In 2025, Patrick McGee published Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company, a deeply-reported look at the tech giant's investment in - and growing reliance on - China. The following excerpt, pulled from Chapter 9 of Apple in China, examines the company's relationship with Foxconn, today the infamous builder of iPhones. Foxconn […]

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New York-based Qodo, which offers AI agents for code review, testing, and governance, raised a $70M Series B led by Qumra, taking its total funding to $120M  —  As AI coding tools generate billions of lines of code each month, a new bottleneck is emerging: ensuring that software works as intended.

Vivo has launched the X300 Ultra in China today, the company's latest flagship that really puts the "camera" in cameraphone. The device is "designed for professional photography," according to Vivo's press release, and features a set of Zeiss camera lenses that are optimized for specific shooting styles, including telephoto close-ups, wide-angle, and videography. My colleague […]

Natalie Lung / Bloomberg:
OpenAI's ChatGPT app store now has 300+ app integrations six months after its launch, but faces sluggish adoption due to limited functionality for many apps  —  Six months in, ChatGPT's third-party apps offer limited functionality and have been frustrating for developers.

What Sandra Hüller took from Morgan Freeman in Seven and other fictional roles, and how she worked with Ryan Gosling on Project Hail Mary.