South Korea's Kospi has climbed more than 20% from its July low, crossing into bull-market territory as investors return to semiconductor heavyweights SK Hynix and Samsung amid optimism over AI infrastructure spending.
Meta and Nvidia each released open-weight AI models this week, joining a broader U.S. industry push to compete with Chinese laboratories as the debate over open-source AI regulation intensifies in Washington.
Two organizations have sued President Trump in federal court in Manhattan, seeking to block Truth API — a Truth Social service that charges subscribers up to $100,000 a month for early access to Trump's posts, which often serve as the first channel for official government announcements.
CoreWeave reported Q2 revenue of $2.58 billion, up 112% year over year, beating analyst estimates and raising its full-year 2026 revenue outlook to $12.4 billion–$13.2 billion as AI infrastructure demand drove new deals with Meta, Anthropic, and Jane Street.
The Trump administration finalized a rule on Tuesday ending federal Medicaid and CHIP funding for gender-affirming care for minors, including puberty blockers, hormones, and surgeries, with the policy set to take effect on October 13.
Brad Lightcap, OpenAI's former chief operating officer and an eight-year veteran of the company, announced Tuesday he is departing to start a new venture, adding to a string of senior leadership exits at the AI lab.
President Trump called New York City's pied-à-terre tax a "dangerous political experiment" and said he is exploring federal intervention to block the levy, which Mayor Zohran Mamdani pushed through the state legislature in late May.
South Korea's Kospi has climbed more than 20% from its July low, crossing into bull-market territory as investors return to semiconductor heavyweights SK Hynix and Samsung amid optimism over AI infrastructure spending.
CoreWeave reported Q2 revenue of $2.58 billion, up 112% year over year, beating analyst estimates and raising its full-year 2026 revenue outlook to $12.4 billion–$13.2 billion as AI infrastructure demand drove new deals with Meta, Anthropic, and Jane Street.
Vietnam's VinSpace has signed a contract with SpaceX to launch its first satellites on a Transporter rideshare mission in 2027, as the Vingroup subsidiary seeks to build a full-service aerospace business and Vietnam pursues its goal of becoming a mid-level space power by 2030.
Meta and Nvidia each released open-weight AI models this week, joining a broader U.S. industry push to compete with Chinese laboratories as the debate over open-source AI regulation intensifies in Washington.
Brad Lightcap, OpenAI's former chief operating officer and an eight-year veteran of the company, announced Tuesday he is departing to start a new venture, adding to a string of senior leadership exits at the AI lab.
London's King's Cross neighborhood, once one of the city's most troubled districts, has emerged as a global AI hub rivaling San Francisco and Beijing, drawing OpenAI, Meta, Anthropic, and hundreds of startups as office vacancy rates fall to 0.9%.
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