Emerge's 2025 Story of the Year: How the AI Race Fractured the Global Tech Order
2025 saw the US-China rivalry weaponize every layer of the technology stack—from minerals to models to military doctrine....
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2025 saw the US-China rivalry weaponize every layer of the technology stack—from minerals to models to military doctrine....
Doubling down on fossil fuels threatens to leave the US floundering in the AI race with China...
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says there’s a massive race for AI computing power, which could raise questions about how much will be left for crypto mining....
DramaBox is best known for romances and thrillers. DramaBox DramaBox is seeking to raise funding as the competition among micro-drama apps intensifies. The app from Singapore's StoryMatrix is a top pl...
Germany, the land of tech pioneers, still relies on fax and paper for basic public services. Why is digital government stuck in the slow lane while Denmark and India race ahead?...
A RAM (random access memory) chip, commonly used in PCs. HUIZENG HU/Getty Images As AI companies snap up memory chips , smartphone and PC makers face higher costs and tighter supply. IDC projected a 2...
Hi HN, I built a small Linux CLI tool called witr (Why Is This Running?). The idea came from a situation most of us have hit: you log into a machine, see a process or port running, and immediately won...
Zeroth’s W1 robot isn’t quite WALL-E — but it’s close. An AI robotics startup called Zeroth is turning WALL-E into a real-life robot companion. Though the WALL-E version with the Disney-licensed desig...
The Gardyn Studio is that rare piece of tech that looks good inside my home. I can't grow anything. Multiple attempts to create a cottage garden, first in Idaho and now in South Carolina, have brought...
The 83rd Golden Globe Awards air on Sunday. Timothée Chalamet, Rose Byrne, and Michael B. Jordan are nominated for acting awards. Taylor Hill/Dia Dipasupil/Daniele Venturelli Polymarket, the predictio...
Sergey Brin, Larry Page, and Jeff Bezos are all approaching $300 billion net worths. Lionel Hahn/Getty Images/Elijah Nouvelage/Remo Casilli/REUTERS The $200 billion club could soon be old news as tech...
Shanghai, China’s financial and tech hub, is aiming to foster over 200 open-source projects over the next two years as part of the city’s ambitious road map to build a world-class ecosystem amid the h...
WashU alums Tej Seelamsetty and Aumesh Misra cofounded Tivara. Michael Benabib Tivara raised $3.6 million, backed by Mischief VC, Day One Ventures, and Y Combinator . The startup introduces AI agents ...
Razer's Project AVA is heating up the AI companion market. Razer Razer showed off its 3D "desk companion," Project AVA, at CES 2026. The 3D hologram representation of an AI can perform tasks l...
ChatGPT and Gemini's recent web traffic patterns, per Similarweb data, highlight the tightening AI race. Jaque Silva/NurPhoto via Getty Images ChatGPT's web traffic has decreased since November, when ...
Chinese leader Xi Jinping lauded his country's AI advancements in 2025. Yan Yan/Xinhua via Getty Images China's Xi Jinping lauded his country's AI wins in 2025 in his New Year's address from Beijing. ...
Donaldson has said he spent hours Skyping with peers, learning how to make it big on YouTube. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images The venture capitalist Bill Gurley said embracing peers, not having sharp...
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Gamers, roll up! CES is always jam-packed with new laptop announcements, acting as a barometer for the year's upcoming releases. The proofs of concept at the show display what could potentially come f...