Accelerating inflation in Europe and Japan, with central banks stepping up monetary tightening Easing U.S.

Global automakers' profits decline as Chinese exports expand and electrification costs mount EU steps up pressure on Chinese EVs through countervailing duties and local sourcing requirements Hyundai and Tesla expand humanoid robot deployment in the race to cut production costs

UK courts and businesses increasingly restrict the entry, use and recording functions of smart glasses Risks extend beyond privacy violations to exam cheating and leaks of sensitive information Meta responds with stronger safeguards and a new camera-free model

LLM token prices fall, yet overall costs continue to rise Companies that once pushed for wider AI use shift toward tighter controls Spread of AI agents makes cost management increasingly urgent The price of tokens used to run artificial intellig

China tightens rules on AI-enabled “virtual intimacy” U.S.

Wall Street Increasingly Prices In Further Fed Tightening Protracted Iran War Compounds U.S.

Samsung Electronics Co-Leads Euclyd’s Series A Funding Round Euclyd Targets Inference Efficiency Through Processor-Memory Co-Design AI Chip Competition Intensifies, Raising Questions Over the End of NVIDIA’s Monopoly Era Samsung Electronics has

EU moves to amend Cybersecurity Act, excluding “high-risk suppliers” from telecom networks “How will we cover replacement costs?” Opposition mounts across Europe’s telecom industry Oligopolistic telecom-equipment market, Huawei’s exclusion threatens sharp erosion of price competition

AWS suffers permanent loss of Gulf data center records following Iranian attacks Gulf states seek to become AI hubs on cost competitiveness and government support Iran war erodes existing advantages, sharply increasing burdens on investors

Japanese bank stocks rally sharply amid BOJ tightening “Prices, wages and property all rise” as deflation recedes Rate hikes roil financial markets, prompting Japanese government intervention Bank stocks traced a broad upward trajectory on the

Russia raises possibility of controls on enriched uranium exports EU supply-chain risks come into focus as U.S.

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Europe seeks to supply Ukraine with Patriot missiles through PURL Ukraine, battered by Russian offensives, also appeals to South Korea and Japan for support U.S.

EU steps up efforts to build an independent space ecosystem and support European companies White House pressures U.S.

Tesla’s Fully Autonomous Purpose-Built Vehicle ‘Cybercab’ Nears Launch Persistent Technology Concerns as Robotaxi Malfunctions and Accidents Mount Key Cybercab Personnel Depart in Droves, Raising Fears of a Repeat of the ‘Cybertruck’ Debacle

DeepSeek raises external funding at a valuation of $74 billion Pricing overhaul aimed at improving profitability fuels listing speculation Potential to enter public markets alongside OpenAI, Anthropic and Moonshot AI Chinese artificial intellige

Grain prices rise sharply amid disruption to Russia-Ukraine supply chains Grain harvests plunge across Europe as heat waves and drought take their toll Disruptions to Middle Eastern energy and fertilizer supplies drive up costs for farmers Global g

CXMT Exhausts Supply Capacity as Domestic Demand Absorbs Output Technology Gap With Big Three Memory Chipmakers Persists, While Proprietary Capabilities Remain in Question Apple, Which Had Been Eyeing CXMT Amid Memory Shortages, Expected to Cut Shipments

Subsidies Alone Prove Insufficient to Sustain the Race for Mass Robot Production Fundraising Shifts From Policy Capital to Public Markets Hong Kong IPOs Offer Funding for Production Facilities and Overseas Expansion Chinese robotics

“Just one conversation with Warsh”: Trump denies allegations of infringing on Fed independence Warsh signaled commitment to independent decision-making even before Senate confirmation Could the Warsh Fed’s “smaller Fed” vision lay the groundwork for greater independence?