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Three years after launch, Mistral AI has closed a 3 billion euro Series D round, pushing its valuation past 21 billion euros. The article Mistral AI raises 3 billion euros in Europe’s largest-ever tech funding round despite lagging behind rivals appeared first on The Decoder.

Rising component costs and fading subsidies are accelerating the Mainland China PC market decline, forcing hardware vendors to pass component price spikes directly to buyers Hardware procurement is split down the middle, as notebook shipments plunge while commercial desktop contracts see localised spikes. The PC market decline in Mainland China had steepened during the first […]

Rainfall totals for September – November 2026 are about equally likely to be near normal or below normal for the north and east of the South Island, and the west of the North Island.