October 18, 2026

DeepSeek Was Down for 5 Hours: Why Did Your AI App Go Down Too?

Background: DeepSeek is an artificial intelligence company and model developer.

DeepSeek

A Chinese AI company that develops large language models and offers a chat service and developer API. Reference ↗

After Hosting Xinwen Lianbo for 20 Years, Kang Hui Has One Reflection

Background: Xinwen Lianbo is China Central Television's flagship evening news program.

“Weekend tiger hunt”: Huang Ribo under investigation

Background: In Chinese political slang, a "tiger" refers to a high-ranking official targeted in an anti-corruption investigation.

Tesla’s flying sports car faces a challenge

Background: Tesla is an American company known for electric vehicles and clean-energy products.

Double Ninth Festival

Background: The Double Ninth Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday observed on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month.

Girl Fails Driving Test’s Third Subject and Finds Her Instructor Gone; A Voice Message Reveals Mahjong Sounds

Background: China’s third driving test section covers on-road driving skills.

The Documentary "Across a Thousand Mountains and Ten Thousand Rivers"

Background: A Chinese idiom meaning a long journey through many mountains and rivers.

The WeChat app for HarmonyOS is testing A2A support, allowing users to wake Xiaoyi by voice and send messages

Background: HarmonyOS is Huawei's operating system.

HarmonyOS

Huawei's operating-system family for connected devices. Features and app support vary by version and device. Reference ↗

If Song Jiang had refused the imperial amnesty, could the 108 heroes of Liangshan really have conquered the realm?

Background: Song Jiang and the 108 Liangshan heroes are characters from Water Margin, a classic Chinese novel.

What classic poems are worth reading for the Double Ninth Festival?

Background: The Double Ninth Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday observed on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month.

There are more and more junk games made entirely with AI on Steam. Why can’t the platform completely block these titles?

Background: Steam is a digital distribution platform for video games.

How should we view DeepSeek-4.1-flash-1017 fingerprinting as 6-astra, and how does the version perform in hands-on tests?

Background: DeepSeek is a Chinese AI company known for large language models. Model announcements and community claims require separate verification.

DeepSeek

A Chinese AI company that develops large language models and offers a chat service and developer API. Reference ↗

TF Family Posts Birthday Wishes for Zhang Hanrui

Background: TF Family is a Chinese entertainment company and talent group.

The National Museum Asks What Was Unearthed in Luoyang

Background: The National Museum of China is a major museum in Beijing.

A Noodle Shop Gives Fried Eggs to People Over 30 on the Double Ninth Festival

Background: The Double Ninth Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday associated with honoring older people.

Damai Has Already Reported It to the Police

Background: Damai is a Chinese ticketing platform for concerts, shows, and other live events.

Love and Deepspace and Blade Runner Collaboration

Background: Blade Runner is a science-fiction film franchise.

Bai Lu Takes the Center Spot in a Keep Running Group Photo

Background: Running Man is a reality-variety television franchise.

AI Agent Competition Shifts Toward Engineering: A Technical Stack Breakdown of Skills, Memory Engineering, and MCP Tooling

Background: MCP, or Model Context Protocol, is a standard for connecting AI models with external tools and data sources.

AI Chatbot Components: A Production-Grade Vue 3 and Spring AI Tutorial on ChatMemory, SSE Heartbeats, and Embeddable Component Packaging

Spring AI

A Spring project that helps Java applications connect to AI models, tools and data stores. Reference ↗