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Apple's MacBook Neo is a serious threat to OEMs like HP, Lenovo, and Dell, as their $599 laptops seem inferior and Windows 11's reputation is at an all-time low (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)

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Brain tech startup Science Corp. raised $230M, a source says at a $1.5B valuation, taking its total funding to $489M, to commercialize its implant for blindness (Ike Swetlitz/Bloomberg)

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Lio, which uses AI agents to automate enterprise procurement, including document reading and supplier evaluation, raised a $30M Series A led by a16z (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)

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China's new five-year blueprint introduces an "AI+ action plan", mentions AI 50+ times, and outlines investments in quantum computing, 6G, embodied AI, and more (Reuters)

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Nominal, which makes software for the defense, space, energy, and automotive sectors, raised an $80M Series B extension led by Founders Fund at a $1B valuation (Paayal Zaveri/Bloomberg)

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Reclaim Security, which uses AI-driven automation to remediate threat exposures, raised a $20M Series A led by Acrew Capital and a $6M seed (Chris Metinko/Axios)

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NYSE parent company ICE invests in crypto exchange OKX at a $25B valuation, without sharing the investment's size or terms, and will take a seat on OKX's board (Ben Weiss/Fortune)

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Meta agrees to let rival "general purpose AI chatbots" access WhatsApp for a fee in Europe for a 12-month period to avoid potential interim measures from the EU (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

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Analysis: soaring NAND prices threaten Nintendo's software sales; the average games purchased per console came to 2.18 in December 2025, vs. 3.88 in March 2018 (Takashi Mochizuki/Bloomberg)

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Google expands its Canvas workspace to everyone in the US using Google Search's AI Mode so they can get the latest info to organize plans, draft docs, and more (Emma Roth/The Verge)

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China's Hang Seng Tech Index, which includes Chinese tech giants like Tencent and Alibaba, is down 28% since October 2025, shedding nearly $600B in market value (Bloomberg)

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JD.com reports Q4 revenue up 1.5% YoY to ~$51.1B and a ~$391M net loss, its first quarterly loss since 2022, on weak Chinese spending and a food delivery war (Bloomberg)

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Google's Epic settlement term sheet prohibits Tim Sweeney from criticizing Google's app practices until at least September 2032 and mandates that he praise them (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

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Amsterdam-based Silverflow, a cloud-native card payment processing service with a single API to card networks, raised a $40M Series B led by Picus Capital (Tamara Djurickovic/Tech.eu)

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Huawei dominated MWC as the largest exhibitor, illustrating the challenge facing the EU as it pushes to outlaw the Chinese supplier from European networks (Mathieu Pollet/Politico)

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A look at Munich's UnternehmerTUM, which tops the FT ranking of Europe's startup hubs for the third year straight and has supported 1,000+ companies since 2002 (Ivan Levingston/Financial Times)

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Grammarly is offering an AI-powered tool called "Expert Review" that simulates feedback from famous writers, dead and living, without their permission (Miles Klee/Wired)

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Staff memo: Alibaba says it is setting up a new task force to accelerate foundation model development, after the resignation of its Qwen AI head Lin Junyang (Reuters)

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In its latest quarterly report, Capcom says "PC sales account for approximately 50% of total unit sales, and we expect this ratio to continue increasing" (Shaun Prescott/PC Gamer)

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Oslo-based Unleash, which develops tools that let enterprises manage risks in AI-accelerated software development, raised a $35M Series B led by One Peak (Paul Gillin/SiliconANGLE)

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