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China Investment Banking Fees Rise To $15.4 Billion In 2025 On Equity Recovery And Record Bond Issuance

China’s investment banking fees climbed to $15.4 billion in 2025, marking a 21 percent year-on-year increase and the highest annual total since 2022, supported by a rebound in equity fundraising,…

YouTube Adds Shorts Filter To Advanced Search And Renames Ranking Options

YouTube has updated its advanced search tools to give users more control over search results, including a new option to filter out Shorts and changes to how ranking and engagement…

NSO Group Releases New Transparency Report As Critics Question Missing Details

NSO Group published a new transparency report on Wednesday, presenting what the spyware company described as a new phase of accountability, while omitting customer and enforcement data that had appeared…

Iran Experiences Near-Total Internet Blackout As Protests Spread Nationwide

Internet connectivity across Iran sharply collapsed on Thursday, with multiple monitoring firms reporting a near-total blackout as protests continued in cities across the country. Monitoring Firms Report Widespread Connectivity Loss…

OpenAI Acquires Convogo Team In Latest Acqui-Hire As Product Winds Down

OpenAI has agreed to acquire the team behind Convogo, a business software startup focused on automating leadership assessments and feedback reporting, in a deal that brings the founders into OpenAI…

Disney Plans Short-Form Video Feed For Disney+ To Increase Daily Use

Disney plans to introduce short-form video content on Disney+ in the U.S. later this year, adding a vertically oriented viewing option aimed at increasing how often subscribers open the streaming…

Illinois Confirms Years-Long Data Exposure Affecting More Than 700,000 Residents

Illinois officials have confirmed that a publicly accessible internal website exposed personal information linked to more than 700,000 state residents over a period of more than four years, after a…

Nvidia Tightens Payment Terms For H200 Chip Orders In China Amid Approval Uncertainty

Nvidia has begun requiring customers in China to pay the full amount upfront for orders of its H200 artificial intelligence chips, even as regulatory approval in both the United States…

Snowflake Agrees To Acquire Observe In Deal Built Around Native Observability Integration

Snowflake has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Observe, an observability platform built directly on Snowflake’s databases, with the goal of giving customers a unified way to collect, store, and…

Judge Sends Elon Musk’s Lawsuit Against OpenAI To Trial After Finding Supporting Evidence

A U.S. judge has ruled that Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI will proceed to trial, citing evidence that supports Musk’s claims that the company departed from its original nonprofit commitments.…

Clicks Debuts Communicator Phone With Physical Keyboard And Android 16 At CES

Clicks Technology has introduced its first smartphone, the $499 Communicator, alongside a $79 slide-out physical keyboard accessory, positioning both products around tactile input and messaging while reviving design elements associated…

Google Introduces AI Inbox For Gmail And Expands AI Features To More Users

Google is rolling out a new AI-powered Inbox experience for Gmail alongside search enhancements, a built-in proofreading tool, and wider access to existing AI features, with the aim of helping…

Apple Names JPMorgan Chase As New Apple Card Issuer, Ending Goldman Sachs Partnership

Apple has selected JPMorgan Chase as the new issuer of the Apple Card, replacing Goldman Sachs, with the transition expected to take up to 24 months and no immediate changes…

Lux Capital Closes $1.5 Billion Fund As Investors Back Frontier Science Strategy

Lux Capital has closed a $1.5 billion ninth fund, marking the largest fundraise in the venture firm’s 25 year history, as limited partners continue to commit capital despite a broader…

Artisan AI Restored On LinkedIn After Temporary Platform Ban

Artisan AI briefly disappeared from LinkedIn after the platform restricted the startup’s accounts, before restoring access following discussions between the two companies, according to the company’s chief executive. LinkedIn Accounts…

Ford Previews AI Assistant Launch And Next-Generation BlueCruise Roadmap At CES 2026

Ford outlined plans for a new AI assistant that will launch in its smartphone app in early 2026 and later expand into vehicles in 2027, while also previewing a next-generation…

Roku Signals Wider Distribution For Low-Cost Streaming Service Howdy

Roku is considering expanding its low-cost streaming service Howdy beyond its own devices, with company leadership indicating plans to distribute the channel across more platforms while maintaining its ad-free, $2.99-per-month…

Discord Confidentially Files For IPO As Market Conditions Are Reassessed

Discord has confidentially filed paperwork with US regulators for an initial public offering, reviving expectations of a potential stock market debut as early as March, according to people familiar with…

Swap Commerce Raises $100 Million As DST Global And Iconiq Back AI E Commerce Platform

Swap Commerce has raised a new $100 million funding round, drawing fresh backing from major venture capital firms just six months after closing its previous Series B, as investors increase…

Anthropic Plans $10 Billion Fundraise At $350 Billion Valuation

Anthropic is preparing to raise about $10 billion at a valuation of roughly $350 billion, a move that would nearly double the artificial intelligence company’s valuation from its most recent…