OpenAI began a limited preview of its GPT-5.6 series, renamed Sol, Terra, and Luna after US government consultations, signaling tighter national security oversight of advanced AI. Meanwhile, China's 6…
The FTSE 100 fell 0.2% on Friday as technology stocks declined after a New York Times report that OpenAI may delay its initial public offering until 2027 due to concerns about market interest. The rep…
Brazilian startup Gabriel uses AI-powered cameras to scan license plates and share data with police, aiming to solve theft cases in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Belo Horizonte. Critics raise privacy…
OpenAI is reportedly delaying its IPO to 2027 because CEO Sam Altman insists on a $1 trillion valuation, rejecting any lower price. Advisors recommend the delay due to volatile tech markets and SpaceX…
Global tech stocks experienced extreme volatility this week, with AI-related shares swinging sharply amid concerns about high capital expenditure and rising chip costs. Apple's price hike on iPads and…
Wall Street triggered a massive selloff in tech stocks after Apple announced price hikes due to rising memory and storage chip costs, with Deutsche Bank warning of a 'memory supply crisis' as AI deman…
Apple raised prices on Mac, iPad, and home devices on June 25, citing unsustainable memory chip costs driven by AI demand, triggering a selloff in Asian technology stocks. Apple shares dropped up to 6…
SoftBank Group shares fell 12% on concerns that OpenAI's IPO timeline may be delayed, exposing the Japanese conglomerate's leveraged $60 billion bet on the AI company. The stock dropped 11% in early J…
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son dismissed fears of an AI bubble as 'blasphemy' during his company's annual general meeting, arguing that AI's potential is just beginning. SoftBank has invested over $64 bil…
Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison quietly donated about $45 million to a pro-Trump nonprofit during the 2024 campaign, according to The Wall Street Journal. Since then, Oracle has secured major governmen…
Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora says 90% of enterprise employees lack AI skills, calling the current period a 'Darwinian moment' where workers must self-train or face replacement. Arora contrasts …
Hyundai Motor Group is considering swapping its US AI research arm for SoftBank's remaining 9.65% stake in Boston Dynamics, which would give Hyundai full ownership of the robotics company ahead of its…
Agility Robotics, a maker of humanoid robots for warehouses, announced a $2.5 billion merger with Churchill Capital Group to go public. The company's Digit robot is already deployed in warehouses, bac…
Humanoid robot startup Agility Robotics plans to go public via a SPAC merger at a $2.5 billion valuation, making it the first humanoid-focused company to list in the US. The deal, led by former Citigr…
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi unveiled a 370 trillion yen ($2.3 trillion) growth strategy on June 20, 2026, targeting 17 sectors including AI and semiconductors, aiming to quintuple domestic c…
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son dismissed claims that the artificial intelligence boom is a bubble, calling such talk an 'insult' to AI at the company's annual shareholders' meeting in Tokyo. Son, whose So…
Blackstone plans to invest roughly $30 billion in AI data centres in Japan over the next three to five years, betting on demand despite warnings of overcapacity. The firm's president Jonathan Gray arg…
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son dismissed SpaceX's orbital AI data center plan as overpriced, arguing that terrestrial infrastructure is more cost-effective. Son's critique comes days after SpaceX's $1.7 t…
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son questioned the economic viability of Elon Musk's proposal to build AI data centers in space, arguing that lower electricity costs would not offset the high expenses of maint…
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son dismissed Elon Musk's plan for orbital data centers, saying the costs would outweigh the benefits and that the AI race will be decided on Earth. Son's comments came as Space…