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Phantom Blade Zero Puts Wuxia Swordplay on a 66-Day Timer ift.tt/IptxZ8V

Phantom Blade Zero Puts Wuxia Swordplay on a 66-Day Timer · TechNode

An 88 Metascore and 91 OpenCritic average have put S-Game’s dark martial-arts RPG in the conversation as China’s next potential global breakout. Phantom

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Can the upgraded Li Auto i6 hold its ground in China’s crowded electric SUV market? ift.tt/7YFHMqI

Can the upgraded Li Auto i6 hold its ground in China’s crowded electric SUV market? · TechNode

Li Auto launched the 2026 Li Auto i6 on Wednesday, marking the model’s first annual update since its debut a year ago. Rather than relying on aggressive

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Chinese AAA wuxia action game Phantom Blade Zero launches on PS5 and PC ift.tt/PmEAWVu

Chinese AAA wuxia action game Phantom Blade Zero launches on PS5 and PC · TechNode

Chinese developer S-GAME released its AAA wuxia action game Phantom Blade Zero on October 29 for PlayStation 5 and PC. The standard PC edition is priced

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WeRide’s physical AI data subsidiary raises tens of millions of dollars ift.tt/Gh9fPI0

WeRide’s physical AI data subsidiary raises tens of millions of dollars · TechNode

Jingshuo, a subsidiary of autonomous driving company WeRide that develops data infrastructure for physical AI, has raised tens of millions of dollars in

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DeepSeek V5 identifiers surface in official Harness code repository ift.tt/Yw2ezaW

DeepSeek V5 identifiers surface in official Harness code repository · TechNode

Three DeepSeek V5 model identifiers have appeared in the company’s official Harness repository on GitHub, drawing attention to its next-generation model

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Li Auto launches updated i6 SUV with in-house driving chip and larger battery ift.tt/ft9Ev7G

Li Auto launches updated i6 SUV with in-house driving chip and larger battery · TechNode

Li Auto launched the 2026 version of its i6 electric SUV on October 28, introducing an in-house assisted-driving chip and a larger battery. The model has

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Tencent says upcoming Hy4 and Hy4 flash models will support visual understanding ift.tt/3REHmzg

Tencent says upcoming Hy4 and Hy4 flash models will support visual understanding · TechNode

Tencent plans to release Hy4 and Hy4 flash soon, adding visual understanding to its AI model lineup, senior executive vice president Dowson Tong said at

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Unitree’s first post-IPO report shows quarterly revenue growth of nearly 70% ift.tt/de1fRoD

Unitree’s first post-IPO report shows quarterly revenue growth of nearly 70% · TechNode

Chinese robot maker Unitree reported third-quarter revenue of RMB 665 million, up 69.93% from a year earlier, in its first quarterly earnings report since

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The Freight-App Battle a Chinese “Uber for Trucks” Couldn’t Win ift.tt/oy4Ga05

The Freight-App Battle a Chinese “Uber for Trucks” Couldn’t Win · TechNode

In 2018, Kuaigou Dache spent RMB524 million on sales and marketing, more than its RMB453 million in revenue. Eight years later, its listed parent, GOGOX,

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Tencent’s short-drama service reportedly tops 100 million monthly users ift.tt/AYzLSKq

Tencent’s short-drama service reportedly tops 100 million monthly users · TechNode

Tencent’s Lvpaopao short-drama mini-program reached 143 million monthly active users in August, according to QuestMobile data reported by Jiemian. Weekly

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Desktop 3D-printer startup Baishida secures angel-plus funding ift.tt/qVdNFrP

Desktop 3D-printer startup Baishida secures angel-plus funding · TechNode

Chinese desktop 3D-printer startup Baishida has completed an angel-plus funding round exclusively backed by Still Water Lake Venture Partners. The amount

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Baidu reportedly developing world model as autonomous-driving ambitions expand ift.tt/JIjSPNW

Baidu reportedly developing world model as autonomous-driving ambitions expand · TechNode

Baidu is developing a world model and is expected to share research progress soon, according to an October 28 report by STAR Market Daily. World models

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BYD names Yangwang Altior luxury flagship sedan ahead of UAE debut ift.tt/3F6izbk

BYD names Yangwang Altior luxury flagship sedan ahead of UAE debut · TechNode

BYD’s luxury brand Yangwang has named its upcoming executive flagship sedan Altior, known as Dingyao in China, ahead of a planned debut in the United Arab

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HOVERAir maker Zero Zero Robotics reportedly becomes a unicorn ift.tt/6oUaL08

HOVERAir maker Zero Zero Robotics reportedly becomes a unicorn · TechNode

Zero Zero Robotics, the Chinese company behind HOVERAir self-flying cameras, has reportedly reached a $1 billion valuation in its latest funding round.

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Brain-computer interface startup NeuroXess raises RMB 700 million in Series B funding ift.tt/sFWgEU3

Brain-computer interface startup NeuroXess raises RMB 700 million in Series B funding · TechNode

Chinese brain-computer interface startup NeuroXess has raised RMB 700 million in Series B funding, co-led by SDIC Juli, Shenzhen Capital Group and Qinzhi

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Dongshan Precision’s Acquisition-Led AI Bet Meets a Cooler Market ift.tt/bV9zGr4

Dongshan Precision’s Acquisition-Led AI Bet Meets a Cooler Market · TechNode

Editor’s note: This article is republished from Jumpstart, a TechNode Group publication. Dongshan Precision is bringing a much more profitable business to

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ByteDance Is Rewiring Its AI Video Bet ift.tt/0KkXyot

ByteDance Is Rewiring Its AI Video Bet · TechNode

ByteDance is consolidating two of its AI video products. ByteDance’s CapCut unit recently folded Xiaoyunque into Jimeng while keeping Xiaoyunque’s

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DeepSeek reportedly ramps up hiring as it maps out new growth plans ift.tt/rfjSiuE

DeepSeek reportedly ramps up hiring as it maps out new growth plans · TechNode

DeepSeek is rapidly expanding its team as it outlines new growth plans to investors, according to an October 27 report by Chinese technology outlet Ifeng

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Ant launches LingGuang 2.0 AI assistant for ongoing personal tasks ift.tt/t3eSEaz

Ant launches LingGuang 2.0 AI assistant for ongoing personal tasks · TechNode

Ant Group has launched LingGuang 2.0, upgrading its AI assistant with persistent memory and the ability to continue managing tasks after users leave a

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BYD launches third-generation Qin Plus DM-i ift.tt/F3au9tK

BYD launches third-generation Qin Plus DM-i · TechNode

BYD launched its third-generation Qin Plus DM-i plug-in hybrid sedan on October 27, with limited-time prices ranging from RMB 76,900 to RMB 97,900.

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