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Meituan reports Q4 revenue up 4.1% YoY to ~$13.3B and a ~$2.2B adjusted net loss, vs. ~$1.9B est., amid an intense food delivery fight with Alibaba and JD.com (Luz Ding/Bloomberg)

Luz Ding / Bloomberg:
Meituan reports Q4 revenue up 4.1% YoY to ~$13.3B and a ~$2.2B adjusted net loss, vs. ~$1.9B est., amid an intense food delivery fight with Alibaba and JD.com  —  Meituan expects losses per delivery order to start narrowing in the current quarter, as Chinese officials rein in its intense competition …

OpenAI shelves its erotic chatbot "indefinitely" as it refocuses on its core products, sources say after technical issues as well as staff and investor concerns (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
OpenAI shelves its erotic chatbot “indefinitely” as it refocuses on its core products, sources say after technical issues as well as staff and investor concerns  —  Decision follows staff and investor concerns about sexual AI content  —  OpenAI has shelved plans to release an erotic chatbot …

Revolut says it aims to base ~40% of its global workforce in India by the end of 2026, increasing its local headcount to 5,500; Revolut has 12K staff globally (Haripriya Suresh/Reuters)

Haripriya Suresh / Reuters:
Revolut says it aims to base ~40% of its global workforce in India by the end of 2026, increasing its local headcount to 5,500; Revolut has 12K staff globally  —  European fintech firm Revolut plans to have around 40% of its global workforce based in India by the end of 2026 as it expands its India global capability centre.

Sources: Chinese chipmaker CXMT hit ~$8B in 2025 revenue, up 130% YoY, and projects ~$435M in adjusted net income, excluding one-time items, ahead of an IPO (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Sources: Chinese chipmaker CXMT hit ~$8B in 2025 revenue, up 130% YoY, and projects ~$435M in adjusted net income, excluding one-time items, ahead of an IPO  —  ChangXin Memory Technologies Inc. more than doubled revenue to $8 billion in 2025, giving the strategically important Chinese chipmaker …

Melania Trump appeared alongside Figure AI's Figure 3 humanoid robot at the White House to push integrating tech into US children's educational and social lives (Katie Rogers/New York Times)

Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Melania Trump appeared alongside Figure AI's Figure 3 humanoid robot at the White House to push integrating tech into US children's educational and social lives  —  The first lady, Melania Trump, believes that more children should be educated by “humanoid educators.”