QuickNode has integrated Aleo's privacy-focused Layer 1 blockchain into its infrastructure, offering enterprise-grade RPC endpoints and validator-as-a-service to developers. The move provides managed …
Former Google DeepMind and Apple researchers have launched Trajectory, a Palo Alto startup raising approximately $50 million in seed funding to improve AI's visual understanding of the physical world.…
South Korean retail investors have poured nearly $13.2 billion into SK Hynix, driving the memory chipmaker's market capitalization past $1 trillion as surging demand for AI-powered high-bandwidth memo…
Amazon Web Services is licensing its generative AI retail technology to third-party retailers, with Tapestry Inc., parent company of Coach and Kate Spade New York, as an early adopter. Tapestry has de…
YouTube will automatically label videos containing significant photorealistic AI-generated content, moving from voluntary creator disclosure to automated detection. The labels will appear prominently …
Robinhood launched beta support for Agentic Trading and the Agentic Credit Card on Wednesday, allowing customers to connect AI agents to automate investing and spending through the platform. CEO Vlad …
Taiwan has launched an investigation into an alleged smuggling operation that used Japan as a transit hub to funnel restricted Nvidia AI chips to China. Three suspects were detained on May 21, and aut…
North Korea launched a series of missile tests on May 26, including AI-guided cruise missiles with a 100-kilometer range, as leader Kim Jong Un personally supervised the exercises. North Korean state-…
Samsung Electronics, Micron Technology, and SK Hynix each surpassed $1 trillion in market capitalization in May 2026, driven by surging demand for high-bandwidth memory chips used in artificial intell…
Coinbase launched Base MCP, a Model Context Protocol server that connects AI agents like Claude and ChatGPT to Base Account smart wallets, enabling them to execute DeFi transactions through natural la…
TSMC Chairman and CEO C.C. Wei confirmed on May 27 that profit-sharing bonuses for the company’s Taiwanese employees will increase by more than 30% year-over-year in 2026, with payouts scheduled for M…
Bitcoin Japan Corporation, a Tokyo-listed company formerly known as a kimono wholesaler, has acquired a stake in Elon Musk’s SpaceX through a private secondary market transaction. The investment, made…
China's Supreme People's Court released a five-year plan on April 20 to establish legal rules for AI-generated content ownership, data rights, and liability among developers, operators, and users. The…
On June 3, 2026, the European Union is expected to finalize rules under the Cloud and AI Development Act that would give European cloud providers preferential treatment in public-sector contracts, lim…
SK Hynix surpassed $1 trillion in market capitalization on May 26-27, becoming the second South Korean company to reach the milestone after Samsung Electronics. The memory chipmaker's stock surged ove…
ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), China's leading DRAM manufacturer, has received approval from the Shanghai Stock Exchange for its IPO on the STAR Market, targeting approximately $4.2 billion in p…
The European Central Bank (ECB) has ordered major euro area banks to increase cybersecurity spending, citing the accelerating threat of artificial intelligence. ECB Executive Board member Frank Elders…
The European Central Bank warned in its November 2025 Financial Stability Review that global markets face an imminent risk of a sudden, large correction due to overstretched asset valuations and under…
Taiwanese prosecutors detained three suspects on May 21 for allegedly smuggling Nvidia AI chips to China by routing shipments through Japan using forged export documents. Authorities seized approximat…
ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, raised its 2026 capital expenditure budget to approximately $30 billion, a 25% increase, to accelerate AI infrastructure expansion. The company plans to invest…