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Comparing ChatGPT's mini-apps with native iOS apps: some like Uber, OpenTable, and TripAdvisor fell short with frequent error messages, but Instacart did well (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-3 IOS Uber

How Meta's Reels became a hit, with a $50B+ annual run rate; Sensor Tower: users spend 27 minutes/day on Instagram Reels, 21 on YouTube Shorts, and 44 on TikTok (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-2 YouTube Instagram Sensor

Tech startups have started to offer nicotine pouches as a free perk to employees, as some claim the products help them focus despite health hazards (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-2 Startup

Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index rose 28% in 2025, its best percentage performance since 2017, driven by tech, AI, and semiconductor stocks (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-1 Hong Kong AI

How the AI data center boom boosted Caterpillar's power and energy unit; generator sales are up 28% YoY through Sept. 2025, after growing 22% to $7.8B in 2024 (www.wsj.com)
2025-12-31 Energy AI

OpenAI financial data: its stock-based pay averaged ~$1.5M per employee in 2025, ~7x Google pre-IPO and ~34x the average pay of other pre-IPO peers, per Equilar (www.wsj.com)
2025-12-31 Google IPO

Sources: bids for GroqCloud, Groq's AI inference platform, are expected to exceed $1B after Nvidia's $20B non-exclusive licensing agreement with Groq (www.wsj.com)
2025-12-31 AI Nvidia

How Manus distanced itself from its Chinese roots to court US investors; a source says Meta's $2.5B deal includes a $500M retention pool for Manus' employees (www.wsj.com)
2025-12-31 China

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 (www.wsj.com)
2025-12-30 Startup

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 (www.wsj.com)
2025-12-30 Intel AI Nvidia AMD

Sources and a memo: the US DOJ is using a novel reading of a federal anti-fraud law to probe contractors, including Google and Verizon, over their DEI programs (www.wsj.com)
2025-12-29 Google

How executives at humanoid robot startups like Agility Robotics and Weave Robotics are managing safety risks and tempering expectations for the technology (www.wsj.com)
2025-12-29 Startup Robot

Bitcoin miners retooling data centers for AI have boosted their stocks; the CoinShares Bitcoin Mining ETF is up about 90% YTD even as bitcoin has slumped (www.wsj.com)
2025-12-24 Bitcoin ETF AI

Sources: China's AI regulations, which require chatbots to pass a 2,000-question ideological test, have spawned specialized agencies that help AI companies pass (www.wsj.com)
2025-12-24 China AI chatbot

The US FCC bans imports, marketing, and sales of new foreign-made drones and components, including from China's DJI and Autel, citing national security concerns (www.wsj.com)
2025-12-23 China Drone

Instacart says it is ending all item price tests effective immediately, and won't charge different prices for the same items, after a report into the practice (www.wsj.com)
2025-12-23

Chinese AI chipmaker Biren Technology plans to raise up to ~$623M in a Hong Kong IPO, pricing shares at ~$2.19 to ~$2.52, and expects trading to start January 2 (www.wsj.com)
2025-12-22 China Hong Kong IPO AI

The RAISE Act requires AI companies with $500M+ in revenue to publish safety protocols and disclose safety incidents within 72 hours, with fines up to $3M (www.wsj.com)
2025-12-21 AI

Inside NeurIPS 2025, and how it has transformed from a small academic conference into a massive industry event with 24,000+ attendees, yacht parties, and more (www.wsj.com)
2025-12-21

Micron projects FY Q2 sales to grow over 2x YoY to $18.7B and adjusted operating income to rise over 5x to $11.3B, signaling higher memory chip prices in 2026 (www.wsj.com)
2025-12-20

The administrator winding down Do Kwon's Terraform Labs sues Jump Trading for $4B, alleging it unlawfully profited from and contributed to Terraform's collapse (www.wsj.com)
2025-12-19

Trump signs the annual defense bill with provisions authorizing the president to screen and restrict US financing of Chinese tech companies (www.wsj.com)
2025-12-19 Trump China

Sources: OpenAI's new fundraising round could value it at as much as $830B; it aims to raise up to $100B and complete the round by the end of Q1 at the earliest (www.wsj.com)
2025-12-19

Sources: Meta is developing a new image and video-focused AI model codenamed Mango, expected to be released in H1 2026 along with its new LLM dubbed Avocado (www.wsj.com)
2025-12-19 AI

In an experiment, Claude ran a vending machine in the WSJ newsroom and lost $1,000+ after it dropped prices to zero, gave away a free PlayStation, and more (www.wsj.com)
2025-12-19

Sources: Armadin, launched by Mandiant's founder Kevin Mandia to fight AI hacking, raised a $24M seed and is in talks to raise $100M+ at a $600M+ valuation (www.wsj.com)
2025-12-19 AI

Boat rental services Boatsetter and GetMyBoat plan to merge; Boatsetter CEO Michael Farb says the combined company is set to have $100M+ in bookings in 2025 (www.wsj.com)
2025-12-19

WBD recommends shareholders reject Paramount's unsolicited cash bid, calling the offer “illusory” and saying it believes Netflix's proposal is still superior (www.wsj.com)
2025-12-17 Netflix

Sources: New York-based data security startup Cyera is raising $400M led by Blackstone, valuing the company at $9B, up from $6B in June (www.wsj.com)
2025-12-17 Startup New York

Databricks is raising a $4B Series L at a $134B valuation, up from $100B in August and $62B in December 2024, and had a $4.8B annual revenue run rate in October (www.wsj.com)
2025-12-17

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