The Chinese AI startup MiniMax saw its shares jump as much as 90% on its first day of trading in Hong Kong on Friday, March 28. The company raised $620 million, significantly outpacing the debut of its rival Zhipu AI just one day earlier.
Eir Partners, a Miami-based private equity firm, has closed its third fund at $1 billion, more than double its 2024 predecessor. The firm focuses on control and minority stakes in healthcare technology companies, from early-stage to mature businesses.
Meta has hired Bill McGinley, a lawyer who served as top counsel for Elon Musk’s DOGE and worked on Trump’s “election integrity” team. The $120,000 lobbying hire is the latest move in Meta’s full-scale political realignment towards Trump’s Washington.
Raspberry Pi Connect is the new official way to access your Pi desktop, but it’s not the only game in town. For users who want more control, better performance, or a simpler local setup, several mature alternatives exist. This guide breaks down five powerful options, including WayVNC, xrdp, RustDesk
Intel’s open-source graphics stack is getting significant upgrades. The new Mesa 26.0 release enables GPU hardware replay for debugging, and the kernel driver is adding Transparent Hugepage support for a major performance lift in shared virtual memory workloads.
Intel has officially launched its Core Ultra Series 3 processors, the first built on its long-awaited 18A node. Laptops featuring these Panther Lake chips, promising up to 77% better gaming performance, will be available before January 27th.
Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Deepak Mathivanan sees 15% more upside for Alphabet stock, upgrading it to overweight. He cites the company’s AI moats and an easing regulatory environment as key drivers. But after a 65% surge last year, the pressure is on for Google to execute.
Cyera, a data security startup, just raised $400 million at a $9 billion valuation, doubling its worth in just six months. The AI boom is creating a massive new market for securing the data that fuels corporate AI ambitions, but it’s also supercharging the threat landscape.
Google has removed the subscription requirement for three Gmail AI features, making them free for all personal account holders in the United States. The move includes “Help Me Write,” personalized “Suggested Replies,” and AI summaries for long email threads, signaling a major shift in the AI assista
HSBC is set to fully acquire Hang Seng Bank after minority shareholders overwhelmingly backed the $14 billion buyout offer. The deal, a 30% premium, is a big wager on Hong Kong’s economic resurgence.
