China AI Weekly: DeepSeek's Custom Chip Gambit, Zhipu's $4B Raise, and the Anthropomorphic AI Crackdown
China’s AI ecosystem is entering a new phase of strategic self-sufficiency. The week of July 4–11, 2026 brought a wave of developments that …
China’s AI ecosystem is entering a new phase of strategic self-sufficiency. The week of July 4–11, 2026 brought a wave of developments that …
Microsoft has added external identity support for Domainless SAML IdP federation to Azure Virtual Desktop. Aligned with the general availability of …
This is the week everything landed. After a two-week government vetting delay, GPT-5.6 hit general availability on July 9 — and OpenAI didn’t …
While the Microsoft Entra “What’s New” page hasn’t been updated with a July 2026 section yet, the Microsoft Entra Blog on Tech …
Microsoft dropped three significant Windows 365 updates in the July 6 and June 15 What’s New entries — covering policy management, encryption …
Anthropic’s summer 2026 shipping cycle hit full stride this week, delivering what may be the most consequential cluster of updates since the …
Microsoft has announced that RDP Multipath with redundant TCP transport paths is now generally available for Azure Virtual Desktop. This marks the …
Microsoft has officially declared RDP Multipath with redundant TCP transport paths generally available for Windows 365 Cloud PC, appearing in the Week …
Visual Studio Code 1.128 is out today, and it continues the rapid pace of AI-first editor improvements we’ve seen all year. This release focuses …
The week of July 8, 2026, is shaping up to be one of the most consequential in xAI’s history. The company is launching its most capable model to …
Microsoft Intune’s Service Release 2606 continues to roll out with a second wave of updates that didn’t get coverage in our initial 2606 …
Microsoft’s Copilot platform has reached its most significant strategic inflection point since the initial launch. Entering Q3 2026, Microsoft …