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According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple's smart glasses project, codenamed N50, remains in early development and is far from ready. While Apple has a strong track record of creating small, innovative devices, its smart glasses development appears to be progressing slowly. Gurman writes that the N50 glasses aim to leverage "Apple Intelligence" capabilities, analyzing the surroundings and feeding information back to the wearer, but the glasses will not provide a full augmented reality (AR) experience.

Beijing, April 19, 2025 — Today, the world's first humanoid robot half marathon officially started in Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area (Yizhuang), marking a historic step in the innovative integration of robotics technology and sports competition. This event attracted nearly 20 humanoid robot teams from around the globe, competing alongside human runners in the 21.0975-kilometer half marathon. The "Tiangong" robot crossed the finish line first with an excellent time of 2 hours, 40 minutes, and 42 seconds, winning the championship and sparking widespread attention and discussion. Event overview 20

ABB Group announced plans to spin off its robotics business as a 100% independent entity, intending to submit the proposal to the 2026 Annual General Meeting. The plan aims to launch ABB Robotics as an independently traded public company in the second quarter of 2026. This move is designed to provide ABB Robotics with a more focused capital structure and governance, enhancing its growth potential. ABB Chairman, Peter Voser, stated that the board believes that spinning off the robotics business will better optimize both companies for their customers.

Isomorphic Labs, a platform focused on AI-powered drug discovery, founded in 2021 as a spin-off from Google's DeepMind, has secured $600 million in Series A funding led by Thrive Capital, with participation from GV and existing investor Alphabet (Google's parent company). This funding will accelerate the further development of Isomorphic's AI drug design engine and support the company's R&D efforts.

Who doesn't have an AI worker these days? But have you seen a cyber boss remotely controlling an AI army directly in a group chat? Recently, Xiaohongshu has been ablaze with this unique style – netizens are transforming into the domineering CEOs of AI companies, commanding and directing a group of AI models in group chats, staging a hilarious AI workplace drama. The instigator is Xiaohongshu user Komorebi, whose post about becoming an AI leader instantly ignited netizens' meme-making enthusiasm. She solemnly created a group chat...

DeepSeek announced a significant price adjustment for API calls during a promotional period. DeepSeek-V3 will be discounted to 50% of its original price, while DeepSeek-R1 will be reduced to a remarkable 25%. This initiative aims to encourage users to leverage platform resources during off-peak hours, enjoying more cost-effective and seamless service.

Recently, enterprise resource planning software company Workday Inc. announced it will lay off approximately 8.5% of its workforce, or 1,760 positions, in order to drive company growth and increase investment in artificial intelligence. This news was communicated to all employees through a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, with CEO Carl Eschenbach noting in a memo that Workday is at a 'critical moment' as various industries are rethinking how work is done, and the growing demand for artificial intelligence presents new opportunities for the company.

Spanish BBVA Bank (Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria) recently announced the successful global deployment of the ChatGPT Enterprise Edition to enhance employee efficiency and innovation. In just five months, the bank has created over 2900 customized GPT applications by closely collaborating with legal, compliance, and IT security teams to ensure the safe and responsible use of AI. BBVA Bank has always been at the forefront of technological innovation.

American semiconductor company AMD has recently announced a global workforce reduction of about 4%, with the number of layoffs expected to be under 1,000. This move comes as AMD continues to surpass Intel in the x86 processor market but faces fierce competition from industry giant Nvidia in its transition from graphics processing units (GPU) to artificial intelligence (AI) accelerators. An AMD spokesperson stated, 'To align our resources with our biggest growth opportunities, we are taking some targeted steps.'

Recently, the globally renowned robot vacuum manufacturer iRobot announced it will lay off approximately 105 employees, which accounts for 16% of its total workforce. This news was disclosed in the company's financial report, where iRobot's CEO Gary Cohen stated during the earnings call that this move, while challenging, fundamentally changes the way the company works with its partners, improving the efficiency of robot research and development as well as production. Cohen emphasized that iRobot has already...

The research team at Tsinghua University recently released a mobile sound source simulation platform named SonicSim, aiming to address the current data scarcity in the field of voice processing for mobile sound source scenarios. This platform is built on the Habitat-sim simulation platform, capable of realistically simulating real-world acoustic environments, providing higher quality data support for the training and evaluation of voice separation and enhancement models. Existing voice separation and enhancement datasets are mostly based on static sound sources, which are inadequate for the needs of mobile sound source scenarios.