VulnCheck found a backdoor in Zbtlink routers. Chinese router maker Zbtlink then replied the code in its firmware is "solely intended for after-sales maintenance." Its download page has since pulled the affected firmware over "firmware security vulnerabilities." 👀 VulnCheck's Jacob Baines says 20+ Zbtlink models ship with a root-level implant that phones home to a hardcoded C2 with no authentication, anyone on the network path can hijack it. Stay vigilant. These routers are sold as ZBT, ZBTWiFi and Wiflyer on Amazon and Alibaba.

In response to Zhang Xue's claim that ZXMotor plans to open a store in Taiwan by 2027 and offer Taiwanese riders the same after-sales service as mainland owners, State Council Taiwan Affairs Office said cross-strait compatriots are one family and we are willing to share quality mainland products, support two-way investment and win-win cooperation.

Most AI benchmarks test whether a model can give the right answer. CommerceAgentBench asks whether an agent can actually finish the work. Accio has open-sourced 107 e-commerce tasks across procurement, product listings, operations, fulfillment and after-sales. Agents work across browsers, email, calendars, documents, APIs and files. Crucially, they are not graded on what they claim to have done. The benchmark verifies what they actually changed, saved or submitted. Take the Gmail procurement case. The agent must search roughly 300 messy emails, identify the real suppliers, reconstruct the latest quotes, compare six Incoterms and four currencies, calculate landed costs and detect payment fraud. Then it must choose a supplier, label the relevant emails, save a reply draft and create a kickoff event. This is the kind of benchmark I find genuinely useful. It measures agents more like workers than chatbots. And the results show why human oversight still matters: the best observed run completed only 66 of 107 tasks, a 61.7% pass rate. And since 2026 is literally the year of agents, this is more important than ever. Accio says the tasks draw on 10M SMB users, 1.6M conversations, 200K agent trajectories and Alibaba’s 27 years of e-commerce experience. The project and task specifications are open source:

NEWS: Tesla Korea was selected for South Korea's 2026 EV subsidy program, while Chinese rival BYD was excluded 🔥 The selection means Tesla vehicles sold in South Korea will continue to qualify for both national and local EV purchase subsidies. National subsidies pay up to 6.8 million won, about $4,700 per vehicle. Local subsidies on top can add more. 10 passenger vehicle companies were approved including Tesla Korea, Hyundai Motor, Kia, BMW Korea, Mercedes-Benz Korea, Volkswagen Group Korea, Volvo Cars Korea and Polestar Korea. BYD was excluded from the final list. New BYD subsidy applications submitted from July 1 will no longer qualify for government support. The new evaluation system was introduced this year to assess each automaker's ability to operate in the Korean market and provide adequate after-sales support. It scores companies on industry contribution, R&D capability and local investment. South Korea designed the system in part to favor domestic brands. Tesla was widely expected to be at risk because it has no dedicated EV R&D facility in Korea. Tesla cleared the hurdle anyway. The Korean Ministry of Environment had said foreign automakers need to expand local after-sales networks, collaborate with parts suppliers and increase Korean market contributions to remain eligible. For context, Tesla sold about 60,000 vehicles in South Korea last year. The Model Y is the best-selling EV in the country.

As the heatwaves sweep across #Europe#, Chinese-made cooling gadgets have once again become a sensation, turning into top-selling #cooling# products in overseas markets. #ChinaCool# Data from Joybuy, European online #retail# platform, shows that during the high-temperature period from June 19 to 25, sales of air conditioners on the platform surged nearly 40 times compared to the first week of June. #Midea# Group reported that shipments of its PortaSplit portable split air conditioners in 2026 have already exceeded 200,000 units, doubling the sales volume from last year. #Hisense# Group disclosed that its year-on-year growth in the Western European market exceeded 20% in the first half of this year, with the French market seeing a staggering growth rate of over 100%. #DeepChina# The surge in orders triggered by the extreme heat is not only a testament to the performance of these products but also a comprehensive test of the cross-border supply chain's responsiveness, #logistics# capacity allocation, and localized service capabilities. 😎The robust logistics networks of Chinese enterprises provide solid backing for "Made in China" to expand its overseas markets. 📍In Paris, #France#, JD Logistics' JoyExpress delivery team has introduced an integrated delivery and installation service for the highly popular air conditioner category. 🚛Before arriving at the customer's location, the delivery personnel proactively contact them to confirm details such as the floor plan and installation scenarios. 🔓This allows the delivery, installation, dismantling of old units, and recycling of obsolete equipment to be completed in a single visit. In the event of any functional issues with the appliances, customers can directly contact the platform's 24-hour customer service for prompt and seamless after-sales support. Currently, JD Logistics' #JoyExpress# "211" delivery service (orders placed before 11:00 a.m. can be delivered by 11:00 p.m. the same day, while orders placed before 11:00 p.m. can arrive by 3:00 p.m. the following day) has covered over 30 European cities, including London, Paris, Cologne, and Amsterdam, enabling more than 40 million local consumers to enjoy the "order in the morning, delivered in the afternoon" service. 💫Meanwhile, Cainiao has established 28 overseas #warehouses# in the European market, allowing cross-border merchants and brands to stock locally and achieve delivery to consumers in as quickly as two to three days. #ChineseNation#