Google Tried This and Gave Up. China Just Flew a Power Plant to 13,000 Feet.
China's S4000 just flew a working power plant to 13,000 feet and generated electricity up there. Google's Makani burned ...
2026-08-29
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China's "Electronic Skin" Lets Robots Feel Heat, Pressure, and When Something's About to Slip
If you've ever watched a robot try to pick up an egg, you've seen the problem: cameras are great at seeing the world, bu...
2026-08-20
AI Is Flooding China's Short-Drama Scene — and Reshaping How Stories Get Made
Scroll through any Chinese social app and you'll hit them fast: micro-dramas (微短剧), those vertical-screen, punchy, binge...
2026-08-07
DeepSeek V4.5 Just Dropped — and It's Still the Cheapest Frontier Model Around
If you follow AI at all, you've probably noticed a pattern: the best models are locked behind big monthly bills, and the...
2026-08-07
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