AI-driven demand for chips and data-center equipment pushed manufacturing PMIs above 50 in China, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Malaysia in June 2026, according to Reuters. However, the…
KKR and SK Inc. launched a $1.3 billion renewable energy platform in South Korea, with KKR taking a 51% stake and management control. The platform starts with 1.7 GW of operating capacity and targets …
The FBI has determined that three ransom notes received in connection with the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, mother of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie, are not genuine, according to an anonymo…
The U.S. Department of Commerce lifted export controls on Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models, restoring access for over 100 U.S. organizations. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick determined…
Anthropic launched Claude Science, an AI research workbench integrating databases, tooling, and compute into a single environment. The platform includes over 60 scientific databases, renders 3D protei…
China's official manufacturing PMI rose to 50.3 in June, beating expectations, driven by AI-fueled high-tech exports, while domestic demand remained weak. The high-tech manufacturing PMI surged to 53.…
Apple forced X to remove iPhone 18 Pro leak videos and suspended the accounts that posted them after a cyberattack on Tata Electronics. The takedowns, which also prompted 9to5Mac to pull its coverage,…
Apple released emergency software updates for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS on Monday, patching 29 security flaws earlier than planned due to rising AI-powered cyber threats. The company cited AI-driven hack…
Meituan released and open-sourced LongCat-2.0, a 1.6-trillion-parameter large language model with a 1-million-token context window, trained from scratch on a 50,000-chip domestic compute cluster. The …
A video purportedly showing an iPhone 18 Pro drop test, described as the biggest leak in Apple history, circulated on social media after a ransomware attack on an Apple manufacturer. The leak's authen…
Apple announced it is releasing security updates earlier than its traditional annual cycle, citing artificial intelligence's role in accelerating the development of hacking tools. The company told Reu…
China's official manufacturing PMI rose to 50.3 in June 2026, beating expectations as AI-driven demand boosted high-tech manufacturing to 53.5, while the broader economy remained fragile due to a slug…
China's official manufacturing PMI rose to 50.3 in June, marking four consecutive months of expansion, driven by a surge in exports of AI-related hardware. However, the employment sub-index remained i…
Apple accelerated the release of iOS 26.5.2, iPadOS 26.5.2, and macOS 26.5.2 to address security fixes originally planned for version 26.6, citing the need to reduce exploitation time as AI-powered ha…
Apple released iOS 26.5.2, iPadOS 26.5.2, and macOS Tahoe 26.5.2 with over 25 security fixes earlier than planned due to concerns about AI-assisted hacks. The company told Reuters it needed to reduce …
South Korea's government and tech companies, including Samsung and SK Hynix, are investing $1 trillion in megaprojects to boost memory chip production, build AI data centers, and deploy humanoid robot…
The US government suspended access to Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models on June 12 under an export control directive, citing national security concerns. Anthropic disabled the models for all …
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison's net worth has surged to around $192 billion as investors reward the company's aggressive push into AI cloud infrastructure, even as Oracle cuts jobs in other areas. T…
China's official manufacturing PMI is expected to rise to 50.1 in June, barely above the 50-point threshold separating growth from contraction, according to a Reuters poll of 23 economists. The margin…
Australian AI-infrastructure company Firmus Technologies signed a strategic partnership with Nvidia to deploy 170,000 GPUs in Batam, Indonesia, starting in 2027. The deal gives emerging AI firms cost-…