Mitsubishi Electric is exploring a power-chip combination with Rohm and Toshiba that would create the world’s number-two supplier, sources say.

Xi Jinping used his first WAIC keynote to pitch open AI for the developing world and needle US export controls, a day after China launched a rival AI body.

Netflix posted a slight Q2 2026 beat but guided third-quarter revenue below Wall Street, and the stock fell about 9% after hours.

Shanghai surgeons implanted Neuracle's NEO, the first commercially approved brain-computer interface. It sits on the brain rather than piercing it.

PayPal's board views a $53bn joint takeover bid from Stripe and Advent International as inadequate, people familiar with the talks tell Reuters.

Moonshot AI says its 2.8-trillion-parameter Kimi K3 is the largest open-weight model yet, closing on US frontier labs. Weights land 27 July.

A Chinese luggage maker’s filing implies DeepSeek is worth around $52bn, an inferred figure sitting between its $45bn talk and $74bn IPO ambitions.

Balaji Srinivasan paused US$500m and sought an Anwar meeting after Malaysian officers inspected 266 residents of his Forest City network-state commune.

Fora hit a $1bn valuation by signing up 15,000 humans as travel agents and giving them an AI assistant for the boring parts. The augment bet.

A KAIST and Stanford team unveiled SWAG, a soft robotic garment that climbs onto its wearer using vine-robot mechanics, aimed at elderly and disabled users.

Moia is now offering free autonomous rides in Hamburg using VW ID Buzz vans with safety operators, with US launches via Uber and Beep planned for later in 2026.

GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen dismissed physical game sales as irrelevant on Bloomberg TV as collectibles hit 41 percent of revenue and he pushes his eBay bid.