Chinese AI startup MiniMax just had a huge Hong Kong IPO, valuing the company at $6.5 billion and making its 36-year-old founder, Yan Junjie, worth about $2.4 billion. The company, which spent years building a multi-modal AI model, now boasts 212 million users for products like its Hailuo video gene
Samsung’s financial fortunes have turned dramatically, with Q4 2025 revenue projected at $64 billion and profits hitting $13.8 billion. A massive surge in memory chip demand, with sales up 34% to $25.9 billion, has propelled the company back to the number one position in the global DRAM market.
A failed bearing can idle a massive hydro turbine, costing hundreds of thousands per hour. Root cause analysis points to misalignment, but fragmented data slows fixes. New tools are changing the game.
A Texas-based space services firm is teaming up with a specialized semiconductor substrate supplier to build the first dedicated commercial facility for making chips in space. The partnership aims to leverage the microgravity environment of low Earth orbit to produce advanced materials. This follows
Samsung’s 2026 foldable phone plans have surfaced in a database leak. The Galaxy Z Fold8 and Z Flip8 were spotted alongside a mysterious third model. This could signal a big expansion for Samsung’s flexible phone lineup.
Canadian miner Wealth Minerals secured approval for a lithium project in Chile’s Ollagüe salt flat. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Transportation Average surged to a new record, closing above 18,033 points.
MSI unveiled a thinner version of its Crosshair gaming laptop at CES. The Crosshair 16 Max HX packs upgraded specs into a chassis that’s 14.3% slimmer, but it won’t launch until April 2026 starting at $1,649.
America’s power grid is at a breaking point, with 70% of transmission lines over 25 years old. Regulators are now pushing advanced conductors as a fix, with over 20 states passing related laws. The tech promises to boost capacity and cut costs, but is it a silver bullet?
Jewellok has launched a new ultra-high purity gas pressure regulator and a gas changeover manifold. The equipment is designed for critical industries like semiconductor fabrication where contamination control is paramount.
LG is previewing its 2026 Gram Pro lineup ahead of CES, headlined by a new ultra-light material. The company claims the 17-inch model will be the world’s lightest with an RTX GPU, while the 16-inch version will be the lightest with on-device and cloud AI.
