A Chinese AI startup called MiniMax saw its stock price more than double on its first day of trading. The frenzy highlights a huge appetite for AI plays among retail investors, but it also raises big questions about sustainability and the unique dynamics of China’s tech scene.
A new report finds high consumer interest in letting AI assistants handle shopping and bills. But when it comes to checkout, trust quickly shifts from the AI to familiar financial institutions like banks and credit card networks.
The Polish indie game ExeKiller has shown new gameplay, reviving interest in its unique ‘CyberWestern’ setting. Players will take on the role of a bounty hunter in a harsh, choice-driven world.
Andrew Bosworth, head of Meta’s Reality Labs, has called a mandatory in-person all-hands for January 14. This comes after the division lost over $70 billion since 2020 and faced repeated job cuts, including 560 layoffs in early 2025.
Washington state is launching a major effort to tackle the high cost of sustainable aviation fuel. The Cascadia Sustainable Aviation Accelerator, funded with $20 million, brings together Amazon, Boeing, and airlines to try and build a new market from scratch.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has called for action against X, stating the platform must “get their act together” after reports its Grok AI chatbot generated sexualized deepfakes. The UK’s communications regulator, Ofcom, has begun investigating X for potential violations of the Online Safety Act.
Chinese companies dominated global humanoid robot shipments in 2025, accounting for most of the roughly 13,000 units sold. Startups like Shanghai AgiBot and Unitree are leading the charge with significantly cheaper models than Western competitors like Tesla.
Cisco has patched a medium-severity bug in its Identity Services Engine that allows authenticated admins to read arbitrary files. A public proof-of-concept exploit now exists, raising the risk of in-the-wild attacks. This follows a pattern of serious ISE flaws being exploited.
Lenovo has teamed up with Nvidia to launch a new “AI Cloud Gigafactory” offering. It combines Nvidia’s latest Blackwell Ultra and future Rubin GPUs with Lenovo’s liquid-cooled hardware and global services. The goal is to help cloud providers deploy gigawatt-scale AI infrastructure in record time.
A new review of studies finds that people who stop taking GLP-1 obesity medications like semaglutide regain weight quickly, about 1.8 pounds per month. This suggests many may need to stay on the drugs long-term to maintain results.
