South Korea, Japan stocks surge as chip shares rebound

Markets across Japan and South Korea opened sharply higher on Thursday, July 9, snapping a three-day losing streak…

China’s CXMT to begin $4.3B Shanghai IPO bookbuilding

Changxin Memory Technologies, China's largest DRAM chipmaker, announced on Wednesday that it will begin book-building on July 15…

Anthropic unveils method to isolate dangerous knowledge in AI models

Anthropic and research partner AE Studio on Wednesday published a method for isolating dangerous knowledge within AI models…

Global M&A hit $3T in first half as wealth deals surged

Global financial services mergers and acquisitions edged higher in the first half of 2026, but the headline growth…

AstraZeneca, GSK strike deals with Sino Biopharma amid U.S. scrutiny

AstraZeneca and GSK announced separate partnerships with China's Sino Biopharmaceutical on Wednesday, marking a flurry of cross-border pharmaceutical…

Bain Capital sells entire Kioxia stake after 4,000% surge

Bain Capital has sold its entire stake in Japanese flash memory chipmaker Kioxia Holdings, concluding what may rank…

OpenAI retracts SWE-Bench Pro recommendation after audit finds 30% of tasks broken

OpenAI announced on Tuesday that it is retracting its recommendation of SWE-Bench Pro as a reliable measure of…

Lovable reportedly seeks $300M at $13.2B valuation

Swedish vibe-coding startup Lovable is in talks to raise $300 million at a $13.2 billion post-money valuation, roughly…

Millions gather as Khamenei funeral continues in Iraq

Millions of mourners flooded the Iraqi holy cities of Najaf and Karbala on Wednesday for funeral processions honoring…

Lab observes black hole energy-extraction effect without a spinning object

Researchers have for the first time observed a Floquet regime of rotational super-radiance in a laboratory setting, demonstrating…

Volleyball federation lifts Russia ban after IOC decision

The International Volleyball Federation lifted its ban on Russian athletes and teams on Wednesday, becoming one of the…

IEA, IMF, World Bank, WTO warn Middle East war strains energy supplies

The heads of the International Energy Agency, International Monetary Fund, World Bank Group, and World Trade Organization issued…

Trump offers Ukraine Patriot license, backs strikes on Russia

President Donald Trump expressed support for Ukraine's long-range strikes on Russian territory during a meeting with Ukrainian President…

Meta to build C$13 billion data center in Alberta

Meta Platforms announced Wednesday it will build its first data center in Canada, a 1-gigawatt facility in Sturgeon…

Yen slides to 40-year low as U.S.-Iran strikes send oil surging

The Japanese yen slid to fresh 40-year lows on Wednesday as a renewed U.S.-Iran confrontation sent oil prices…

US launches new strikes on Iran as Trump declares ceasefire ‘over’

The United States military conducted a second consecutive day of strikes against targets inside Iran on Wednesday, hours…

Scientists find 81 hidden genes driving deadly breast cancer

A team of scientists at Sinai Health in Toronto has uncovered 81 previously unknown genes involved in basal-like…

Airline stocks tumble as oil surges on Trump’s Iran ceasefire collapse

Shares of major airlines and cruise operators fell sharply on Wednesday after President Donald Trump declared the ceasefire…

FIFA’s Infantino referred to Olympic ethics body over Trump ties

FIFA president Gianni Infantino is being referred to the International Olympic Committee's ethics investigators over a possible breach…

Bieber joins Madonna, BTS for World Cup halftime show

FIFA announced Wednesday that Justin Bieber will co-headline the first-ever FIFA World Cup Final Halftime Show, joining Madonna,…

Rapidus to price 2nm chips up to 40% below TSMC

Japanese semiconductor foundry Rapidus disclosed its pricing strategy for 2-nanometer chip manufacturing on Wednesday, setting wafer costs at…

Gold drops sharply as hawkish Fed minutes fuel rate hike fears

Gold prices fell sharply on Wednesday as the release of hawkish Federal Reserve meeting minutes, a stronger U.S.…

Bitcoin slides as Trump declares Iran ceasefire ‘over’

Bitcoin fell to around $62,000 on Wednesday, extending losses after President Donald Trump declared the ceasefire with Iran…

Humanoid robots complete surgery in world first

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have used teleoperated humanoid robots to perform live surgery for…

Oil surge after U.S. strikes on Iran revives Fed rate hike bets

Fresh U.S. military strikes on Iran and the collapse of a fragile ceasefire sent oil prices surging on…

EIA’s oil price cut overtaken by new U.S.-Iran strikes

The U.S. Energy Information Administration on Monday sharply cut its crude oil price forecast following last month's U.S.-Iran…

Musk says xAI’s Grok 4.5, trained on Cursor data, launches Thursday

Elon Musk announced on Tuesday that SpaceXAI will release Grok 4.5, the company's latest large language model, to…

CVC used AI instead of bankers to run Skroutz sale

When buyout giant CVC Capital Partners put Greek e-commerce marketplace Skroutz up for sale earlier this year, it…

SpaceXAI launches Grok 4.5, its first model built with Cursor

SpaceXAI on Wednesday announced the public release of Grok 4.5, its most capable AI model to date, set…

OpenAI launches GPT-Live voice models for ChatGPT

OpenAI on Wednesday released GPT-Live-1 and GPT-Live-1 mini, a pair of full-duplex voice models that allow ChatGPT to…