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Morning Brief | NetEase Cloud Music’s HarmonyOS edition officially launches / Ren Zhengfei reiterates “Huawei does not make cars” / Tencent’s QClaw to cease operations 🏢 Ren Zhengfei reiterates “Huawei does not make cars”; Huawei will continue helping Dongfeng build good cars 📈 DeepSeek’s annualized revenue run rate reportedly reaches US$1 billion, doubling in a matter of months 🎵 NetEase Cloud Music’s HarmonyOS edition officially launches, supporting playlist synchronization and use across multiple devices 💬 Richard Yu responds to the AITO adjustment: Seres proactively proposed taking the lead, while Huawei will focus on the other four “worlds” 💼 Tencent’s QClaw will cease operations on December 24, and users can migrate to WorkBuddy ✨ Tencent adds WeChat Mini Program generation and publishing capabilities to WorkBuddy 🏢 Doubao responds to rumors that its conversation team has been cut in half: this is merely an organizational adjustment in how responsibilities are divided 🤝 Qualcomm renews its global patent licensing agreement with Apple, effective in April 2027 🚀 Google will send a TPU into orbit next week to test conditions for operation in space 💡 Jeffrey Ding: AI leadership depends on widespread adoption, not being the first to launch a model 🧠 Google launches Gemini 3.8 Live Avatar, offering enterprises real-time AI avatars 📷 Nikon releases the Z5IIC full-frame camera for RMB 9,999 👓 The second-generation Rokid AI glasses make their debut at the Digital Trade Expo, adding shot-composition assistance and call translation 💳 Tencent officially launches TenPayGo, enabling overseas visitors to China to make payments by scanning QR codes 🪄 Tsinghua team makes the Puro-2B training plan public: estim…

Asia accounted for nine of the top 20 countries in Chainalysis’s 2026 Global Crypto Adoption Index, underscoring the region’s growing role in cryptocurrency adoption.

The FBI is investigating claims that ShinyHunters stole sensitive data belonging to thousands of current and former employees by exploiting an unknown flaw in the bureau’s recruitment website.

OpenAI’s Medicare hack is a bleak opportunity for Australia to address its security shortcomings post-haste Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced from the United Nations summit that an OpenAI agentic AI system had gained unauthorised access to public and non-public information from the country’s Medicare website.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said an OpenAI-built AI agent gained unauthorized access to an Australian government website in June.