Micron has broken ground on a ¥1.5 trillion Hiroshima expansion to build HBM chips for AI accelerators, backed by up to ¥775bn in Japanese government support.

A leaked chat and bitcoin trail show a US government entity paid Kairos $1m to suppress stolen files, no encryption involved, with clues pointing to Ohio.

Modi opens CG Semi's $870m Sanand OSAT plant, packaging 200 million chips a year at launch as India's semiconductor mission gathers pace.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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