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Review of Samsung's Galaxy Z TriFold: sturdy but poor camera performance and has some unique design flaws that make it even less polished than regular foldables (Vlad Savov/Bloomberg)
2025-12-30 21:04 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Zhipu AI launches a share sale to raise ~$560M in a Hong Kong IPO at a valuation of ~$6.6B, which would make it the first LLM developer listed in Hong Kong (Themis Qi/South China Morning Post)
2025-12-30 17:04 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
IDC expects shipments of PCs could shrink by up to 9% YoY in 2026 due to global memory shortages, as demand from AI data centers continues to outstrip supply (Zak Killian/Tom's Hardware)
2025-12-30 20:04 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: Nvidia is in advanced talks to acquire Tel Aviv-based AI21, which is building its own LLMs, for $2B to $3B; the deal would resemble an acquihire (CTech)
2025-12-30 18:04 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Two ex-staffers of cybersecurity incident response companies Sygnia and DigitalMint plead guilty to targeting US companies in 2023's BlackCat ransomware attacks (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)
2025-12-30 19:04 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: SoftBank has completed its $40B investment in OpenAI (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
2025-12-30 15:04 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Meta just bought into the enterprise market with its Manus deal, which may eventually help it expand into cloud offerings like those of its Big Tech peers (M.G. Siegler/Spyglass)
2025-12-30 16:04 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
China's draft AI rules have measures to protect kids, like time limits and parental consent, ban gambling promotion content, and add suicide chats restrictions (Osmond Chia/BBC)
2025-12-30 14:03 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: Chinese AI startup MiniMax is seeking to raise $600M+ from its Hong Kong IPO, set for January 2026, and has secured Alibaba and the ADIA as backers (Bloomberg)
2025-12-30 13:03 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: China is requiring chipmakers to use at least 50% domestically made equipment for adding new capacity, in a rule that is not publicly documented (Reuters)
2025-12-30 12:03 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources, PitchBook data, and news reports: the founders of Perplexity, Figure AI, Safe Superintelligence, Harvey, and others joined the nine-figure club in 2025 (Natallie Rocha/New York Times)
2025-12-30 12:03 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: the US has granted an annual license to Samsung and SK Hynix to ship their chip manufacturing equipment to their facilities in China for 2026 (Hyunjoo Jin/Reuters)
2025-12-30 07:03 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: Satya Nadella is focused on the increasing AI competition from Amazon and Google; Microsoft Deputy CTO Dee Templeton says Nadella is in "founder mode" (Rafe Rosner-Uddin/Financial Times)
2025-12-30 11:03 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Fast delivery apps like Blinkit, Zepto, and Swiggy are expanding into India's Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, driven by rising incomes and cheap smartphones and data (Bloomberg)
2025-12-30 09:03 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: Meta is buying Manus for $2B+, after approaching the startup during a fundraising at a $2B valuation; Manus CEO Xiao Hong will report to Javier Olivan (Wall Street Journal)
2025-12-30 06:02 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Meta says Manus, initially based in Beijing and Wuhan, will cut Chinese investor ties after the deal and "will discontinue its services and operations in China" (Nikkei Asia)
2025-12-30 04:02 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Shares of Shenzhen-based OneRobotics opened flat in their HK debut after the Chinese home robotics maker raised $210M by selling 22M+ shares at about $9.50 each (Nikkei Asia)
2025-12-30 04:02 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Shares of Insilico rose 45% in their Hong Kong trading debut after the AI drug discovery startup raised $293M in an IPO; Insilico reported $85M+ in 2024 revenue (Bloomberg)
2025-12-30 03:02 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Samsung, up 125%, and SK Hynix, up 268%, accounted for nearly half of the 76% gain in South Korea's Kospi, the world's best-performing major stock index in 2025 (Youkyung Lee/Bloomberg)
2025-12-30 03:02 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Driven by the AI boom, chipmakers posted $400B+ in sales in 2025; FactSet projects revenue for Nvidia, Intel, Broadcom, AMD, and Qualcomm to reach $538B in 2026 (Wall Street Journal)
2025-12-30 03:02 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
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