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China's LineShine supercomputer dethrones US' El Capitan, secures first place in Top 500 list — first machine in the rankings to sustain more than 2 ExaFLOPS of double-precision performance using only CPUs (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-23 | by Anton Shilov | tags: lineshine, supercomputer, el capitan

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Operating a Humanoid With Your Body Is a Hot Job in China’s Hardware Capital (wired.com)

2026-06-17 | by Will Knight | get Humanoid Robot Kit → | tags: shenzhen, io-ai tech, humanoid robots

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Genetic architecture of sugarcane traits in a polyploid genomics framework (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-27 | by Wang | tags: sugarcane, polyploid genomics, genome sequencing

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This Robot Trying to Dance Like Michael Jackson But Wiping Out Pathetically in Front of a Crowd Perfectly Illustrates the Industry’s Deep-Seated Problem (futurism.com)

2026-05-20 | by Jon Christian | get Robotics Dancing Robot Kit → | tags: humanoid robots, michael jackson, future era

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Alibaba Selling High-Powered Laser Guns (futurism.com)

2026-05-18 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: alibaba, laser guns, shenzhen liyang

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Alibaba Selling High-Powered Laser Guns Advertised as “Obstacle Removers” (futurism.com)

2026-05-18 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: alibaba, laser guns, shenzhen liyang

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iRobot announces eight smaller and better Roomba bots after bankruptcy (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-12 | by Ben Lovejoy | get iRobot Roomba Replacement Parts → | tags: irobot, roomba, shenzhen picea robotics

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These new Roombas are smaller and cheaper (theverge.com)

2026-05-12 | by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy | get Roomba i3 Robot Vacuum → | tags: irobot, roomba, lidar

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How LEDs are made (2014) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-07 | get LED Manufacturing Kit → | tags: leds, yunsun, shenzhen

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FCC votes to ban all Chinese labs from certifying electronics sold in the US due to national security concerns — ruling would affect 75 percent of US-bound devices (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-02 | by Luke James | get US-China Tech Security Kit → | tags: fcc, chinese labs, certification

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China announces CPU-only exascale supercomputer with 47,000 homemade processors, record 2 Exaflops of performance without GPUs — Lingshen super said to use Huawei Kunpeng servers and no foreign-made components (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-28 | by Luke James | get Huawei Kunpeng Server → | tags: huawei kunpeng, exascale supercomputer, ling shen

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TP-Link seeks to secure conditional approval from FCC following router import ban — company stresses it is no longer Chinese-owned (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-21 | by Jowi Morales | get TP-Link Archer AX50 Router → | tags: tp-link, fcc, router import ban

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How China is getting everyone on OpenClaw, from gearheads to grandmas (cnbc.com)

2026-03-18 | by Eunice Yoon | get OpenClaw Robotics Kit → | tags: openclaw, baidu, nvidia

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Hustlers are cashing in on China’s OpenClaw AI craze (technologyreview.com)

2026-03-11 | by Caiwei Chen | get OpenClaw AI Robotics Kit → | tags: openclaw, china, shenzhen

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Body Horror Robot Turns Human Into Centaur (futurism.com)

2026-03-10 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: centaur robot, robotics research, exoskeletons

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BYD rolls out EV batteries with 5-minute ‘flash charging’ — but there’s a catch (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-05 | by Tim De Chant | get Electric Vehicle Batteries → | tags: byd, flash charging, blade battery 2.0

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BYD rolls out EV batteries with 5-minute ‘flash charging.’ But there’s a catch. (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-05 | by Tim De Chant | get Electric Vehicle Batteries → | tags: byd, flash charging, blade battery 2.0

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Maintenance: Of Everything, Part One (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-20 | by Stewart Brand | get Smart Home → | tags: cities, city, shenzhen

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Stewart Brand – Maintenance: Of Everything, Part One (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-20 | by Stewart Brand | get Smart Home → | tags: cities, city, shenzhen

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Roomba Maker 'iRobot' Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Years (slashdot.org)

2025-12-15 | by Posted | get Roomba → | tags: bankruptcy, earnings, irobot