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April 26, 2026
Southern China Power Prices Surge to Near 1 Yuan/kWh
Spot electricity prices in southern Chinese provinces have surged sharply recently. Guangdong's generation-side real-time average hit near 978 yuan/MWh, approaching 1 yuan/kWh, over twice last year's level. Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Hainan saw similar increases.
AI Talent War: OpenAI Poaches Enterprise Execs
OpenAI and Anthropic are ramping up poaching from Salesforce, Snowflake, and Palantir. Targets are executives and senior engineers with rich enterprise customer resources. This signals escalating competition in the AI talent market.
Sequoia Gifts Engraved Mac Minis at AI Event
Sequoia Capital's Alfred Lin bought 200 custom-engraved Mac Minis blending cartography and ML plots, distributing them at the 'AI at the Frontier' event. Each includes easter eggs with Sequoia's ethos on creative underdogs and a generated quote. This act supports AI projects the firm cannot invest in.
Samsung Galaxy WideFold 1M stock in 3 months
Samsung's Galaxy WideFold, touted as the lightest and thinnest wide foldable under 220g, prepares for release in three months with 1 million initial units. It features a 1.3:1 inner screen ratio akin to 4:3 for better grip and reading, plus dual cameras. Specs mirror Z Fold8: Snapdragon 8 Gen5 for Galaxy, up to 16GB RAM/1TB storage, 5000mAh battery.
Startup Bags $24M Military Deals for Humanoids
San Francisco startup Foundation Future Industries, founded in April 2024, secured $24M in contracts from US Army, Navy, and Air Force to test humanoid robots for breaching enemy positions. The Phantom MK-1 is a 5-foot-9, 176-pound robot with 19 upper-body degrees of freedom and five-fingered hands. It prioritizes camera-first vision.
OpenAI Nonprofit Trial Jury Selection Begins
Jury selection starts Monday in Oakland federal court for OpenAI's trial on breaching charitable trust by converting from nonprofit to for-profit. Elon Musk, who co-founded OpenAI and donated $38M, is suing Sam Altman. Brockman's diary entry labeling something a lie will be presented as evidence.
China Mandates Gig App Algorithm Reforms
CCP Central Committee and State Council issue first formal gig worker protections for 200M+ platform users. Apps must halt orders to exhausted drivers. Platform algorithms now subject to collective bargaining.
Fine-Tuning Nemotron 3 Nano Playbook
Self-taught practitioner shifts to fine-tuning NVIDIA's Nemotron 3 Nano (hybrid Mamba-MoE) for multi-task reasoning, seeking playbook changes from dense models. Key concerns: LoRA on MoE routers/Mamba-2, load-balancing, forgetting. Uses 40-80k distilled examples on H100.
Robot Software Prevents Joint Jams
A new robotic control software prevents robots from jamming their joints during operations. It enables robots with different hardware to learn skills from each other. This advances cross-platform robotic adaptability.
XPeng Targets Global Flying Car Sales, Gen 2 R&D
XPeng CEO He Xiaopeng revealed their first flying car, after 13 years and 7 generations of R&D, will launch by year-end with sales eyed in Middle East, Indonesia, Malaysia. Second-gen product is under development for US, Europe, China markets. The Land Carrier factory enables one vehicle every 30 minutes at full production.
Audit ChatGPT Data for Privacy
This guide explains how to audit personal data ChatGPT stores about you. It covers key settings to limit information shared and enhance data privacy. Users can manage conversation history and opt out of data training usage.
Claude Confirms Downgrade: 3 Bugs Exposed
Anthropic's Claude model has confirmed an intelligence downgrade, making it perform worse in extended conversations. Three specific bugs have been exposed. All user usage quotas have been reset.
Cal.com Ditches AGPL, Closes Codebase
Cal.com has abandoned its AGPL-3.0 licensing for the commercial codebase after years of open source development. This move has alarmed the contributing developer community and sent ripples through the open source world. The opinion piece argues AI won't undermine open source code security.
OpenClaw Defaults to DeepSeek V4 Flash
OpenClaw has set DeepSeek’s V4 Flash as the default model for its AI agent and added V4 Flash and V4 Pro to its catalog. It also integrated Google Meet and other optimizations. The update comes as the tech world examines DeepSeek’s Huawei chip optimizations.
Microsoft Revives Xbox Classic Black-Green Logo
Microsoft updated the Xbox brand identity, reverting to the classic black-green color scheme to honor the original Xbox. The new logo features high-gloss textures with light and shadow reflections for a 3D effect. This follows the recent renaming of the Microsoft gaming division to Xbox.
Zhuoyu Targets Mobile Physical AI Base
Zhuoyu is expanding its focus from intelligent driving to 'intelligent everything mobile,' aiming to become the underlying platform for mobile physical AI. This strategic vision was showcased at the Beijing Auto Show.
Zhejiang's First Short Story Piracy Case Sentenced
Zhejiang police busted a piracy ring that used self-taught crawlers to steal over 400,000 original short stories and sold access via online card keys. The operation netted over 2 million RMB, leading to 7 arrests across provinces. Leader Mao was sentenced to 3 years suspended, fined 480k RMB, and compensated victims 730k RMB.
SeaSonic Sakura GX-1000 ATX 3.1 PSU Released
SeaSonic launched the 2026 Focus GX-1000 ATX 3.1 Sakura Edition PSU with PCIe 5.1 support and native 12V-2x6 connector, bundled with pink-white cable. The 1000W 80+ Gold full-modular unit features cherry blossom aesthetics and upgraded cooling. It prices at 36,980 JPY (~1587 RMB), available mid-May with 10-12 year warranty.
Intel Cancels 3rd-Gen Arc Gaming GPUs
Intel has canceled its third-generation gaming graphics cards, with the Arc B770 now gone. The fourth generation remains undecided amid harsh market realities. Thin profit margins, low market share, and AI dominating attention have crushed initial industry excitement.
UK Depts Clash on AI Datacenter Energy
UK government departments disagree on energy forecasts for AI datacentres, pitting net zero goals against AI superpower ambitions. This discrepancy raises serious questions about effective planning. Clean energy vision conflicts with AI growth demands.