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🎙 The CTR Podcast — 18 October 2026
Your audio digest of China technology news. Today's podcast covers 6 stories.
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- DeepSeek released V4.1-Flash-1017, an open-source LLM featuring MIT-licensed weights and improved agentic coding skills, encouraging wider commercial adoption through permissive licensing.
Read the original story at DeepSeek Releases V4.1-Flash-1017: Advancing Open-Source LLMs with MIT Weights - Peng Cheng launched Cloud Brain III, deploying 10,000 PFLOPS of domestic AI computing power to bolster China's self-sufficiency in high-performance, sovereign AI infrastructure.
Read the original story at Peng Cheng Launches Cloud Brain III with 10,000 PFLOPS Domestic AI Computing Power - Honor’s WIN 2 series debuts the world's first Visionox 2K 185Hz display, signaling a premium mobile shift toward ultra-high refresh rates for superior visual fidelity and gaming performance.
Read the original story at Honor WIN 2 Series Features World's First Visionox 2K 185Hz Display - Asia's AI adoption is creating an economic divide; while manufacturing benefits from tech investment, rising energy demands threaten growth prospects in nations lacking reliable power.
Read the original story at AI and Climate: How Tech Integration is Splitting Asia's Economic Future - Vivo S70 is set to launch with an innovative attachable telephoto extender system, aiming to provide users with professional optical zoom capabilities without compromising flagship design.
Read the original story at Vivo S70 Set to Launch with Revolutionary Attachable Telephoto Extender System - Researchers engineered a zero-gate-bias 2D photo-transistor using tungsten disulfide that achieves ultra-sensitive nanoscale electrical detection for monitoring delicate semiconductor processes.
Read the original story at Zero-Gate-Bias 2D Photo-Transistor Achieves Ultra-Sensitive Nanoscale Electrical Detection