Sources: Ant International is considering raising ~$1B at a $10B+ valuation, paving the way for a potential Hong Kong IPO as soon as this year (Bloomberg)

Sources: Ant International is considering raising ~$1B at a $10B+ valuation, paving the way for a potential Hong Kong IPO as soo…

Swedish autonomous truck company Einride will debut on the Nasdaq today after completing a SPAC merger at a pre-money valuation of $1.35B (Dominic Chopping/Wall Street Journal)

Swedish autonomous truck company Einride will debut on the Nasdaq today after completing a SPAC merger at a pre-money valuation …

Xbox chief strategy officer Matthew Ball said Game Pass lost "millions" of subscribers in the months following a 50% price hike announced in October 2025 (Eddie Makuch/GameSpot)

Xbox chief strategy officer Matthew Ball said Game Pass lost "millions" of subscribers in the months following a 50% p…

A group of Chinese tech companies, including Alibaba and CXMT, launches a ~$577M PE fund to boost China's "hard tech" sectors amid tightening US export curbs (Ann Cao/South China Morning Post)

A group of Chinese tech companies, including Alibaba and CXMT, launches a ~$577M PE fund to boost China's "hard tech&qu…

Finland-based Iceye, whose small satellites help countries with real-time location monitoring, raised a €1B Series F led by General Atlantic at a €10B valuation (Ingrid Lunden/Resilience Media)

Finland-based Iceye, whose small satellites help countries with real-time location monitoring, raised a €1B Series F led by Gene…

Report: US colleges now offer 74+ AI majors and 89+ minors, and at least a dozen schools are set to add AI majors this year; only five had AI majors in 2021 (Alan Blinder/New York Times)

Report: US colleges now offer 74+ AI majors and 89+ minors, and at least a dozen schools are set to add AI majors this year; onl…

Report: UK PM Keir Starmer is set to announce a ban on "harmful" online platforms for children under 16 while maintaining access to some "safer" social media (Reuters)

Report: UK PM Keir Starmer is set to announce a ban on "harmful" online platforms for children under 16 while maintain…

Notice: Meta says ~20,000 Instagram accounts may have been hacked in a recent attack that abused an AI-powered account recovery support tool to reset passwords (Eduard Kovacs/SecurityWeek)

Notice: Meta says ~20,000 Instagram accounts may have been hacked in a recent attack that abused an AI-powered account recovery …

As wealth managers confront an AI reckoning, the tech is, for now, easing their workloads by picking up routine tasks, freeing up more time to advise clients (Bloomberg)

As wealth managers confront an AI reckoning, the tech is, for now, easing their workloads by picking up routine tasks, freeing u…

KPMG survey: only 26% of companies have a comprehensive view of their AI costs, while 50% have some visibility and 22% have none or only see costs after billing (Wall Street Journal)

KPMG survey: only 26% of companies have a comprehensive view of their AI costs, while 50% have some visibility and 22% have none…

Inside the early 2025 senior exec meeting where Apple admitted its AI failures; Tim Cook became intimately involved in Apple's AI roadmap around the same time (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Inside the early 2025 senior exec meeting where Apple admitted its AI failures; Tim Cook became intimately involved in Apple'…