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Research from Omdia shows that in the first quarter of 2026, due to rising costs leading to price increases for some brands, the overall market continued its downward trend. The smartphone market in mainland China declined 1% year-on-year, with shipments of 69.8 million units.

According to China Business Journal, market sources suggested that #Honor was in discussions with #ByteDance regarding collaboration on the "#Doubao Phone." In response, Honor stated that after internal confirmation, the relevant rumors are not true.

K-Bank, South Korea's first pure online bank, announced on Thursday that it plans to go public next month. The bank had previously postponed or canceled its initial public offering (IPO) plans three times.

#Tesla Vice President Tao Lin stated in a post that the #Shanghai Gigafactory accounted for over half of Tesla's global deliveries in 2025. Additionally, the energy storage super factory’s production capacity has begun supplying multiple markets both within #China and abroad.

On January 15, #Ericsson announced plans to reduce its workforce in #Sweden, aiming to improve cost efficiency. Ericsson has submitted a redundancy notice to the Swedish Public Employment Service, and the layoffs are expected to affect approximately 1,600 positions.

Data released by South #Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on Thursday shows that the country’s automotive exports reached a record $72 billion in 2025, marking a 1.7% increase from $70.8 billion in 2024 and surpassing the previous record of $70.9 billion set in 2023.

Despite a seasonal slowdown in property transactions during the holiday month of December, sales of new residential units in Singapore for 2025 still reached a multi-year high.

#TokyoGas Co., Ltd., #Japan's largest city gas supplier, stated on Monday that it has sold its U.S. subsidiary TVL LLC to #GrayrockEnergy for $255 million. In a statement, the company said the divestiture of the unit which is part of its asset portfolio optimization strategy.

Since surging past $126,000 in October, #Bitcoin's price has fallen sharply, briefly erasing all its gains in 2025 before stabilizing in early Asian trading on Monday. This sharp pullback from record highs comes in a year when Bitcoin's legitimacy was supposed to be consolidated.

During the 2025 Xiamen Entrepreneurs Day conference, Guo Jinyi, Co-founder and CEO of #Luckin Coffee, said, "Under the guidance of the municipal party committee and government, we are actively promoting the process of returning to the U.S. main board for listing."

At the 2025 #Baidu World Conference held today, Baidu founder #RobinLi shared insights, noting that over the past year, the #AI industry has been shifting from an unhealthy "upright pyramid" structure towards a healthier large-scale model product structure.

#PopMart announced on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that its overall revenue for the third quarter of 2025 (unaudited) increased by 245%-250% compared to the same period in 2024. Specifically, revenue in China grew by 185%-190%, while overseas revenue surged by 365%-370% .

Some #iPhone users have recently reported typing errors, with the space bar unresponsive and keyboard lag. The issue is attributed to a bug in the #iOS26 system input method: the keyboard randomly inserts incorrect letters, which is not caused by auto-correction or user error.

#Kingsoft Office held a multi-dimensional table communication meeting today, announcing that its #WPS Spreadsheets series products have surpassed 100 million daily active devices in China.

#Alibaba's #Quark has been internally advancing an AI business codenamed "Project C," with its first results set to be unveiled soon. Multiple sources indicate that the project is led by Quark's core team, with several senior members from the Tongyi Lab also participating.

#Micron, a U.S. storage-chip manufacturer, was adjusting its business in China. In response, #Micron said that, given the continuously weak financial performance of mobile #NAND products in the market, the company would cease the global development of future mobile NAND products.

#Nepal plans to waive climbing permit fees for 97 peaks over next 2 years, aiming to encourage tourists to climb these less famous peaks instead of flocking to Mount Everest, the world's highest peak. Mountain climbing tourism is one of the important sources of income for Nepal.

Elon #Musk stated that his artificial intelligence startup xAI will sue Apple Inc. on the grounds that #Apple allegedly favors competitors in the artificial intelligence field in its App Store, which he claims violates antitrust regulations.

Regarding market rumors claiming "#NVIDIA and #AMD agreed to remit 15% of AI chip sales revenue from China to the U.S. government," NVIDIA stated that it complies with all U.S. government regulations governing global market participation. AMD has not issued any response.

#OpenAI recently unveiled its latest AI model, GPT-5. OpenAI OpCo, LLC has filed two "#GPT-5" trademark applications in China under international classifications for website services and scientific instruments, both currently undergoing re-examination after initial rejection.