🎙 The CTR Podcast — 11 September 2026
Your audio digest of China technology news. Today's podcast covers 6 stories.
Latest News
- ACE Robotics and NTU launched Puffin-World, an open-source multimodal model advancing embodied AI. It integrates diverse sensory inputs (visual, text) to build a holistic, predictive world model, enabling robots to move toward proactive, generalized reasoning.
Read the original story at Puffin-World: New Open-Source Multimodal Model Advances Robotic Perception and Decision-Making - iQOO unveiled the iQOO 16, debuting a radical, futuristic design featuring holographic elements. This shift prioritizes aesthetic innovation in the premium smartphone sector, aiming to challenge market leaders by making visual differentiation a key selling point.
Read the original story at iQOO 16 Debuts with Radical Holographic Makeover, Redefining Premium Smartphone Design - Cambricon Day-0 successfully integrated DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash onto the vLLM inference stack. This engineering milestone optimizes LLM performance for high-throughput, low-latency tasks, efficiently utilizing the specialized computational topology of the Day-0 platform.
Read the original story at Cambricon Day-0 Successfully Deploys DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on vLLM Stack - Macao's MPay platform is integrating autonomous AI agents to execute sophisticated financial transactions. This allows designated AI entities to manage payments based on complex user intent, marking a major shift toward operational autonomy in digital finance.
Read the original story at Macao's MPay Integrates Autonomous AI Agents for Sophisticated Financial Transactions - Beijing has frozen new energy-storage battery plant approvals amid severe overcapacity concerns. This regulatory pause signals a strategic shift from unrestrained growth to market discipline, aiming to stabilize prices and address the glut in China's dominant battery supply chain.
Read the original story at Beijing Freezes Battery Plant Approvals Amid Overcapacity Crisis - Huawei is deploying comprehensive indoor network solutions across Saudi Arabia to support Vision 2030. These advanced systems will provide robust, high-capacity connectivity for critical environments like airports and hospitals, enhancing digital infrastructure.
Read the original story at Huawei to Deploy Comprehensive Indoor Network Solutions Across Saudi Arabia