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Apple plans to use a 1.2 trillion-parameter artificial intelligence (AI) model developed by Alphabet's Google to help power a revamp of its Siri voice assistant, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.
The return of China's Shenzhou-20 crewed spaceship, originally scheduled for Wednesday, will be postponed due to a suspected impact from tiny space debris, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
In less than two months, China has fully allocated a new 500-billion-yuan ($70.3 billion) policy-based financial instrument to propel mainly tech-driven projects and urban renewal programs, which analysts see as a strategic shift from traditional infrastructure spending toward a new paradigm focusing on innovation and emerging industries to foster new drivers of growth.
A hospital in Xiamen, Fujian province, facilitated the world's first successful cross-border remote robot-assisted heart surgery with experts from France, marking a historic milestone.
As China's first national-level automotive chip standard verification platform officially began operations recently, the nation is accelerating its push into intelligent and connected mobility by building a unified and internationally recognized standards system for vehicle-grade chips.
China's Shenzhou XXI crewed spaceship successfully docked with the space station combination early Saturday morning, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The three Shenzhou XXI mission crew members are scheduled to arrive at the Tiangong space station early on Saturday morning, several hours after they embarked on their six-month orbital journey.
China will launch three astronauts into low-Earth orbit on Friday night to carry out a crew shift onboard its Tiangong space station and undertake a host of scientific assignments, including the nation's first in-orbit experimentation on rodents.
Since its inception, China's manned space program has consistently adhered to the principles of peaceful utilization, equality, mutual benefit and shared development, Zhang noted.
China's Shenzhou-20 crew has been in orbit for 188 days and is expected to set a new record for the longest in-orbit stay by a Chinese astronaut crew, Zhang Jingbo, a spokesperson for the China Manned Space Agency said at a press conference on Thursday at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.
The three astronauts are space pilot, flight engineer and payload specialist, respectively, representing the three types of Chinese astronauts in service, he added. Zhang Lu was a crew member of the Shenzhou-15 mission.
China will launch the Shenzhou-21 crewed mission to its space station at 11:44 p.m.on Friday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, the China Manned Space Agency announced on Thursday.
Chinese astronauts Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang will carry out the Shenzhou-21 crewed spaceflight mission on Friday, the China Manned Space Agency announced at a press conference on Thursday.
China's newly revised Cybersecurity Law, passed on Tuesday by national legislators, will take effect on Jan 1, spelling out national support for basic artificial intelligence research and development while strengthening penalties for violations.
China's polar research team has completed the country's first-ever cooperative operation of deep-sea manned submersibles, significantly advancing collaboration and its capabilities in deep-sea conditions.
The Shenzhou-21 crewed spaceship will be launched at an appropriate time in the near future, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced on Friday.
In the heart of the Ulan Buh Desert, where harsh winds once swept sand into the Yellow River, vast fields of solar panels stretch across the horizon.For Dengkou, a front-line zone in the battle against the spread of the Ulan Buh Desert, it has moved beyond just planting trees and shrubs.
Nearly 100 experts from around the world recently convened in Shanghai for a conference, drawn by a Chinese-developed spinal endoscopic technology known as uni-port bi-channel dual-media, or UBD.
China had more than 10,000 virtual reality (VR) companies by the end of 2024, it was revealed at the 2025 World Conference on VR Industry (WCVRI), which concluded on Monday in Nanchang, the capital of east China's Jiangxi Province.
In a big leap for medical science, Chinese surgeons have successfully performed the world's first transplant of a gene-edited pig liver into a living human patient, who survived for 171 days – nearly six months – after the operation.
As Africa's mobile revolution enters a new phase, policymakers and industry leaders gathering in Kigali, Rwanda, said artificial intelligence and fintech hold the key to unlocking inclusive growth — if the continent can close its digital and energy gaps.
The world's first solar magnetic-field telescope operating in the mid-infrared wavelength range has officially become operational after gaining government approval, marking a major breakthrough in solar magnetic field research.
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI on Tuesday unveiled ChatGPT Atlas, an AI-powered web browser built around its popular chatbot, in a direct challenge to Google Chrome's dominance.
The CR450, touted as the world's fastest electric multiple unit (EMU), is currently undergoing operational evaluation on the Shanghai–Chongqing–Chengdu high-speed rail line.
CAS Space, a leading commercial rocket maker in China, launched the ninth rocket in its Kinetica 1 series on Sunday morning, successfully putting three satellites into their preset orbital positions.
Engineers at the Aviation Industry Corp of China are working on at least two new types of new-energy aircraft with vertical takeoff and landing capability, hoping to meet demand for such craft in the market.
Outside a consultation room at Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital in Hangzhou, the provincial capital, Liu tightly clutches her husband's medical records, unable to conceal her excitement and anticipation.
China on Wednesday unveiled a self-developed 90GHz real-time oscilloscope at the 2025 WESEMiBAY Semiconductor Ecosystem Expo in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, marking a breakthrough in the country's high-end electronic measurement instruments and breaking the long-standing foreign technology blockade.
AheadForm Technology, a cutting-edge AI and humanoid robotics company, has developed an ultra-lifelike droid, the "Elf V1." The AI-powered fantasy bot boasts bionic skin textures and even human-like eye movements.
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