London-based beauty and wellness booking platform Fresha has raised $80m from KKR at a $1bn-plus valuation, joining the UK unicorn club.

Salesforce closed 29,000 Agentforce deals but its stock is down 30% in 2026, and showcase demos keep turning out to be works in progress.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

NVentures, Nvidia's venture arm, has joined Alice & Bob's €100m Series B in an extension round. The Paris quantum firm targets a useful machine by 2030.

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