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  • Nio reportedly to set up battery asset management company in August, expected to get investment from CATL

    Chinese EV maker Nio is planning to set up a battery asset management company to push for the separation of the car from the battery and launch a BaaS (Battery as a Service) offering on top of that, 36Kr reported, citing sources with knowledge of the matter.

  • iFlytek releases two tablets for education market, starting at 3,999 yuan

    Chinese technology firm iFlytek on Wednesday unveiled two tablets aimed at the education market - the X2 Pro and the Z1 - priced at 4,299 yuan and 3,999 yuan.

  • Alibaba says its NFC technology extends distance from 20 cm to 3 meters

    Alibaba recently announced that its self-developed NFC technology breaks through the limits of the communications industry, expanding the traditional near-field communication perception distance in any direction from 20 cm to 3 meters, the longest in the world.

  • Lenovo unveils first Snapdragon 865 Plus-powered phone starting at 3,499 yuan

    Lenovo today unveiled the Legion Gaming Phone Pro in China, the first Snapdragon 865 Plus-powered phone with 8GB+128GB version priced at 3,499 yuan.

  • Huawei expected to produce 74 million 5G phones this year, ranking first in the world

    Amid China's aggressive 5G push, Huawei is expected to produce about 74 million 5G mobile phones this year, ranking it No. 1 worldwide, TrendForce said in a report released today.

  • Foxconn reportedly to invest 60 billion yuan to build chip factory in Qingdao

    Foxconn's planned advanced chip packaging and testing plant in Qingdao has recently broken ground, DigiTimes quoted a source as saying.

  • Baidu to reveal the mystery of China's first Mars rover in 360-degree panorama

    China's Tianwen 1 Mars rover is about to launch, and Baidu App is about to show what it will look like in a 360-degree panorama.

  • Huawei applied for patents on lithography equipment and systems four years ago

    Huawei is reportedly recruiting lithography process engineers, which has sparked widespread interest. In fact, Huawei has already applied for patents for a lithography device and a lithography systems, which seem to have been prepared for the chip manufacturing process for a long time.

  • Chinese AI company Megvii applies for patent for dog face recognition

    Chinese artificial intelligence company Megvii Technology, which is on a U.S. blacklist, has recently added a number of new patents, one of which is for dog face recognition.

  • ByteDance said to consider plan to protect TikTok by selling it to US investors

    Chinese video app TikTok could be split off from its parent company ByteDance and sold to investors in the United States in order to shield it from regulatory wrath, according to The Information.