TechFlow Intelligence Bureau: China Blocks Meta’s $2 Billion Acquisition of Manus; Multiple DeepSeek Core Team Members Depart for Major Tech Firms
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TechFlow Intelligence Bureau: China Blocks Meta’s $2 Billion Acquisition of Manus; Multiple DeepSeek Core Team Members Depart for Major Tech Firms
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DeepSeek V4 Pro: Limited-Time 25% Discount; Cache Pricing Permanently Slashed
The official DeepSeek website is offering a limited-time 25% discount on V4 Pro. Simultaneously, the company announced a permanent, substantial price reduction for its cache service—further lowering inference costs.Zhihu
> Hot Take: With price wars reaching this intensity, OpenAI is probably holding an emergency meeting tonight asking, “What on earth can we still profit from?”
Multiple DeepSeek Core Team Members Depart for Major Tech Firms, Sparking Industry Attention
Several key DeepSeek engineers have left to join top-tier tech companies. The community is actively debating how significantly this exodus may impact DeepSeek’s technical iteration pace and team stability.Zhihu
OpenAI-Linked News Site Exposed as Fully AI-Generated
This news site uses AI agents to contact interviewees and publicly criticizes AI skeptics—sparking renewed debate over AI media ethics.Mashable
Anthropic’s Claude Remote Found Using GLM-4.7
The community discovered that Anthropic’s Claude Remote feature relies on Zhipu’s GLM-4.7 model under the hood, prompting discussion across technical circles about Anthropic’s model selection strategy.Reddit
Crypto / Web3
U.S. Supreme Court Case May Redefine Digital Privacy
A case involving geofencing technology is currently before the Supreme Court; its ruling could fundamentally reshape how law enforcement accesses digital location data.NPR
World’s First Tokenized IPO Completed on Regulated Exchange
Lise (Lightning Stock Exchange) announced completion of the first-ever IPO executed entirely on a fully regulated, natively tokenized market infrastructure.CrowdFund Insider
Major Token Unlock Events Total Over $330M This Week
According to Tokenomist, large unlocks are scheduled over the next seven days for SUI, JUP, SIGN, EIGEN, OMNI, among others—with individual unlocks exceeding $5M. Linear unlocks include SOL, TRUMP, and WLD.Twitter
Purrlend Protocol Attacked, Losses ~$1.5M
The lending protocol Purrlend—deployed on MegaETH and HyperEVM—was compromised after its admin account was allegedly breached; the attacker gained BRIDGE_ROLE privileges and launched the attack.Twitter
BTC Retreats After Hitting 12-Week High of $79,399
Bitcoin has now stalled at the $79,000 level for the third time in eight trading days. This week brings interest-rate decisions from both the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank.Twitter
Chips / Hardware
Intel Sells “Lower-Expectation” CPUs Previously Destined for Scrap—Boosting Yield
Owing to overwhelming demand, Intel has begun selling chips it would normally discard or classify as “lower-expectation.” Customers are increasingly willing to accept subpar units to meet urgent supply needs.Tom's Hardware
> Hot Take: Intel: “We don’t manufacture trash—we merely redistribute it.” Customers: “If it boots, even scrap will do.”
AMD Launches Hipfire Inference Engine Optimized for AMD GPUs
The new engine is deeply optimized for AMD GPUs, potentially strengthening AMD’s competitiveness in the AI inference market.Reddit
STAR 50 Index Surges 3.76%; Entire Semiconductor Chip Chain Explodes
Domestic chip stocks surged collectively; Luxshare Precision hit its daily limit-up, and AI compute hardware stocks rebounded.Cailian Press
Tech Companies
China’s NDRC Blocks Meta’s $2B Acquisition of Manus, Orders Deal Reversal
Citing national security concerns, China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) rejected Meta’s acquisition of VR glove maker Manus—the first time China has directly blocked a U.S. tech giant’s overseas M&A in the VR hardware space.Zhihu
Richard Yu Prices New Huawei Product $100 Below Xiaomi Equivalent
At Huawei’s new product launch, Richard Yu explicitly benchmarked against Xiaomi—and undercut its pricing by $100. Whether this aggressive price-war tactic can be sustained remains widely debated.Zhihu
Microsoft Releases Emergency Security Update for macOS and Linux ASP.NET
Microsoft issued an emergency patch addressing a critical vulnerability affecting ASP.NET on macOS and Linux platforms.Ars Technica
U.S. Equities
Super Earnings Week Ahead: MAG7 to Report En Masse
The Magnificent Seven (MAG7) tech giants will release earnings this week—alongside nearly one-third of the S&P 500 constituents—heightening expectations for market volatility.Cailian Press
OpenAI Partners with Qualcomm and MediaTek on Smartphone AI Chips
OpenAI announced collaborations with Qualcomm and MediaTek to co-develop smartphone AI chips; Qualcomm’s pre-market shares jumped 9%.Investing.com
Finance / Macro
Senator Tillis Backs Walsh for Fed Chair—Final Obstacle Removed
Senator Tillis—who previously insisted on concluding the DOJ’s criminal investigation into Powell before approving Walsh—announced his support for Walsh following the investigation’s termination last week, ending months of deadlock.6551
Arthur Hayes: $15 Trillion Credit Expansion Could Push BTC to $1M
BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes predicted at Korea Blockchain Week that, if the U.S. government gains full monetary-policy control via stablecoin regulation and the Genius Act, a $15.2 trillion credit expansion could occur by 2028—breaking the four-year cycle and propelling Bitcoin past $1 million.Twitter
> Hot Take: Hayes’ forecast will either make you rich—or make you question reality. Either way, he’s already financially free.
New Products / Emerging Trends
Kinetix AI Unveils KAI—the Most Human-Like Humanoid Robot Yet
KAI boasts more degrees of freedom than any other humanoid robot, featuring hybrid dexterous hands and 18,000 sensors distributed across its soft, biomimetic body—hailed as the closest human clone ever built.Reddit
Today’s Undercurrent
As DeepSeek’s core talent departs, Intel sells “substandard” chips, and Meta hits a wall in China, today’s tech ecosystem tells a single story: the golden age of globalization is over. Technical talent is flowing back to large tech firms seeking stability; supply chains are compromising quality standards to meet surging demand; and geopolitical forces are redrawing the map of technological influence. Meanwhile, Arthur Hayes bets on a $15 trillion flood of liquidity—the real undercurrent: when the old order collapses, everyone scrambles to stockpile chips for the next game.
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