Control Pentagon AI Use

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman informed staff that the company has no authority over Pentagon decisions on its AI software. He suggested this stance may underlie tensions between the DoD and rival Anthropic.

Bloomberg Technology · 203d ago

VC 3.0: Building AI Ecosystems

VC evolves to 3.0 where super investors design entire industries like AI infra, not just fund startups. Examples: a16z builds AI stack, Founders Fund defense OS, Flagship biotech matrix.

虎嗅 · 203d ago

Huawei Launches SuperNode Compute Overseas

Huawei debuted multiple super node computing products and solutions overseas at MWC 2026 Barcelona. Highlights include Atlas 950 SuperPoD AI compute super node, Atlas 850E server, industry's first TaiShan 950 SuperPoD general compute super node, and TaiShan 500/200 series.

36氪 · 203d ago

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Nvidia Leads $103M in UK AV Startup Oxa

Nvidia is investing in Oxa, a British autonomous driving startup, in a $103 million funding round. This marks another UK driverless firm backed by the world's most valuable company.

Bloomberg Technology · 203d ago

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OpenAI Launches AI Learning Impact Suite

OpenAI introduces the Learning Outcomes Measurement Suite to evaluate AI's effects on student learning. The tool operates across diverse educational environments.

OpenAI News · 203d ago

Research

Lemang Bio Raises 200M RMB for AI CAR-T

Lemang Bio secured nearly 200M RMB in funding led by Yuecai Zhongyin and XtalPi to advance low-dose metabolic enhanced CAR-T clinical trials and production. The META 10 and META 10-AI platforms enable T-cell metabolic reprogramming for superior efficacy at ultra-low doses.

36氪 · 203d ago

GitLab Builds Custom Security Framework

GitLab created the GitLab Control Framework (GCF) from scratch as existing frameworks like NIST SP 800-53 lacked customization and granularity for their multi-product, cloud-native platform. They mapped requirements from certifications including SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, and FedRAMP, plus internal needs.

GitLab Blog · 203d ago

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