Qwen boss says Chinese AI models have ‘less than 20%’ chance of leapfrogging Western counterparts — despite China’s $1 billion AI IPO week, capital can’t close the gap alone

Tom’s Hardware Premium Roadmaps (Image credit: Future) China’s AI sector made a splash this month as a cluster of domestic AI firms raised more than $1 billion through IPOs in Hong Kong. While these listings were undoubtedly meant to signal confidence, they triggered an unusually candid round of warnings from inside China’s own AI industry […]

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Malicious Chrome Extension Steals MEXC API Keys by Masquerading as Trading Tool

Jan 13, 2026Ravie LakshmananWeb Security / Online Fraud Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a malicious Google Chrome extension that’s capable of stealing API keys associated with MEXC, a centralized cryptocurrency exchange (CEX) available in over 170 countries, while masquerading as a tool to automate trading on the platform. The extension, named MEXC API Automator […]

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Vibe code anything in a Hanselminute

January 13, 2026 Ryan welcomes back the mighty Scott Hanselman, VP of Developer Community at Microsoft, for a crossover episode about all things vibe coding. They cover the ways it can really improve the software development lifecycle, the importance of keeping human judgement in software so developers can truly understand their code, and how AI […]

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