Intelligence Opens a New Chapter, Efficiency Defines the Winner: Meituan’s 2026 Outlook
The State Administration for Market Regulation recently forwarded an Economic Daily article titled “The Food Delivery War Should End” — a move the market read as an unambiguous regulatory signal calling a halt to platform subsidy competition and steering the…
The Shutdown of Sora: The Strategic Retreat and Industry Reckoning Behind OpenAI’s Decision
On March 25, 2026, a single announcement shook the technology world: OpenAI had shut down Sora, its video-generation application, in its entirety. There was no transition period, no phased wind-down. The standalone app, the developer API, and video support within…
Wukong Launches as Alibaba Moves 800 Million Users Toward an AI-Native Work Platform
On March 16, Alibaba officially announced the establishment of the Alibaba Token Hub (ATH) business group, to be led directly by CEO Eddie Wu, consolidating core AI businesses including Tongyi, Qwen, and Wukong under a single coordinating structure. The following…
GAIC 2026 to Open in Seoul in May, Exploring Investment Strategies Amid Regime Change
SEOUL— The 8th Global Alternative Investment Conference (GAIC 2026) will be held on May 21 at The Plaza Seoul, bringing together global investors, financial executives and academic leaders to discuss the future of alternative investments. This year’s theme, “Beyond Cycles:…
China Issues Its First Registration Certificate for an Invasive Brain–Computer Interface
On March 13, 2026, China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) issued what is being described as the world’s first medical-device registration certificate for an invasive brain–computer interface, awarded to the Neuracle NEO system. The approval marks the official opening of…
China’s 3·15 Gala Exposes the “AI Poisoning” Black-Market Industry: Your AI’s “Standard Answer” May Have Been Purchased for a Few Hundred Yuan
This year’s 3·15 Consumer Rights Gala deployed a deceptively straightforward experiment to expose one of the more unsettling realities of the AI era: a wholly fabricated smart wristband, produced at a cost of a few hundred yuan and seeded into…
Claude Opus 4.6 Tops Programming Rankings and Extends Into the Full Office Suite
On February 5, 2026, Anthropic officially launched Claude Opus 4.6. Combining a step-change in programming capability with deep native integration across Microsoft Office, the model has risen to the top of global programming AI benchmarks. Its flagship feature set enables…
Deep Blue Breaks the Waves, Rising with the Sea: Outlook for China’s Offshore Wind Power Industry in 2026
As the 14th Five-Year Plan enters its concluding phase, China’s offshore wind sector is transitioning from scaled expansion toward a new competitive era defined by quality. Standing at 2026 — the opening year of the 15th Five-Year Plan — the…
The Open-Source King Changes Hands: Lin Junyang Bids Farewell to Qwen as Alibaba’s Large-Model Business Enters a New Phase
“me stepping down. bye my beloved qwen.” In the early hours of March 4, that brief sentence appeared on social media and instantly set the AI world ablaze. The author was Lin Junyang, technical lead of Alibaba’s Tongyi Qwen team…
Did War Erupt in the Middle East—and Gold Went Crazy Again?
News that breaks before dawn is always the scariest. On February 28 (local time), the United States and Israel launched military strikes against Iran. When the news broke, many markets had not fully reacted yet—but gold moved first. London spot…