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The company, founded two years ago by a Beijing engineer inspired by a Japanese cartoon, now holds 80% of the global market for dexterous robotic hands used in humanoid robots.

Source: Reuters

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Chinese robotics startup Linkerbot is targeting a $6 billion valuation in its next funding round, doubling the valuation from a just-closed financing.

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The leaked speaker marks the first time Google has opened its AI assistant ecosystem to third-party hardware since JBL's Authentics lineup launched in late 2023.

Source: 9to5Google

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Google is bringing Gemini AI to third-party smart speakers, with a Walmart Onn device appearing in an early listing.

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The firm, led by Michael Saylor, holds 818,334 BTC worth approximately $64.44 billion at an average cost of $75,537 per coin, with Wall Street expecting a loss for the quarter.

Source: Blockonomi

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Strategy has paused its Bitcoin purchases for the first time in weeks, breaking its regular buying streak ahead of Tuesday's Q1 earnings report.

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The change came from a single pull request that flipped the git.addAICoAuthor setting from "off" to "all," prompting backlash from developers who never used the AI assistant.

Source: The Decoder

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Microsoft's VS Code 1.118 now adds a "Co-Authored-by: Copilot" line to Git commits by default, even for developers who had AI features turned off.

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The US faces a major supply chain gap in replacing DJI: China controls 90% of rare earth processing, 99% of drone battery cell production, and 90% of the permanent magnet supply needed to build alternatives domestically.

Source: TheNextWeb

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DJI, which controls roughly 80% of the global consumer drone market, can now sell its products in neither Washington nor Beijing after China's capital banned all drone sales starting May 1 and the US blocked new DJI products from market authorization last December.

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The issue occurs because AICore temporarily stores both old and new versions of its AI models, including Gemini Nano, during updates before the outdated versions are removed.

Source: DigitalTrends

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Google has explained why Android AICore keeps consuming large amounts of storage on users' phones.

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In some cases, Defender has gone beyond alerting and actually removed the certificates from affected systems, potentially disrupting secure connections and services that rely on them.

Source: Neowin

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Microsoft Defender is incorrectly flagging legitimate DigiCert root certificates as a trojan called "Cerdigent," triggering widespread false-positive alerts on Windows 11 and Server PCs worldwide.

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Companies like Lingyi iTech, Lens Technology, and AAC Technologies are repurposing precision component factories originally built for iPhones to produce humanoid robotics parts.

Source: SCMP

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China's smartphone and electronics supply chain is pivoting to humanoid robot manufacturing as component suppliers seek new growth beyond a slowing mobile market.

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The agency tested DeepSeek V4 Pro, China's latest open-weight model, as part of its evaluation — coming at a time when Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the company now holds 'zero percent' market share in China due to US export controls.

Source: The Decoder

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A new US government benchmark from the Center for AI Standards and Innovation claims Chinese AI models are falling behind their American counterparts in performance.

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The integration is available in supported regions and comes alongside a full Gemini app redesign that introduces a pill-shaped prompt box and an overhauled UI across the board.

Source: Android Authority

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Google Chrome now features Gemini built directly into the desktop browser, including a dedicated sidebar and the ability to save prompts as reusable Skills.