Insilico Medicine, an AI-powered drug discovery company, saw its shares surge nearly 25% in its Hong Kong IPO. The listing, backed by giants like Eli Lilly and Tencent, values the firm at over $2 billion. Now, it has to prove its technology can actually get a drug to market.
Japan’s Topix index closed 2025 at 3,408.97, finally exceeding its year-end high from the 1989 bubble economy. The benchmark gained 22% for the year, marking its third straight annual rise. Analysts see the rally broadening beyond AI stocks.
CES 2026 is shaping up to be an AI hardware extravaganza. Companies are pushing everything from AI-powered smart glasses to humanoid robots, but the gap between flashy demos and real-world usefulness remains a huge challenge.
Samsung is integrating Google Photos directly into its Tizen TV operating system starting in 2026. The rollout includes AI-powered editing and curated “Memories” slideshows. It’s a clear move to make the TV a central hub for personal content.
A listing from the PEGI ratings board has revealed a “Nintendo Switch 2 Edition” for Pikmin 3 Deluxe. This follows a pattern of Nintendo re-releasing enhanced ports of older Switch and Wii U games for its new console. The upgrade will likely cost around $20 for better performance.
Foxconn is replicating its massive Chinese factory-city model in India, hiring tens of thousands for iPhone production. At the same time, Japanese semiconductor firms Rohm and AOI Electronics are forming key manufacturing partnerships with Indian companies like Tata and Kaynes.
Researchers at the Perimeter Institute have created a new public code called KISS-SIDM. It models the complex evolution of self-interacting dark matter halos, structures that host galaxies like our Milky Way, with greater speed and accuracy than before.
A rumor claimed Asus would start selling its own RAM by the second half of 2026 to combat ongoing shortages. The company has now flatly denied those plans, stating that building a memory chip factory is a multi-year, high-risk endeavor that wouldn’t solve the current supply crisis.
Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is back with a new venture, Dazzle AI. The startup just raised funding at a $35 million valuation and plans to launch its first product within months. Mayer shut down her previous company, Sunshine, to focus on this new AI effort.
Venture capital is pouring into the creator economy, but the focus has sharply split. About $1.2 billion went to AI content creation startups like Synthesia, while social shopping platforms like Whatnot pulled in hundreds of millions more. The funding boom highlights two competing visions for the fu
