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While the Chinese internet giant Tencent is best-known for its super-app WeChat, it’s also a major investor in U.S. tech companies and startups. Some of its most notable and still active investments include Reddit, Snap, and Fortnite creator Epic Games. Things might get a little awkward, though, because Tencent was designated a “Chinese military company”…

In a bid to streamline, Dell is dropping some of its most iconic laptop brands. At CES 2025 on Monday, the PC company announced that XPS, Inspiron, and Latitude are moving to a farm upstate. In their stead come Dell, Dell Pro, and Dell Pro Max. The move is a bid to create “unified branding”…

Tom Vice, the CEO of private space technologies company Sierra Space, has left the company, according to a CNBC report.  Vice held the position for three and a half years, overseeing the VC-backed company’s $290 million fundraise at a $5.3 billion valuation in 2023 and securement of a military satellite contract in early 2024.  Despite…

Monday’s Toyota CES press conference was all about Woven City, the carmaker’s planned community at the base of Mt. Fuji. Robotics will undoubtedly play a major role in the company’s bid to automate as much of the 2,000-person city as possible, including autonomous cars and drones designed to chaperone people back home after dark. One…

Meta has appointed three new members to its board of directors, the company announced Monday: UFC president and CEO Dana White, European investment company Exor CEO John Elkann, and tech investor and entrepreneur Charlie Songhurst. In a press release, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that White, Elkann, and Songhurst “will add a depth of expertise…

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Japanese automaker Toyota is “exploring rockets,” chairman Akio Toyoda just announced on stage at CES 2025, while hinting at the idea of moving people through space. Toyoda did not offer any details explaining what he meant. But he showed a rendering on stage of a rocket designed by Interstellar Technologies, a private Japanese spaceflight company…

Toyota Motor Chairman Akio Toyoda revealed Monday at CES 2025 his vision for a living laboratory chock full of startups and technology. His message: Woven City — a prototype city on a 175-acre site at the foot of Mount Fuji in Japan — is open for business and searching for inventors. “Today, I say to…

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Flying Flea is the latest electric two-wheeler manufacturer to embrace the connected vehicle trend. At CES 2025, Flying Flea shared plans to integrate some of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon products into its upcoming line of motorcycles, bringing connected capabilities like voice assistance, smartphone-enabled keys, and customizable ride modes.  Indian motorcycle manufacturer Royal Enfield introduced the Flying Flea…