Seven in 10 children are still on restricted platforms seven months after Australia's under-16 social media ban. The Senate just blocked amendments to strengthen enforcement.

Macron convinced SoftBank to invest €75B in French data centres. Modi secured $48B from Amazon. The AI infrastructure race is being won by personal diplomacy.

London neobank Starling is cutting 3% of its workforce as profits dip for a second year. It is simultaneously hiring AI engineers and expanding its Engine SaaS platform into the US.

Hong Kong re-exported $124bn in chips to China in five months, 52% of the mainland's total, as the AI boom turns the city into Asia's key semiconductor hub.

Nansen data shows 988,905 $TRUMP token buyers lost $3.81 billion while Trump earned $636 million in royalties. His 2025 financial disclosure lists $1.4 billion in crypto income.

Chinese regulators want cinemas to add AI agents, karaoke booths and coffee shops as ticket sales slump 40% in the first half of 2026.

China's draft e-commerce law amendments add domestic platform oversight and international countermeasures as Temu and Shein face tariffs and fines in the US and EU.

OpenAI apparently failed to visit a key Stargate UK site before announcing the project. A previous investigation found the supercomputer location was a scaffolding yard.

India's IT ministry has summoned Meta executives after a BBC investigation found Instagram ran paid ads promoting CSAM, linking users to Telegram.

Alex Karp bought a $120M monastery, a $75M Miami compound, and a 500-acre New Hampshire estate. His company sells surveillance tools to governments.

OpenAI has proposed giving the US government a 5% equity stake worth roughly $42.6bn, the Financial Times reports, as Sam Altman looks to ease political pressure.

Dream, founded by Pegasus creator Shalev Hulio, targets Trump-aligned Latin American governments as cyber attacks grow 25% annually in the region.