Chinese Landscape Architect Becomes A Billionaire After AI Pivot Sends His Company’s Shares Up Almost 1,600%

Li Xiaoming cofounded Chinese landscape design firm Hui Lyu Ecological Technology Groups almost four decades ago to build city gardens and take on ecological projects such as lake restoration. Yet it was a shrewd investment in AI that made Li a billion…

Huawei Watch Fit 5 Pro’s Cycling Tracking Is Excellent

The new wearable from Huawei further improves on health and fitness tracking.

Chinese AI Model Developer Kimi Raising Funds Valuing It At $20 Billion

Founded by Yang Zhilin, who made the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list in 2021, Kimi’s existing backers include Chinese tech giants Alibaba and Tencent. Its K2.6 model ranks among the world’s top three most popular AI models, according to OpenRouter.

‘Star Fox 64’ Gets Another Remake This June On The Switch 2

In a rather nice bit of news, ‘Star Fox 64’ is getting a new remake this June for the Switch 2, and it looks very shiny indeed.

Pre-Deployment AI Evaluation Moves From China’s Model To Washington

Washington’s new pre-deployment AI evaluation push echoes China’s model and exposes why Congress needs stable, bipartisan AI policy.

‘R-Type Dimensions III’ Is Out Later This Month With A Physical Edition In August

The shiny new port of ‘R-Type III’ has finally been given a digital release date in a few weeks and a physical edition out in August.

Advanced Solar Technology Fuels Share Rally Of South Korea’s Jusung Engineering, Minting A New Billionaire

The Korean company, founded by Hwang Chul-joo, is the only manufacturer of a specific type of advanced solar equipment outside of China.

Toshihiro Nakaya On His Love For ‘Virtua Fighter’ And The Future Of The Series

With a new ‘Virtua Fighter’ game on the way, I caught up with Toshihiro Nakaya at Sega to find out what the future holds in store for the beloved fighting game series.

A Japanese TV shopping company bet on Anthropic in 2021, and now it is quadrupling its fund
A Japanese TV shopping company bet on Anthropic in 2021, and now it is quadrupling its fund

Summary: Japanet Holdings, the Japanese TV shopping company based in Nagasaki, has quadrupled its venture capital fund to $200 million after early investments through Pegasus Tech Ventures in Anthropic, xAI, SpaceX, and OpenAI generated extraordinary p…

The Post-Game Content For ‘Pragmata’ Is A Lot Of Fun

Now that ‘Pragmata’ is finally out and people have been playing it, I thought I’d talk a bit about the post-game content.