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- 092026-11Amazon forms new team to take another run at home robots, job posting hints at "new-to-world" productAmazon has formed a new team in recent months to develop a "new-to-world" home robot, with a job posting saying the product can adapt to changing home environments and move autonomously around family members. The earlier Astro robot reached only a few thousand customers, and its commercial version was shut down in under a year. CEO Andy Jassy has reaffirmed the company's long-term bet on AI and robotics, and the new team has brought in an MIT expert.
- 092026-11Gurman: Apple's new CEO presses Federighi to speed up AI push as Siri engineering VP weighs exit next yearBloomberg's Mark Gurman reports that Apple's new CEO John Ternus has urged software engineering chief Craig Federighi to move faster and bolder on AI, with the goal of turning Siri into an autonomous agent. Meanwhile, Mike Rockwell, the engineering VP overseeing the new Siri AI project, is seriously considering stepping down next year. The report also details management-style issues in the software division and potential succession arrangements.
- 092026-11Apple pressures Siri to speed up as HomeView may add chatbotsBloomberg reports that Apple CEO Ternus is urging AI chief Federighi to accelerate Siri's agentic push, with two improvements expected in the coming months. Meanwhile, code in the iOS 27.3 beta shows a "Conversational Apps" flag, suggesting the HomeView smart home hub may support chatbots such as ChatGPT and Claude, though Apple has not confirmed it.
- 092026-11Nvidia Board Opens Independent Investigation Into Jensen Huang's Ties to Intelligence OperativeNvidia's board has launched an independent investigation in response to reports that CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by a foreign intelligence effort. The probe is being overseen by a committee of independent directors and outside counsel, and centers on Huang's relationship with Megaspeed executive Alice Huang. US lawmakers are demanding a bipartisan questioning of Huang, underscoring the political sensitivity of the matter.
- 082026-11Anthropic Buys $3.4bn in Gas Generators Directly, Setting AI Procurement RecordAnthropic signed a $3.4 billion order for 1.7GW of gas-fired generating units in late September, the largest power-equipment purchase by an AI company on record, the Financial Times reported. The deal sees Anthropic take over an order that equipment supplier OnePWR placed with Caterpillar two years ago, before prices rose; some units will be delivered shortly. xAI and Alphabet have made similar direct purchases, as power becomes the new bottleneck for AI expansion.
- 082026-11Meng Yan's Take Sparks Debate: Selling Software May Be a Moot Point in the AI EraOn Nov 8, 2026, a V2EX forum user posted a discussion of Meng Yan's views on AI and software development. Meng Yan argues that as AI capabilities grow, everyone will be able to build apps through natural language to meet their own needs, without waiting for generic versions from big companies, making it harder to profit from building apps. The poster raised questions on whether selling software will become a moot point and whether traditional roles such as product managers will disappear, sparking debate.
- 082026-11Roewe Jiayue 07 Tops 5,000 Deliveries in First Week; Qijing GX7 Passes 4,000 CumulativeOn Nov 8, SAIC Roewe and Qijing each reported delivery figures: the Jiayue 07 topped 5,000 deliveries in its first week on sale, with a limited-time price starting at 119,800 yuan; the Qijing GX7 held a group delivery event in Shenzhen and has passed 4,000 cumulative deliveries, with Huawei Qiankun ADS 5 standard across the lineup. Both models pitch smart cockpits and advanced driver assistance as their core selling points.
- 082026-11Ocarina of Time Remake Ported Within Three Days of Launch: Jailbroken PS5 and iPhone Builds Both in Early StagesLess than three days after The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake arrived on Switch 2, developers Vampinity and Joe Jiang separately demonstrated it running on a jailbroken PS5 and an iPhone. The PS5 build runs at just 15-20 FPS and crashes easily, while the iPhone version holds peak memory to 3.4GB. The game's Metacritic user score of 9.7 is the highest in the site's history, despite a wave of review bombing.
- 082026-11Apple's record earnings can't mask memory cost pressure as storage price hikes reach game consolesApple delivered record earnings but rising memory costs loom as a concern. Meanwhile, DRAM price increases are spreading to the game console industry, with analysts advising manufacturers to ease off the high-performance pursuit and avoid next-gen consoles priced above $1,000, and predicting hardware launch plans may be delayed.
- 082026-11Sony Unveils Two In-Car AI Technologies at CIIE: Motion Sickness Detection and Takeover AlertOn Nov 5, 2026, Sony globally debuted two mobility technologies at the ninth China International Import Expo: a passenger motion sickness detection system that fuses dual-channel visual information, reuses ADAS cameras and has been patented; and a vision-language-model-based driving takeover risk alert system, already in real-road testing in Suzhou. Neither technology has a mass-production timeline.
