Tencent CEO Pony Ma sharply criticized the Doubao phone as “extremely unsafe and irresponsible” at the company’s year-end meeting in late January 2026. However, recent reports from China’s supply chain reveal that ByteDance launched the official version project of its Doubao phone assistant at the end of 2025, aiming to release a next-generation model in the second quarter of 2026.

If the first revolution in artificial intelligence (AI) data centers was the move from air cooling to liquid cooling, the second is now unfolding: equipping cooling distribution units (CDUs) with on-board intelligence.

Salesforce has released its outlook on artificial intelligence (AI) trends for 2026, describing the year as a turning point for the emergence of what it calls the “agentic enterprise.” Citing its latest research, the company said that AI adoption by chief information officers has increased by 282%. However, concerns around data reliability and governance remain the primary constraint on scaling enterprise automation.

Last week, Apple released its latest financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2026, with the iPhone 17 series continuing to post strong sales. Overall, iPhone shipments grew 23% year over year, with particularly standout performance in the Chinese market. Apple CEO Tim Cook said the number of users switching from Android to Apple far exceeded expectations. Considering that China’s overall smartphone market did not actually grow in the previous quarter, this implies a relative decline in market share for other Chinese smartphone brands. This undoubtedly adds revenue pressure for other SoC vendors such as MediaTek and Qualcomm.