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The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.

2 seemingly innocent words in the official description for Ryan Coogler’s X-Files reboot have me worried

Coogler is great and so are his leads, but I can't shake my concerns over whether or not this reboot is connected to the original show.

Apple at 50: a visual history

This is part of our package about Apple's 50th anniversary, read more here. It's difficult to picture a world without Apple. The company's influence at the heart of technology and culture is so profound that even the era before the iPhone can now seem like a distant memory - and Apple existed more than 30 […]

Beijing-based AI company Z.ai reports 2025 revenue of ~$105M, below ~$109M est., and net loss up 60% YoY to ~$680M, vs. ~$545M est., amid aggressive spending (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Beijing-based AI company Z.ai reports 2025 revenue of ~$105M, below ~$109M est., and net loss up 60% YoY to ~$680M, vs. ~$545M est., amid aggressive spending  —  Zhipu reported a much faster-than-expected 60% surge in net losses for 2025, underscoring how China's AI upstarts continue …

Alibaba's new Qwen3.5-Omni multimodal model, which processes text, audio, images, and video, is proprietary, marking a shift away from its open-source strategy (Juro Osawa/The Information)

Juro Osawa / The Information:
Alibaba's new Qwen3.5-Omni multimodal model, which processes text, audio, images, and video, is proprietary, marking a shift away from its open-source strategy  —  Alibaba Group has released the new generation of its large language model that can understand text, audio, images and video.

London-based 9fin, which offers AI tools to help credit traders and investors originate new business efficiently, raised a $170M Series C at a $1.3B valuation (Ryan Gould/Bloomberg)

Ryan Gould / Bloomberg:
London-based 9fin, which offers AI tools to help credit traders and investors originate new business efficiently, raised a $170M Series C at a $1.3B valuation  —  9fin Ltd., the debt intelligence provider founded by two former investment banking analysts, has raised fresh funds …