Huawei Built a European Palace for 35,000 Researchers, Then Spent $28 Billion on R&D in a Single Year I walked into what looked like a European palace. Marble floors. Crystal chandeliers. Gilded railings. Classical statues. Vaulted ceilings that belong in a ministry building in Vienna or Paris. Then the giant screen lit up with the Huawei logo. This is not a government building.
This is Huawei’s Shanghai research campus. A self-contained research city with lakes, landscaped grounds, modern laboratory blocks, elevated walkways, and its own internal light-rail system. Designed for 35,000 researchers. Current density is already extreme: roughly 80% hold a master’s degree or higher. About 10% are PhDs. Throw a stone and you hit advanced technical talent. In 2025, Huawei generated CNY 880.9 billion in revenue. 
It spent CNY 192.3 billion on R&D, 21.8% of total revenue, roughly US$27.9 billion. That single-year R&D outlay exceeds the entire GDP of multiple countries with larger populations. 
Total employees: ~213,000.
R&D headcount: 114,000 (53.7% of the workforce). Most companies and most nations still treat research as a residual. Huawei treats it as the core operating expense. The result is not just beautiful architecture. It is sustained technological capacity under pressure. This is the case study that matters. Resource allocation at this intensity, sustained for more than a decade, produces outcomes that incremental budgets and short-term political cycles cannot match. Have you visited a corporate campus that genuinely changed how you think about what’s possible? Video produced and edited by Arianne, my beloved daughter 😍

AI is becoming more than a productivity tool, it’s becoming an emotional support system. According to this survey, 36% of young people under 18 and 29% of those aged 18–24 regularly or often turn to AI for emotional support. The trend is growing across every age group. AI offers something many people crave: instant responses, a judgment-free space, and someone or something, to talk to anytime. But here’s the bigger question: Are we using AI to strengthen our emotional well-being, or replacing human connection with it? The future of AI isn’t just about what it can do for us, it’s also about how it changes the way we connect with each other. Credit : Statista

If you wanna change the world, start off by making your bed.

China’s high-speed rail network went from 486 km in 2008 to more than 51,500 km by October 2026. That is a roughly 100-fold expansion in 18 years. The network crossed 50,000 km at the end of 2025 and has already added another ~1,500 km so far in 2026 (including 1,142 km opened in a single day on 28 September). No other country has built at this scale or pace.

Our parents had one phone, one cooking pot, and a savings plan. 😂 We have 3 streaming subscriptions, 5 food delivery apps, a skincare routine with 10 steps… and wonder where our money went. 💸 Maybe they weren’t earning more. Maybe they just spent differently. Are we earning to live, or living to spend?

Rene Angelil met Celine Dion when she was 12 years old. He was hooked to her singing abilities and he immediately signed her. The following year, he mortgaged his house in order to fund Celine Dion's first album. The album turned out to be successful. Celine Dion was born in Qubec, so she didn't understand English language. Qubec is a French speaking part of Canada. Rene ensured that Celine Dion took English language classes until she became proficient in the language. He needed her to sing in English language in order to be able to break into the US market. Rene's efforts paid off as she was signed by Epic records and her first English album debuted in 1993. Rene Angelil doubled as her manager and husband, they got married in 1994. Rene and Celine relationship turned romantic when she was 19. Rene was 26 years older than her. Celine Dion remained faithful to Rene when she became very successful. She didn't let hypergamy get in the way of her relationship with Rene. She even canceled her concert several times when Rene was battling with cancer. They had three kids together. Rene was diagnosed of cancer three times. He finally succumbed to cancer and passed away in 2016. They were married for 22 years. Celine Dion is a good woman. She didn't turn her back on her husband who took a chance on her when she became successful. Celine Dion was all about her voice and little or no revealing clothes. She was very feminine in her youth.

The desktop-class supercomputer just became portable.

Respect to the husband who stood by his integrity amidst all the chaos 🫡

China’s Auto Giants Are Closing In, The Industry Should Pay Attention. Toyota still leads with 11.3 million vehicles sold in 2025 but Chinese automakers are no longer just competing on price. BYD, SAIC, Geely, Changan and Chery are scaling rapidly, combining competitive pricing, EV technology, battery expertise and increasingly global ambitions. The real threat isn’t just cheaper cars, it’s how quickly China is building an entire automotive ecosystem around electric mobility. Traditional automakers have decades of brand equity and global distribution but those advantages won’t be enough if they can’t match the speed of innovation and cost efficiency. The next battle isn’t simply about who sells the most cars, it’s about who controls the future of mobility. And China is making its move.