Apple's first touchscreen MacBook Pro tops out above 110,000 yuan. Unveiled October 29 Beijing time, the new MacBook Pro is the first Mac with on-screen touch and Dynamic Island, using a ProLED XDR display built on tandem OLED technology. It comes in 14- and 16-inch versions with M5 Pro or M5 Max chips; per Apple China, preorders open October 30 and sales start November 6 from 22,999 yuan. Users can touch the screen to scroll pages, zoom photos, drag slides, manipulate 3D models or play virtual instruments; Apple says the touch sensors are embedded directly in the display panel and macOS converts touch input into clicks, so many existing apps support touch out of the box, with a reworked hinge for stability. The top configuration offers 128GB of unified memory and 16TB of storage, with battery life rated up to 24 hours.

Apple releases its first touchscreen MacBook Pro, top configuration over 110,000 yuan On October 29 Beijing time, Apple unveiled the all-new MacBook Pro, bringing touchscreen input and Dynamic Island to the Mac for the first time, with a PROLED XDR display built on two-layer tandem OLED technology. The new machines come in 14-inch and 16-inch versions with M5 Pro or M5 Max chips. According to Apple's China announcement, pre-orders open on October 30 and official sales start on November 6, with a starting price of 22,999 yuan. For interaction, users can touch the screen directly to scroll web pages, zoom photos, drag and drop slides, manipulate 3D models, or play virtual instruments. Apple said the touch sensors are embedded directly in the display panel, and macOS can convert touch input into taps, so many existing apps support touch out of the box. The hinge design has also been reworked to improve stability during touchscreen use. The machines can be configured with up to 128GB of unified memory and 16TB of storage; Apple claims up to 24 hours of battery life, with charging to up to 50% in about 30 minutes. A 16.3-inch touchscreen MacBook Pro with an M5 Max processor, 128GB of unified memory, and a 16TB drive is listed at 112,600 yuan on Apple's website. (Source: Phoenix Tech) Unitree releases its first financial report, with net profit of 387 million yuan for the first three quarters On the evening of October 28, Unitree Technology released its Q3 2026 report, its first financial report since going public. The report shows the company posted quarterly revenue of 665 million yuan, up 69.93% year-over-year, and net profit attributable to shareholders of 113 million yuan, down 17.37% year-over-year. From the start of the year to the end of the reporting period, cumulative revenue reached 1.817 billion yuan, up 55.71% year-over-year; total profit was 413 million yuan, up 143.05%; and net profit attributable to shareholders was 387 million yuan, up 270.54%. Unitree's R&D spending also rose: Q3 R&D investment alone was 127 million yuan, up 249.58% year-over-year and equal to 19.1% of quarterly revenue, while cumulative R&D investment for the first three quarters was 263 million yuan, up 191.48% and equal to 14.47% of revenue. The company said the growth in R&D spending mainly reflects continued expansion of investment in embodied intelligence — especially a sharp rise in research and compute spending related to embodied large models — as well as team expansion and ongoing new product development. (Source: Sina Tech) DeepSeek V5 large model spotted in official code repositories Recently netizens noticed that DeepSeek has started rotating a new large-model fingerprint again: code for DeepSeek V5 has appeared directly in its official repositories, prompting speculation that a new model may be about to launch. New code has already shown up in the official DeepSeek Harness repository, including DeepSeek-V5, V5-open, V5-next, and more. The point of this design is that DeepSeek can turn on v5 simply by changing /models on the server side, with no client release required. It can also be read as DeepSeek officially making early preparations for the release of the DeepSeek V5 series: placeholders are already in place, so after launch the server side only needs to change /models, and clients will support it without shipping a new version. (Source: MyDrivers) NeuroXess completes a 700 million yuan Series B round On October 28, NeuroXess announced the completion of a 700 million yuan (RMB) Series B round. By investor type, the round was led overall by state-owned capital, while industrial capital 'crossed over' to take part, with leading institutions from sectors including semiconductors, medical devices, and materials. The company said the proceeds will fund multicenter clinical trials and registration approval for its 'fully implantable, fully wireless, fully functional' ('3-All') brain-computer interface system, construction of a super-factory for mass production, next-generation product R&D, and exploration of BCI+AI integration. Fully implantable means all core components, including the battery, are implanted in the body with nothing exposed on the skin; fully wireless means both power and data transmission happen wirelessly, so showering, sleeping, and social life are unaffected; fully functional means the same system handles motor decoding as well as speech decoding and environmental control. According to figures provided by NeuroXess, the system has so far completed 65 clinical trial cases. (Source: 36Kr) Tesla plans to use humanoid robots to plug and unplug Robotaxi charging connectors In a recent interview, Tesla Vice President of Vehicle Engineering Lars Moravy and Cybercab program lead Eric Early said Tesla plans to use Optimus humanoid robots to plug and unplug the charging connector for Robotaxis while it continues to develop more fully automated wireless charging systems. The two said: 'We hope Optimus will soon be able to do this job for us.' Today Tesla still relies on staff to manually charge its driverless Robotaxis, and at this stage Superchargers are the only charging option available for the Cybercab, because the vehicle does not support AC charging. But Optimus's role in the plan is more of a stopgap. Tesla said that as new infrastructure is gradually built out, it