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TREE NEWS update: An international research team has identified the host galaxy of the most distant fast radio burst ever detected, using South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope. South Africa’s national radio astronomy observatory announced the finding. Fast radio bursts are brief, violent releases of radio waves lasting only milliseconds but emitting enormous energy.

TREE NEWS update: Privy is bringing its wallet infrastructure to the XRP Ledger through a partnership with Ripple, aiming to embed XRPL wallets inside fintech apps and give AI agents a way to spend. Transaction rules and fee coverage remain on Privy’s roadmap. The move targets stablecoin payments on XRPL.

TREE NEWS update: Shandong’s provincial government office issued an implementation opinion on accelerating high-quality development of the data industry, calling for deeper data annotation and processing. The plan backs cities and counties with the right conditions to build AI-focused data annotation industries, and pushes development of intelligent annotation and 4D labeling technologies to raise capability in complex fields such as fintech and biomedicine, moving the sector toward technology-intensive, higher-value-added work.

TREE NEWS update: Pony.ai said its seventh-generation Robotaxi is now being tested in Manchester. The company said that under its “China + overseas” dual-engine strategy and a co-built fleet model, a plan for more than 2,000 Robotaxis across five European cities is being progressively unlocked.

TREE NEWS update: Anthropic said it signed a cooperation agreement with the Singapore government covering AI safety, security, model evaluation and research. The deal, reached with Singapore’s Ministry of Digital Development and Information, also covers ways to strengthen AI skills in Singapore and the sharing of research findings and data; the value was not disclosed. Anthropic also opened an office in Singapore, its fifth location in Asia-Pacific.

TREE NEWS update: Unisplendour announced that it expects net profit attributable to shareholders for Q1–Q3 2026 to reach RMB 2.42 billion to RMB 3.06 billion. This represents an increase of 72.38% to 117.97% from RMB 1.404 billion in the same period last year. Non-recurring net profit is expected to rise 43.84% to 87.68%, to RMB 2.1 billion to RMB 2.74 billion. The drivers include AI infrastructure demand, overseas expansion, and the additional acquisition of a 6.98% stake in H3C in May 2026, which raised its holding to 87.98%.

TREE NEWS update: Unisplendour said it expects net profit attributable to shareholders of RMB 2.42 billion to RMB 3.06 billion for the first three quarters of 2026, up 72.38% to 117.97% from RMB 1.404 billion a year earlier. Non-recurring net profit is forecast at RMB 2.1 billion to RMB 2.74 billion, a rise of 43.84% to 87.68%, on AI infrastructure demand, overseas expansion and the May 2026 purchase of an additional 6.98% stake in H3C, lifting its holding to 87.98%.

TREE NEWS update: Elite Robots presented its embodied intelligence platform at the China International Industry Fair, using its self-developed ‘Yuanqi Primo’ large model to drive multiple robot form factors. The company brought a real production line to the show floor to demonstrate a closed loop from AI perception to execution in live operations, aiming to scale embodied intelligence deployment.

TREE NEWS update: Apple’s China-market iPhone Duo foldable (model A3721) completed a license swap on Sept. 29 adding registration numbers for the large language models it runs. The device had received a trial approval license on Sept. 2. The filing listing includes Apple Intelligence and Alibaba’s Qwen.

TREE NEWS update: The 2026 iFlytek Global 1024 Developer Festival opened on October 22 at the China National Convention Center Phase II in Beijing under the theme “Unleash Productivity, Unleash Imagination.” The main forum will release Spark X2.6 and a new cloud-plus-device collaboration solution, alongside advances in intelligent speech and multimodal human-computer interaction. Co-located expos in Beijing and Hefei will showcase AI applications in education, healthcare, office and automotive, with eight industry sub-forums and an upgrade to the “Token+Agent” Spark developer ecosystem.

TREE NEWS reports: TrendForce forecasts the world’s top nine cloud service providers will spend more than $957 billion on capex in 2026, up 106% year on year, and over $1.5 trillion in 2027, up 60%. The nine CSPs are Google, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle, ByteDance, Tencent, Alibaba and Baidu. TrendForce raised its 2027 growth estimate from 50% to 60%, citing higher server prices, component shortages and prepayment demands from suppliers.

TREE NEWS reports: TrendForce forecasts that the world’s top nine cloud service providers (CSPs) will spend more than $957 billion on capex in 2026, up 106% year-over-year, and over $1.5 trillion in 2027, up 60%. These nine CSPs include Google, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle, ByteDance, Tencent, Alibaba, and Baidu. TrendForce has raised its 2027 growth forecast from 50% to 60%, citing higher server prices, component shortages, and upfront payment requirements from suppliers.

TREE NEWS update: TrendForce projects that the world’s top nine cloud service providers (CSPs) will spend over $957 billion on capital expenditure in 2026, a 106% year-over-year increase, and surpass $1.5 trillion in 2027, a 60% increase. These nine CSPs include Google, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle, ByteDance, Tencent, Alibaba, and Baidu. TrendForce has revised its 2027 growth forecast upward from 50% to 60%, citing rising server prices, component shortages, and suppliers’ demands for prepayment.

TREE NEWS update: TrendForce forecasts that the world’s top 9 cloud service providers (CSPs) will spend more than $957 billion on capex in 2026, up 106% year-over-year, and exceed $1.5 trillion by 2027, up 60%. These 9 CSPs include Google, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle, ByteDance, Tencent, Alibaba, and Baidu. TrendForce has revised up its 2027 growth forecast from 50% to 60%, citing rising server prices, component shortages, and suppliers demanding prepayment.

TREE NEWS update: Anthropic will disclose its third-quarter financial data to potential investors for the first time on Wednesday local time, as the Claude developer prepares for an IPO. The figures are expected to serve as a key gauge of its revenue growth, profitability and potential valuation. It remains unclear which specific metrics Anthropic will release, or whether its revenue accounting includes income from cloud computing partners.

TREE NEWS reports: OpenAI is in early acquisition talks with New York-based cybersecurity company Trail of Bits, with no deal value disclosed and no public confirmation from either side. The move would add a security research and engineering team to OpenAI’s business lines. Trail of Bits, founded in 2012 and staffed at around 40 people, has audited smart contracts for Uniswap, Aave, Worldcoin and Arbitrum, and maintains open-source tools including Slither, Echidna and Manticore.

TREE NEWS update: Qwen Office released an AI productivity tool for the e-commerce industry, the Qwen Office E-Commerce Edition, on October 14, aimed at upgrading how merchants operate. The product is now in invite-only testing, with users able to switch to an “e-commerce operations” mode. It offers cross-platform dashboards, trend and selling-point analysis, bulk generation of hit-product creatives and cross-platform ROI optimization, and connects to tools including Shengyi Canmou, Youzan and Qianniu.

TREE NEWS update: Nvidia has committed to invest $250 million over five years in UK research on AI agent safety. The pledge covers a five-year period and targets work on the safety of agentic AI systems in the United Kingdom. No further terms or partner institutions were disclosed.

TREE NEWS reports: New York Fed President John Williams said the supply squeeze from AI is likely to persist beyond two years. His comments came as he reaffirmed his view that the US Federal Reserve may need to raise interest rates once more this year.

TREE NEWS update: At the 2026 Paris Motor Show, XPeng chairman He Xiaopeng announced the company will open its smart-vehicle technology to global partners, covering three core areas: vehicle platforms, modular technology and a full tool chain. The vehicle platform covers platform architecture and electrical/electronic architecture; modular technology spans smart driving, AI BOX, chips, batteries and electric drive; the tool chain includes remote XCP calibration, vehicle EOL and AI diagnostics.