(opens original source in a new tab)South China Morning PostTencent ramps up overseas AI push with wider roll-out of flagship Hy3 modelTencent Holdings is ramping up its overseas push for its flagship Hy3 artificial intelligence model, joining a wave of Chinese technology firms taking aim at the world’s leading players. On Wednesday, the Shenzhen-based technology giant rolled out Hy3 to global developers, enterprises and users through its workplace agentic tool WorkBuddy, creation studio Tencent Design Miora and model platform TokenHub. According to Tencent, Hy3 would be available free of charge worldwide on WorkBuddy until... (opens original source in a new tab)Iris Deng·5 August 2026
Clean Energy (opens original source in a new tab)CleanTechnicaLA City Council Votes to Allow Billion Dollar Scattergood Gas Plant Retrofit to Move ForwardLOS ANGELES — This afternoon, the Los Angeles City Council voted to allow the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to disregard the concerns of Angelenos and environmental advocates and move forward with its ill-conceived plans to retrofit the Scattergood gas plant to be able to burn a mix ... [continued] The post LA City Council Votes to Allow Billion Dollar Scattergood Gas Plant Retrofit to Move Forward appeared first on CleanTechnica. (opens original source in a new tab)Sierra Club·5 August 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)PandailyChina Humanoid Robots in 2026: Production Boom Meets Deployment Reality Check as AgiBot and Unitree LeadMIIT projects 2026 humanoid robot output to exceed 100,000 units, with AgiBot and Unitree forming a duopoly at 15,000 and 11,000 units respectively. Yet UBTechs slippage on shipments and Unitrees 70-percent research-and-education revenue share expose the gap between production and real deployment. (opens original source in a new tab)contact@pandaily.com (Pandaily)·5 August 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)PandailyAlibaba Launches Qwen3.8 Foundation Model and Qianwen Office Agent, Reseating Itself in the Enterprise AI RaceAlibaba unveiled the Qwen3.8 flagship with 2.4T total parameters and 95B activation, alongside Qianwen Office for enterprise AI workflows. The base-model-plus-office strategy leverages DingTalk enterprise moat against Tencent WorkBuddy and ByteDance Doubao. (opens original source in a new tab)contact@pandaily.com (Pandaily)·5 August 2026
Clean Energy (opens original source in a new tab)CleanTechnicaBYD Achieves Record Exports With 124% GrowthBYD had a strong sales month overall, with 20.5% growth in passenger vehicle sales overall and 31% growth in BEV sales, achieving the company’s second best sales month ever for BEVs. However, how many of those sales are in China versus outside of China? As has been clear, the Chinese ... [continued] The post BYD Achieves Record Exports With 124% Growth appeared first on CleanTechnica. (opens original source in a new tab)Zachary Shahan·5 August 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)PandailyChina Completes First Pediatric Dual Artificial Heart Surgery, Validating Aerospace-Derived Magnetic Levitation TechnologyA pediatric patient at Tianjin Taida International Cardiovascular Hospital received the worlds lightest dual fully-implantable artificial hearts, custom-engineered from Aerospace Taixin magnetically levitated pumps. Five Chinese firms now hold six approved products in the VAD market. (opens original source in a new tab)contact@pandaily.com (Pandaily)·5 August 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)PandailyGlass Substrate Packaging Edges Toward Mass Production as Intel and Lens Technology Strike Strategic AllianceIntel and Lens Technology signed a strategic alliance to accelerate glass substrate packaging, as Triassic and Tongge Micro push past the brittleness barrier. TGV yield, multi-layer RDL interconnect, and scale cost control now define the next phase. (opens original source in a new tab)contact@pandaily.com (Pandaily)·5 August 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)PandailyChina's Dexterous Hand New Top 4: From Demo to Mass Production, the First Tier SolidifiesYinshi Robotics, Lingxin, LinJieDian and BrainCo form the new top tier as Chinas dexterous hand industry crosses the demo-to-mass-production threshold, with H1 2026 funding surpassing 25 billion yuan and shipment forecasts reaching 70,200 units. (opens original source in a new tab)contact@pandaily.com (Pandaily)·5 August 2026
Clean Energy (opens original source in a new tab)CleanTechnicaThe Elusive Dream Of Solar Powered EVs Is Not So Elusive After AllBuilt-in solar panels and futuristic aerodynamic styling enable Aptera EVs to run for 40 miles or so on solar energy alone, with batteries filling in for up to 1,000 miles per charge. The post The Elusive Dream Of Solar Powered EVs Is Not So Elusive After All appeared first on CleanTechnica. (opens original source in a new tab)Tina Casey·5 August 2026
Clean Energy (opens original source in a new tab)CleanTechnicaBYD BEV Sales Rise 31% in July!The largest electric vehicle maker in the world, BYD, had a slow start to the year for various reasons, but it is popping now. The company had 20.5% more passenger vehicle sales in July 2026 than in July 2025 (411,072 versus 341,030), and 3.5% more sales than the month prior ... [continued] The post BYD BEV Sales Rise 31% in July! appeared first on CleanTechnica. (opens original source in a new tab)Zachary Shahan·5 August 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)South China Morning PostChina’s economic shift may hinge on what migrant workers do nextChina’s Politburo has just set the country’s economic priorities for the second half of the year. The meeting took place against the backdrop of gross domestic product growth slowing to 4.3 per cent in the second quarter, its weakest since late 2022, and an increasingly K-shaped economy: strong exports and fast-growing hi-tech industries on one side, with weak domestic consumption, softening investment and slower growth elsewhere on the other. The official readout did not describe the economy as (opens original source in a new tab)Zongshuai Fan·5 August 2026
