By Michael Martina, David Shepardson and Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Defense Department said Monday it had added Chinese tech giants including gaming and social media leader Tencent Holdings and battery maker CATL to a list of firms it says work with China's military.

The U.S. Defense Department has updated its list of Chinese companies allegedly linked to the People's Liberation Army (PLA). The most notable new names on the list are memory maker Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT), battery maker CATL, and cloud and gaming giant Tencent, reports Nikkei.

The Defense Department has added dozens of Chinese firms to a list of companies that are prohibited from working with the Pentagon and defense industry due to their alleged ties with China’s

Chinese general-purpose robotics firm Fourier has raised a new investment to bring the overall funding in its Series E round to almost 800 million yuan ($109.1 million) with support from investors including Prosperity7 Ventures.

Chinese artificial intelligence-related Beijing Zhipu Huazhang Technology said on Thursday it "strongly opposes" the United States commerce department's intention to add the company and its subsidiaries to its export control entity list.

Swedish investment house EQT Group has anchored the $70-million Series C funding round in Hong Kong-headquartered surgical robotics firm Cornerstone Robotics, according to an announcement. The round also saw the participation of a number of venture investors,

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SAIC-GM's general manager, Lu Xiao, announced the upcoming deployment of the 6C ultra-fast charging LFP battery, co-developed with CATL, on the upgraded Ultium quasi-900V platform this year. The battery delivers 350 km of range with just a 10-minute charge.

Exhibitors demonstrate a remote control walking robot at the Robotera AI exhibition booth during the 2024 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) & High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance in Shanghai,

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