is developing more highly automated charging methods. Still, judging by current progress, Cybercab wireless charging may well not arrive next year, and Tesla may need even longer to bring the system to the maturity and reliability that real-world operations require. (Source: IT Home) Anthropic drops coding interviews: they have lost their meaning On October 28, Felix Rieseberg, an Anthropic recruiting manager and engineering lead for Claude-related products, announced on social media that his team has formally removed traditional coding interviews from its hiring process. He said traditional coding interview assessments are outdated and have lost their meaning, and starting this month they will no longer be part of candidate evaluation. Rieseberg noted that he has seen too many traditional code assessments, a format that no longer reflects the real abilities of modern developers. He also believes that dropping such interviews is an opportunity for junior engineers, who will no longer be shut out because of rote algorithm memorization or whiteboard coding. (Source: Phoenix Tech) Tencent Video unveils its 2027 drama slate, with The Three-Body Problem: Dark Forest and a Wandering Earth short-story collection on the list On October 28, Tencent Video released its 2027 slate of major dramas, which includes The Three-Body Problem: Dark Forest and The Supernova Era, adapted from Liu Cixin's science fiction novels, as well as The Wandering Earth Short Stories and Three-Body: Da Shi. According to the description, The Supernova Era is directed by Shen Yan (known for The First Half of My Life, Cell Phone, and The Rise of Phoenixes) and written by Nie Chengshuai (known for The Heart of Genius). As an apocalyptic trial quietly descends, humanity will face a stern challenge, and 'growing up' takes on a new proposition... The young assemble and head into the unknown; a brand-new story is about to begin. Also, at the 2026 Three-Body Day event, director Yang Lei confirmed that Three-Body: Da Shi is set to begin shooting in the fourth quarter of 2026 and is in the final sprint before filming starts, with the entire cast back in their roles. The first round of casting for The Three-Body Problem: Dark Forest series was officially announced in June this year: Yu Hewei will play Shi Qiang, Duan Long (Duan Yihong) will play Zhang Beihai, and Lin Yongjian, in a special appearance, will play Chang Weisi. (Source: IT Home) Doubao Work adds a new feature: saving recorded computer operations as skills On the morning of October 28, Doubao announced via its official account that the computer-operation capabilities of Doubao Work have been upgraded overall: after previously supporting cross-app operation and recording browser actions as skills, this update supports saving recorded computer operations as skills. Per the introduction, users can demonstrate a task once while narrating as they go, teaching the method to Doubao Work. Once learned, Doubao saves it as a skill and can follow it next time; tasks also keep running after a Mac locks its screen. When recording ends, Doubao Work organizes the workflow and narration into a personal skill. The next time a similar task comes up, select that skill, tell it what to handle this time, and you are spared from repeatedly explaining the steps. (Source: IT Home) WorkBuddy launches phone-to-computer remote control with live screen view Tencent's WorkBuddy announced on October 28 that, with technical support from Tencent's Edge One team, WorkBuddy has officially launched 'Remote Control.' Open the app on a phone, connect to a computer with one tap, and you can see a live view of the desktop and take over directly. Once the two devices are connected, the computer screen appears as a small floating window at the top of the app's home page or chat page, with the input box below working as usual — so if a task drifts off course it can still be corrected in time. Beyond watching the computer screen live on the phone, once connected you can go a step further and control the big screen from the small one, operating the computer remotely. Tap 'Full Screen' to switch to landscape mode, and wherever your finger taps, the computer clicks the same spot. (Source: IT Home) 2026 Li Auto i6 launches with a limited-time starting price of 239,800 yuan On October 28, the 2026 Li Auto i6 officially launched with a single trim, at a national unified retail price of 249,800 yuan and a limited-time launch price of 239,800 yuan; deliveries begin in early November. This is Li Auto's battery-electric SUV for the global market, which already made its European debut at the Paris Motor Show. The update upgrades six areas — lighting, screens, seats, storage, chips, and range — and debuts Li Auto's Lianshan electric technology system. Powertrain and battery are the focus of this update: the entire lineup switches to a 96kWh 5C lithium iron phosphate Lianshan battery, with CLTC range of 780 km for the rear-wheel-drive version and 710 km for the four-wheel-drive version, up 60 km and 50 km respectively over the outgoing model. The car supports 5C fast charging, adding 500 km of range in 10 minutes of charging. (Source: Sohu Auto) US company pays 20 dollars an hour for people to walk robot dogs According to The New York Times, earlier this month a San Francisco startup called Dimensional posted an unusual job listing: hiring people to walk robot dogs, no relevant experience required. The report says the hourly pay for walking robot dogs is roughly on par with walking real dogs, but the robots need to roam city sidewalks longer to complete data-collection tasks. The listing specifies walking four to six hours straight per session. Notably, the ad warns applicants that the robot dogs may stop working midway because of overheating, so the walkers must be able to carry the roughly 33-pound (about 15 kg) equipment securely. Dimensional says the robot-dog walkers are being recruited to generate 'real baseline data,' so that the open-source robot operating system the company is developing can be embedded into the robots, letting users direct them to do work in the real world. (Source: IT Home)

苹果首款触屏Mac来了：起售22999元，顶配超11万