- 082026-11China's space station set to welcome first foreign astronaut as Shenzhou-24 launches this monthThe Shenzhou-24 crew will fly to China's space station this month carrying a Pakistani payload specialist, the station's first foreign astronaut. The specialist will return aboard Shenzhou-23 after a short stay in orbit, while one Shenzhou-23 astronaut will remain for a year-long stay to carry out China's first space human research program.
- 082026-11BYD's Yangwang Dingyao debuts in Abu Dhabi: 5.6 meters long, over 1,000 km rangeOn the evening of Nov 7, BYD's Yangwang Dingyao made its global debut in Abu Dhabi. The Executive Edition measures 5,600 mm long with a 3,500 mm wheelbase and delivers over 1,000 km of CLTC range. The car features a ding-shaped design language and a four-seat layout, and packs the e4 four-motor system, the DiSus suspension and BYD's in-house 4nm Xuanji A3 smart-driving chip. Deposits for the limited edition are set at 300,000 yuan; official pricing and delivery dates have yet to be announced.
- 082026-11Yangwang Dingyao Makes Global Debut in Abu Dhabi; Limited Edition Requires RMB 300,000 DepositDingyao, the ultra-luxury executive flagship sedan under BYD's Yangwang brand, made its global debut in Abu Dhabi, with pre-sales opening simultaneously for the "Shanhe Dingyun" limited edition at a RMB 300,000 deposit. The car measures 5,600mm long with a 3,500mm wheelbase and features coach doors. The limited edition offers exclusive exterior and interior finishes and bespoke configurations. Pricing and delivery timing have not been announced.
- 082026-11Edifier Launches 30th Anniversary Collector's Headphones and PW108 Outdoor SpeakerOn Nov 7, Edifier listed two new audio products on e-commerce platforms: the W900NB 30th Anniversary Collector's Edition over-ear Bluetooth headphones and the PW108 plaza-grade Bluetooth speaker. The W900NB is priced at 1,159 yuan, limited to 3,000 units, and goes on sale at 20:00 on Nov 9, featuring a 6nm chip and on-device AI pickup noise cancellation; the PW108 is priced at 699 yuan and is now open for pre-order, offering 20W power and dual wireless microphones.
- 082026-11Hackers Target Refrigeration Gear; Researcher Builds Coldframe Honeypot to Trap ThemAs attacks on blood bank and supermarket refrigeration systems escalate, a security researcher has built a honeypot called Coldframe that mimics Danfoss and Dixell controllers to lure and analyze attacker behavior. The tool has already identified exploit attempts against CVE-2025-41450 and other vulnerabilities, though early runs have only turned up generic scanners and Shodan crawlers.
- 082026-11China completes 1,000-km bidirectional real-time hollow-core fiber transmission testChina has completed the world's first 1,000-km bidirectional real-time hollow-core fiber transmission test, achieving simultaneous 64 Tb/s transmission in each direction over a 1,007.48-km line with a one-way latency of 3.43 milliseconds. Hollow-core fiber offers double the transmission capacity and 30% lower latency than solid-core fiber, laying a key technical foundation for computing-power networks.
- 072026-11agent-hub open-sources upgrade to orchestrate Codex and Claude CodeOn Nov 7, 2026, a developer on V2EX shared an upgrade of the open-source tool agent-hub (formerly codex-hub) that manages coding agents such as Codex and Claude Code in one place. The tool offers a local web workbench, a CLI and the ahub-control skill, supports a Router-Worker split, and lets users dispatch tasks remotely from WeChat via Tencent WorkBuddy. The author invited developers to try it and discuss how to manage multiple agents.
- 072026-11Memory price surge weighs on market as Xiaomi MIX Flip 2 falls to 2,339 yuanRising memory prices are rippling through the phone supply chain, squeezing niche brands. Xiaomi's MIX Flip 2 foldable has dropped to 2,339 yuan on its Tmall flagship store, a steep cut from its 5,999 yuan launch price, requiring an 88VIP appliance coupon and Taobao coin deductions. Launched in June 2025, the phone runs on the Snapdragon 8 Elite and marks the first time a flip phone's battery capacity has topped 5,000mAh. Industry analysts say memory cycle swings will accelerate consolidation.
- 072026-11DeepSeek web and API services back online after 45-minute outageDeepSeek's web and API services suffered a partial outage from 15:11 to 15:56 on Nov 7, lasting 45 minutes before recovery. The official status page marked the issue as resolved but did not disclose the cause. Some V2EX users speculated the outage was related to system maintenance or a version upgrade, though this was not confirmed by the company.
- 072026-11OpenAI and Anthropic hit Chinese users with wave of account bansOn Nov 7, multiple V2EX users reported that OpenAI and Anthropic have been carrying out a concentrated wave of account bans targeting users in China, with detection focused on reverse-proxy use. The bans have hit low-price regions and Team, Plus and Pro tiers, and even full-price US Pro accounts have been caught. The bans target only domestic users, with low-price regions and Team the worst hit, and reverse-proxy use triggering linked bans. Claude users who were banned ran into portal verification. Neither company has issued a public explanation.