Ant Group Opens Ming-3.0 Speech Models to Outside Developers
Ant Group's BaiLing team has released its Ming-3.0 speech models as open source, five models that fall into speech synthesis, audio understanding and dialogue, and speech recognition. Developers can take one for a single job or chain several into a workflow. According to Ifeng Tech, the release notice carries no parameter counts, no benchmark scores and no licence terms.
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vivo Puts a 200 Megapixel Telephoto in Its X500 Series
vivo has confirmed Singapore pricing and availability for its X500 Series, two handsets built around long range photography. The Pro Max carries a 200 megapixel ZEISS APO telephoto camera with an 85mm equivalent lens, and the standard X500 steps down to a 72mm equivalent unit. Both ship with OriginOS 7, which now talks to Apple's ecosystem.
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China Links Arctic and Antarctic Through Its Own Satellites
Researchers in the Arctic have held video calls with colleagues at China's Qinling station in Antarctica using only Chinese satellites. The trial ran during the country's 16th Arctic expedition, which set out in the northern summer and is due home this month. State media reported the link this week, and analysts read it as the end of a long reliance on foreign operators for polar traffic.
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Chinese Maker Flies Homemade Electric Board Over the Yangtze
A self taught maker from Badong county in Hubei has flown a homemade electric board over the Yangtze, along city streets and through a canyon. Video of the flight, posted under the handle Ayu, has drawn about four million likes on Douyin and attention from state broadcasters. The board began as a replica of the glider ridden by the Green Goblin in Spider Man.
1 day ago
Garmin Enduro 4 Brings 320 Hour Solar Battery to Singapore
Garmin Singapore has announced the Enduro 4, which it describes as its longest lasting GPS smartwatch with solar charging. The watch pairs a 1.4 inch memory in pixel display with a solar lens, and Garmin rates it at up to 320 hours of activity use or up to 90 days in smartwatch mode. Both figures assume hours of bright sunlight at 50,000 lux, which the company states plainly in its footnotes.
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AI Agents Create New Management Challenges Across Asia
Artificial intelligence agents, once autonomous tools for corporate efficiency, now generate new management demands across Asia. Businesses deploying these digital workers confront unforeseen friction and increased supervisory burdens. Xiao Mengjie, an AI product marketing manager in Shanghai, observed two agents assigned a simple task engage in prolonged debate over responsibilities, mirroring human bureaucracy.
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Shadow AI Rife as Half of Workers Hide Use From Management
A recent study indicates a significant prevalence of employees secretly using artificial intelligence within their workplaces, a practice termed "shadow AI". Research found over half of all workers admit to concealing their AI-assisted tasks from management. This trend raises concerns regarding data security, compliance, and overall corporate oversight.
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DeepSeek Adds Search and Fetch APIs at 5 Yuan per 1,000 Calls
DeepSeek has added two standalone tools to its API platform, one that searches the web and one that fetches a single page. Both return raw JSON and use the same Bearer authentication as the rest of the DeepSeek API, so one key covers all three. The company says they let agent and retrieval augmented generation applications reach live web content without a separate search provider.
2 days ago
China Proposes Export Controls on 23 AI Technologies
China has proposed export bans and restrictions on 23 AI related technologies, including models, agents and chip designs, under a draft plan issued by the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Science and Technology. The same document proposes controls on technologies tied to biotechnology and solar manufacturing. According to SCMP, the stated aim is to tighten Beijing's grip on a sector it treats as strategically vital.
2 days ago
Rokid Brings Voice Ride Hailing to AI Glasses Through Tencent Mobility
Rokid has launched a ride hailing service on its AI glasses in partnership with Tencent Mobility, letting a wearer book a car by voice without taking out a phone at all. A user says a destination, and the glasses handle pickup points, fare comparison, booking and payment. Rokid describes it as the industry's first native ride hailing service for AI glasses, a claim the company makes itself with no outside party cited.
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