Technology News
Latest technology news and updates
Total: 510
JD.com Bets on an AI Consumer Boom: 2025 Named the Year Smart Products Exploded
JD.com executives said 2025 marked a breakout year for AI consumption, with platform searches for “AI” up about 100x and sharp sales gains across smart devices. The company is consolidating AI products under a new business arm, investing in embodied-intelligence firms and leaning on a C2M supply-chain approach to scale consumer AI rapidly.
Musk Warns AI Growth Will Run Up Against Power Limits — and Plans Solar AI Satellites
Elon Musk cautioned that electricity supply, not chip inventory, may soon cap AI deployment, predicting that chip output could exceed the number of units actually powered. He also proposed launching solar-powered AI satellites with SpaceX in the coming years as a way to sidestep terrestrial power constraints.
Musk Hints Tesla Will Try Selling Humanoid Robot to Consumers by End of Next Year — But Timetables and Technical Hurdles Persist
At Davos, Elon Musk said Tesla may start selling its humanoid robot Optimus to consumers by the end of next year, while predicting more complex capabilities by the end of 2026. The remarks sharpen an ambitious timetable but leave open significant technical, production and regulatory questions; early deployments are likely to target controlled industrial settings before any mass consumer rollout.
Blue Origin’s New Shepard Flies Six on Another Brief Suborbital Joyride — A Small But Persistent Chapter in Commercial Space Tourism
Blue Origin’s New Shepard completed a crewed suborbital flight on 22 January, carrying six passengers for about ten minutes of microgravity. The mission underscores steady demand for short, commercial space experiences and highlights the company’s role in the maturing suborbital tourism market amid competition and regulatory scrutiny.
China’s Unitree Says It Shipped Over 5,500 Humanoid Robots in 2025, Signalling a Shift to Mass Market Scale
Unitree Technology said it shipped over 5,500 pure humanoid robots in 2025 and produced more than 6,500 robot bodies, clarifying earlier online confusion. The disclosure, if borne out, signals a shift in robotics from proof-of-concept demos toward mass production, but questions remain about verification, commercial viability and post-sale support.
Chinese AI-Compute Upstart Suiyuan Clears STAR Market IPO Hurdle, Seeks Rmb6bn to Build Homegrown GPU Stack
Shanghai Suiyuan Technology’s STAR Market IPO has been accepted as it seeks Rmb6 billion to scale AI accelerator cards, clusters and integrated solutions. Backed by Tencent and state-affiliated investors, the company sits at the intersection of China’s push for domestic AI compute capacity and growing demand for alternatives to Western GPUs.
Alibaba to Float T‑Head Chip Unit as AI Hardware Ambitions Boost Shares
Alibaba plans to take its AI‑chip unit T‑Head public, a move that boosted the parent company’s U.S. pre‑market shares. The listing aims to fund and legitimise Alibaba’s push into in‑house AI accelerators, but faces manufacturing, software and competitive hurdles amid broader geopolitics over semiconductors.
Alibaba Open‑Sources Qwen3‑TTS, Bringing Multilingual Voice Cloning to Developers
Alibaba’s Qwen team has open‑sourced Qwen3‑TTS, a family of text‑to‑speech models in 1.7B and 0.6B sizes supporting voice cloning and multilingual, dialect‑aware synthesis. The release aims to broaden developer access and accelerate voice applications while raising urgent questions about misuse, detection and governance.
Guangzhou Greenlights a 12‑inch Fab to Serve China’s AI and Automotive Chip Rush
Yuexin Semiconductor has started Phase IV of its Guangzhou project with a RMB 25.2 billion plan for a 12‑inch mixed‑signal fab capable of producing 40,000 wafers per month. The facility targets surging demand in AI, edge AI, industrial and automotive electronics, reflecting China’s strategy to build domestic, application‑focused chip capacity.
Guangzhou's Yuexin Kicks Off 12‑inch Fab to Supply AI, Auto and Industrial Chips — A RMB25.2bn Bet on Specialty Silicon
Yuexin Semiconductor has started a RMB25.2 billion Phase‑IV project in Guangzhou to build a 12‑inch, mixed‑signal specialty wafer fab with a monthly capacity of 40,000 wafers (about 480,000 a year). The plant aims to serve booming demand in AI, industrial and automotive electronics, reflecting China’s broader push to strengthen domestic semiconductor supply chains for strategic and commercial reasons.
China’s Yushu Says It Shipped Over 5,500 Humanoids in 2025—A Faster Commercial Roll‑out Than Analysts Expected
Yushu Technology announced it shipped over 5,500 humanoid robots in 2025 and produced more than 6,500 humanoid bodies, figures that exceed Omdia’s forecast by about 31%. The company is scaling manufacturing, expanding retail channels with JD.com, and preparing for a domestic IPO after reporting profitable 2024 revenue above RMB 1 billion.
NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang Says AI Build‑out Could Lift Tradespeople Into Six‑Figure Pay Brackets
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang warned that the build‑out of AI infrastructure will push demand for on‑site skilled trades—electricians, plumbers and HVAC technicians—so high that they could earn six‑figure annual salaries. The observation underscores that AI’s expansion creates major labour and logistical pressures in the physical infrastructure layer, with implications for wages, training and the costs of deploying large models.