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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.”

Book excerpt: how Google acquired DeepMind for $650M in 2014, beating Facebook to the deal; Mustafa Suleyman used poker-style bluffing to secure a safety board (Sebastian Mallaby/Wall Street Journal)

Sebastian Mallaby / Wall Street Journal:
Book excerpt: how Google acquired DeepMind for $650M in 2014, beating Facebook to the deal; Mustafa Suleyman used poker-style bluffing to secure a safety board  —  Before artificial intelligence minted billionaires and roiled the stock market, the London startup caught the attention of tech's biggest names.

Uber, Pony.ai, and Rimac’s Verne announce Europe’s first commercial robotaxi service


On-road testing in Croatia’s capital is already underway using Pony.ai’s Gen-7 system on the Arcfox Alpha T5, a Chinese-manufactured robotaxi. Uber intends to invest in Verne. The three companies plan to scale to thousands of vehicles across Europe, but have declined to announce a commercial launch date. Mate Rimac built his reputation making electric hypercars […]



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