Boy, 11, shot dead in Texas after ‘ding dong ditch’ doorbell prank
An 11-year-old boy was fatally shot in Houston, Texas after a prank in which he rang the doorbell of a home and ran away, police said. The boy had been…
ByteDance fires LLM team head over conflict of interest · TechNode
ByteDance has dismissed Qiao Mu, former head of its Doubao large language model (LLM) team, following an internal ethics probe. In a notice circulated internally on Monday, the TikTok owner…
My Take | In history’s latest surprising twist, just who really are the late Soviets now?
Long after the Tiananmen Square incident in 1989, Westerners and, secretly, even some within China, were thinking that if the communist country was going to follow the decline and fall…
CATL backs humanoid robotics startup Galbot in $153 million funding · TechNode
China’s CATL, the world’s biggest battery maker, has extended its drive into humanoid robotics, leading a RMB 1.1 billion ($153 million) funding round for Beijing-based startup Galbot, making it a…
Nestle dismisses CEO over office relationship with subordinate
Swiss food giant Nestle on Monday dismissed Laurent Freixe as chief executive with immediate effect over an “undisclosed romantic relationship with a direct subordinate”. The multinational behind Nespresso coffee capsules…
Nation playing key role in world hydropower market
The No 3 unit of the Jurong Pumped-Storage Power Plant in Jurong, Jiangsu province, which was connected to the grid for power generation on March 10. SHI JUN/FOR CHINA DAILY…
White House launches official TikTok account
The logo of TikTok is seen on the screen of a smartphone in Arlington, Virginia, the United States, March 13, 2024. The White House launched an official TikTok account on…
Resilient economy key to stable RMB
The Chinese yuan has strengthened steadily against the US dollar this year, with the offshore yuan gaining over 2 percent year-to-date. Economists attribute the increase to both external and domestic…
Ningxia Hui deals represent boost for China-UAE trade
The China-UAE Economic and Trade Cooperation Promotion Conference is held in Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui autonomous region on Aug 28, 2025. China and the UAE signed on to 11 trade and…
China’s social media platforms rush to abide by AI-generated content labelling law
The law, which was issued in March, requires explicit and implicit labels for AI-generated text, images, audio, video and other virtual content. Explicit markings must be clearly visible to users,…