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🟠 Volkswagen’s last chance in China?
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☕️ Good morning, friends,
A milestone the Chinese can truly be proud of:
Chinese astronauts have become the first humans in history to grill food in space — chicken wings and steak, cooked in a smokeless oven brought aboard the space station by the new Shenzhou-21 crew.
Researchers call it a “breakthrough for quality of life in orbit.”
P.S. There’s also plenty of quality of life at our partner of the week, SNIEC — for example, at the Shanghai World of Packaging. 📦
📢 Highlights: Japan and Korea saw their biggest drop since April on Tuesday. After months of soaring gains, investors pulled the plug — Wall Street CEOs had warned that the AI euphoria was starting to look dangerously similar to the dot-com bubble.
TOP BIT
🔩 Volkswagen builds its own AI chip in China
Blume bets on bytes over burners
Volkswagen is taking action after its weakening performance in China.
The automaker now wants to build not only cars — but also the brains behind them: its own chips.
“By developing the chip here, we’re taking control of a key technology.”
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🇨🇳 Home game, high stakes: China is …