James Cameron's third Avatar movie earned $345 million worldwide, but American audiences were less keen

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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  —  The company expects its shares to start trading in Hong Kong on Jan. 2  —  Chinese AI chip maker Shanghai Biren Technology seeks …

2025 is just about in the books, and the reviews are in: It sucked. Over at the subreddit r/decadeology, you can check out a long, long thread of redditors submitting reasons why 2025 was, in the words of the first post, “a long, disappointing year.” War in Gaza, vibecessions, chaos in the White House, growing […]

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Investigation: internal Binance files show it failed to stop hundreds of millions in crypto from flowing through suspicious accounts, even after a 2023 US deal  —  Leaked files show continued activity despite links to terror networks, failed ID checks and other red flags

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Sequoia, a16z, and other VC firms invested $1.2B+ into police and public safety tech startups over the past year, following the success of Palantir and others  —  Over the past year, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital and many of Silicon Valley's other top venture capital firms have funneled …