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MiniMax launches M3.1 Flash for coding, agentic tasks
MiniMax said Space Bunny, which processed 200T+ tokens anonymously, was an early M3.1 Flash.
Minh Le · · 1 min read
AliExpress plans to incubate 100 AI hardware brands
AliExpress said its AI hardware category sales doubled year on year from January to July 2026.
Naomi Li Gan · · 1 min read
Foxconn to buy 50% stake in Mitsubishi EV unit for $727m
Mitsubishi Electric’s auto unit posted ¥876 billion in revenue in the year ended March.
Grace Priscilla Teo · · 1 min read
Samsung, Checkout.com expand digital payments partnership
Checkout.com already handles Samsung.com payments in the Middle East and North Africa.
Naomi Li Gan · · 1 min readUS software firm Boomi acquires Israeli data startup for $45m
Elementary Data develops software that helps data teams find problems before they affect business reports, models, or automated workflows.
Grace Priscilla Teo · · 1 min readYouTrip restores services after vendor glitch causes outage
This comes as YouTrip earlier on October 19 experienced an outage across most of its services in Singapore and Thailand.
Diya Lal · · 1 min readChina’s CXMT shares fall 7.8% despite profit forecast
CXMT said the turnaround was driven by AI-related shortages and higher prices for dynamic random-access memory, or DRAM.
Aiko Gao Ishida · · 1 min readChina’s iFlytek Q3 revenue grows 8% as AI spending rises
iFLYTEK’s smart education and healthcare businesses each grew more than 20% in the third quarter.
Minh Le · · 1 min readYouTrip reports major service outage, most operations down
Platform says the app is experiencing some technical difficulties.
Deon Loke · · 2 min read