China Presses Netherlands Over Nexperia Dispute As Chip Supply Risks Persist
China has called on the Netherlands to quickly reverse its actions against chipmaker Nexperia, warning that continued intervention is threatening stability in the global semiconductor supply chain and prolonging uncertainty…
Federal Probe Details Alleged Nvidia AI Chip Smuggling Network Targeting China
Federal prosecutors disclosed an investigation into an alleged global smuggling network that sought to move restricted Nvidia AI chips from the United States to China, revealing how U.S. authorities say…
OpenAI Reorganizes Audio Teams As It Prepares Audio-First Personal Device
OpenAI has reorganized several internal teams to accelerate development of new audio models, as the company prepares for the launch of an audio-first personal device expected in about a year,…
BYD Poised To Overtake Tesla As World’s Largest Electric Vehicle Seller
China’s BYD is on track to become the world’s biggest seller of electric vehicles, surpassing Tesla in annual sales for the first time as Chinese manufacturers continue to gain ground…
SoftBank Agrees To Buy DigitalBridge For $4 Billion To Expand AI Infrastructure
SoftBank has agreed to acquire data center investment firm DigitalBridge for $4 billion, positioning the deal as part of its efforts to expand infrastructure capacity needed for artificial intelligence development.…
Enterprises Expected To Consolidate AI Spending In 2026 As Experimentation Phase Winds Down
Enterprise spending on artificial intelligence is expected to rise in 2026, but investors say the increase will be concentrated among fewer vendors as companies move away from broad experimentation and…
European University Spinouts Reach $398 Billion As Venture Funding Accelerates Despite Broader VC Slowdown
University spinouts across Europe have grown into a $398 billion startup pipeline, as venture capital increasingly flows toward deep tech and life sciences companies emerging from academic research, even while…
Octopus Energy Plans Kraken Spinoff After $8.65 Billion Valuation From Investor Deal
Octopus Energy is preparing to spin off its Kraken Technologies division as a standalone company after selling a $1 billion stake in the AI-based platform, a transaction that values the…
Disney To Pay $10 Million To Settle Claims Over Children’s Privacy Violations On YouTube
The Walt Disney Company will pay $10 million (£7.4 million) to settle claims that it violated US children’s privacy laws by failing to label certain YouTube videos as made for…
Meta Acquires AI Startup Manus For $2 Billion As Political Scrutiny Follows Rapid Rise
Meta Platforms has agreed to acquire Manus, a Singapore-based artificial intelligence startup, in a $2 billion deal after the company drew attention in Silicon Valley for its fast growth, viral…
Supply Chain Disruptions Cost Consumer Goods Firms Over $12 Billion Annually, DP World Study Finds
Marine supply chain disruptions are costing the consumer goods sector more than $12 billion each year, as persistent instability across shipping and logistics networks continues to disrupt operations, according to…
French Insect Protein Startup Ynsect Enters Judicial Liquidation After Years Of Heavy Losses
French insect farming startup Ynsect has been placed into judicial liquidation after failing to overcome persistent revenue shortfalls and high capital costs, bringing an end to a company that raised…
Spotify Disables Accounts After Open-Source Group Publishes Millions Of Scraped Tracks
Spotify has disabled user accounts after an open-source shadow library published files containing tens of millions of songs scraped from the streaming platform, confirming unauthorized access to its music library…
Build-A-Bear Rebounds After Years Of Losses Under Sharon Price John Despite Tariff Pressure
Build-A-Bear Workshop has returned to sustained profitability and strong stock performance after a prolonged downturn, even as tariffs and weaker consumer traffic create new financial headwinds. Turnaround After Years Of…
Nissan Confirms Customer Data Exposed After Red Hat GitLab Breach
Nissan has confirmed that personal data belonging to customers of a Japanese sales subsidiary was exposed following unauthorized access to a Red Hat development environment, linking the incident to a…
Nvidia Signs Licensing Deal With Groq And Hires Founders Amid Reported $20 Billion Asset Purchase
Nvidia has entered into a non-exclusive licensing agreement with AI chip company Groq and will bring Groq’s founder and president into the company, as questions remain over the scale of…
Mill Secures Amazon And Whole Foods Deal To Expand Food Waste Business Into Grocery Stores
Food waste startup Mill has reached an agreement with Amazon and Whole Foods that will bring its commercial food waste technology into grocery stores, marking a shift beyond the household…