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Meta has quietly released Forum, a standalone Reddit-style app built on Facebook Groups, with an AI “Ask” tab and an admin assistant.

Starbucks has retired its AI inventory tool across North American stores nine months after launch, citing reliability issues and reverting to manual counts.

Norway's sovereign wealth fund withheld its vote on Elkann's Meta board reappointment and backed shareholder proposals on AI data privacy and hate speech.

Wingtech seeks 8 billion yuan in damages from Nexperia after the Dutch government seized control of the chipmaker, invoking China's Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries jumped 12% on news of a physical-AI partnership with Nvidia, Microsoft, Fujitsu, and Analog Devices, with its CORLEO robot leading the showcase.

Chinese carmakers led by BYD and Chery took more than 15% of European EV sales in April 2026, doubling deliveries to 38,281 units, according to Dataforce.

Lenovo reported $21.6bn in Q4 revenue, beating estimates by $2.2bn, on a 26% PC rebound and 84% AI revenue growth. Shares rose 15% in Hong Kong.

Italy’s Guardia di Finanza has seized CINEMAGOAL, a piracy app that decrypted Sky, DAZN, and Netflix streams using credentials from fictitious legitimate subscribers.

Critterz, the OpenAI-backed family animation, missed its Cannes in-festival debut after OpenAI shut down the Sora model used in its production.

ClickUp CEO Zeb Evans cut 22% of staff and introduced $1M salary bands for a '100x org' where AI agents outnumber employees 3:1.

DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng has told investors the Hangzhou lab is targeting AGI, in its first-ever outside raise at a reported $10bn valuation.