On May 29, OpenAI’s Asia-Pacific strategy team announced that it would roll out its newest models and bring them to commercial use through the Asian cloud service provider Datasection. Word has it that this marks the first time OpenAI has publicly placed its model inference and computing power infrastructure on a third-party cloud platform, after […]

According to a report from CCTV News Client on Thursday, multiple regions around the globe are experiencing unusually high temperatures, shattering historical records for this time of year. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) stated on the 28th that there’s a whopping 86% chance that between 2026 and 2030, at least one year will surpass 2024 […]

On May 29, StepFun – the startup behind cutting-edge foundational AI models – launched and open-sourced their brand new Step 3.7 Flash. According to StepFun’s official WeChat post, this Flash model is tailor-made for production-level AI agents. Here’s the tech breakdown: it uses a sparse MoE architecture, with a total of 196B + 1.8B (ViT) […]

May 29th – Huawei just made it official: the all-new Watch X1 series is hitting shelves today. Running on HarmonyOS 6, this smartwatch isn’t just about keeping time – it’s packing global communication support and a truly clever trick: it can keep tracking your location even without a network or when the watch is turned […]

May 29 – Big news dropped: Xynova, the full-stack dexterous manipulation solution provider, officially closed a Series A round worth hundreds of millions of yuan. The round was co-led by Li Auto Strategic Investment, CSC Capital, and CITIC Securities Investment, with follow-on participation from the Yangtze River Delta Digital Culture Group and Yuanjia Fund. Existing […]

The nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran, along with Middle East security discussions, are hitting roadblocks. It looks like both sides are digging in for a long, psychological tug-of-war, while also testing the waters around the Strait of Hormuz. Lately, multiple explosions have been heard near Iran’s southern coast along the Strait of Hormuz, […]

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on May 29 that Washington has seized $1 billion worth of Iranian cryptocurrency assets as part of its economic campaign against Tehran. Bessent also noted that even if the U.S. lifts its financial and economic blockade on Iran, the process will be very slow. The Treasury Department announced on […]

Iranian authorities are gearing up to hold a “grand” funeral for the country’s slain former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, a ceremony that has been delayed for months due to the ongoing war with the U.S. and Israel, according to reports from May 29. While the exact date remains unclear, state TV quoted Mohsen Mahmoudi, head […]

So, here’s what went down: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić kicked off some pretty important talks. They didn’t just shake hands and pose for photos—they got into the nitty-gritty of how to make their partnership even stronger. From trade deals to cultural vibes, it was all about moving forward together in […]

Unfreezing Iranian Assets Could Be the First Big Breakthrough Even though the US-Iran nuclear talks are still stuck in a stalemate, the issue of unfreezing Iranian assets might just be the first thing to make a real move. Word has it that Iran has been insisting on having its frozen assets released as a precondition […]