Category Archives: Tech News

China's mini-drama industry grew 35% YoY to ~$6.91B in 2024, surpassing the country's box office and forcing iQiyi and Tencent to embrace short-form dramas (Sohee Kim/Bloomberg)

Sohee Kim / Bloomberg: China’s mini-drama industry grew 35% YoY to ~$6.91B in 2024, surpassing [...]

06
Feb
Worldpay: cash will make up 14% of transactions in Asia by 2027, down from 49% in 2019, driven by the adoption of QR codes and other smartphone-based payments (Nikkei Asia)

Nikkei Asia: Worldpay: cash will make up 14% of transactions in Asia by 2027, down [...]

05
Feb
China's State Administration for Market Regulation says it will probe Google for antitrust violations, moments after Trump announced tariffs on Chinese goods (Josh Xiao/Bloomberg)

Josh Xiao / Bloomberg: China’s State Administration for Market Regulation says it will probe Google [...]

04
Feb
AI adoption has outpaced that of PCs and the internet, but evidence of its boost to productivity is thin on the ground; study: 40% of US adults have used AI (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: AI adoption has outpaced that of PCs and the internet, but evidence of its [...]

03
Feb
In its current form, OpenAI's Operator is more of an intriguing demo than a product useful for most people, but it points to a future of powerful AI agents (Kevin Roose/New York Times)

Kevin Roose / New York Times: In its current form, OpenAI’s Operator is more of [...]

02
Feb
Instagram and Facebook, which blocked news links in Canada, are hosting hundreds of scam ads pretending to be from news outlets ahead of Canadian elections (Thomas Seal/Bloomberg)

Thomas Seal / Bloomberg: Instagram and Facebook, which blocked news links in Canada, are hosting [...]

01
Feb
Nvidia updates its PC app and rolls out the new GPU drivers, bringing Multi Frame Generation to RTX 50 Series GPUs and DLSS transformer models to all RTX GPUs (VideoCardz.com)

VideoCardz.com: Nvidia updates its PC app and rolls out the new GPU drivers, bringing Multi [...]

31
Jan
During his confirmation hearing for Commerce Secretary, Howard Lutnick called the CHIPS Act an "excellent down payment" but pledged to review binding awards (Mackenzie Hawkins/Bloomberg)

Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: During his confirmation hearing for Commerce Secretary, Howard Lutnick called the [...]

30
Jan
A US federal judge denied a motion by Apple to intervene as a defendant in the remedy trial of the DOJ vs. Google case, saying Apple's motion was untimely (Ryan Knappenberger/Courthouse News …)

Ryan Knappenberger / Courthouse News Service: A US federal judge denied a motion by Apple [...]

29
Jan
Business travel startup TravelPerk raised a $200M Series E at a $2.7B valuation and buys expense management startup Yokoy, a source says for a "nine-figure" sum (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Business travel startup TravelPerk raised a $200M Series E at a [...]

28
Jan