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Shanghai AI Lab Releases Atria Dawn Open Weights With 512K Context
Shanghai AI Lab has posted full Atria Dawn weights on Hugging Face under MIT, with 512K context. Its own table has it trailing Opus 5 on SWE-bench Pro.
Flexible Perovskite Solar Modules Reach 20.2% at Commercial Size
A Soochow University team reports certified flexible perovskite solar modules at 20.2% on a 750 cm² device that passed IEC stability tests. A lab result.
China Tells Officials to Cushion AI Job Losses as It Seeks New Roles
China's State Council General Office sets 18 tasks to create AI jobs, retrain workers and soften displacement, from job-risk checks to buffer periods.
FCC Blocks Two Devices With Huawei HiSilicon Chips in First Parts Case
The FCC says it stopped a dash cam and a wireless video transmitter carrying Huawei HiSilicon chips, its first case under new component rules.
iFlytek Says Its 293B Spark X2.6 Was Trained Only on Chinese Chips
iFlytek says its 293bn-parameter Spark X2.6 model was trained entirely on Chinese chips. It gave no benchmark scores. Only a 4B version has open weights.
DOJ Unit Has Restrained $938m in Scam Crypto, Trump Says Nearly $1bn
A DOJ strike force says it has restrained $938.5m in crypto from Southeast Asian scams. That is not money returned, and the White House $1bn is unsourced.
Unitree’s H2-X ‘Guardian’ Robot Lifts a Car in a Staged Promo, SCMP Reports
Unitree's H2-X "guardian" humanoid confronts an intruder and lifts a car in a staged promo video, SCMP reports. No price or release date was given.
Trump Says Big Data Centres Must Make Own Power, but No Order Yet
Trump says new large data centres are "mandated" to make their own electricity and should pay locals a "dividend". No order or rule has been published.
Microsoft Says AI Agents Tried 2,250 Tenants After ConnectWise Breach
Microsoft says China-aligned Storm-0940 used the ARTEX agent framework to try to sign in to 2,250+ tenants via ConnectWise Cloud Backup credentials.
Samsung and SK Hynix Are Upgrading China Plants for Denser NAND, Sources Say
Samsung and SK Hynix are upgrading China plants to make NAND with over 200 layers, Reuters reports. US licence status is unclear as YMTC gains share.
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