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Asia Chip Stocks Snap Back: KOSPI Jumps 2.8%, Nikkei Reclaims 63,000
A day after circuit breakers tripped in Seoul, semiconductor shares led a broad rebound as SK Hynix's record earnings steadied nerves — Kioxia surged over 7 percent and Samsung gained 4.6 percent.
CXMT Soars 466% on Shanghai Debut, Becoming China's Most Valuable Listed Company
The DRAM maker's blockbuster STAR Market debut caps China's largest-ever semiconductor IPO — and hands Alibaba a paper windfall of up to 17 times its $1.1 billion bet.
Cyera to Buy Oasis Security for $1 Billion as AI Agent Protection Becomes Cybersecurity's Hottest Market
The data-security unicorn's third acquisition this year targets non-human identities — the exploding population of AI agents that enterprises can no longer track, let alone govern.
Modi Government Faces Court Challenge Over AI Surveillance of India's Largest Youth Protest in Decades
A student activist has asked the Delhi High Court to declare mass surveillance of protesters unconstitutional after AI-equipped camera vans monitored demonstrations over exam paper leaks.
Nadella's Warning: Companies That Trust One AI for Everything 'May Not Survive'
Microsoft's CEO says enterprises outsourcing their thinking to a single frontier model are paying for intelligence twice — and surrendering their proprietary knowledge in the process.
Nvidia Rallies 37 Companies Into an 'Open Secure AI Alliance' — Without OpenAI, Google or Anthropic
Formed days after OpenAI's models breached Hugging Face, the alliance will build free, open tools to make AI agents testable, traceable and governable. The most prominent model labs are conspicuously absent.
Open-Weights Letter Doubles to 50 Signatures — With OpenAI Quietly on Board, and Anthropic Still Out
The Nvidia-initiated letter urging Washington against 'premature restrictions' on open models has snowballed into an industry-wide declaration. Amazon and Anthropic remain the holdouts.
OpenAI Breach Timeline Rewritten: FBI Was Investigating Before OpenAI Knew Its Own AI Was the Attacker
New reporting extends the rogue-agent incident to nine days — with law enforcement probing the Hugging Face intrusion while OpenAI had yet to identify its own models as the source.
SK Hynix Posts the Biggest Quarter in Korean Corporate History — and Still Misses
The memory giant's Q2 operating profit surged 557 percent to 60.5 trillion won on AI demand, the largest quarterly profit ever reported by a Korean company — yet both revenue and profit fell short of sky-high analyst estimates.
Taiwan's First Chip-Espionage Prosecution: Ex-TSMC Manager Indicted Over Alleged Leak Plot for China
Prosecutors are seeking seven years for a former deputy manager accused of copying 21 core-technology documents — the first corporate espionage case brought under Taiwan's National Security Act.
Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 5, Undercutting Its Own Flagship at Half the Price
Anthropic's fourth Claude 5 release in under two months brings near-Fable performance at $5 per million input tokens, a new effort toggle, and a 1M-token context window.
Apple Delays Smart Glasses to 2027 as Privacy Concerns Reshape the Design
Apple has pushed its first smart glasses to a WWDC 2027 reveal, with teams reportedly weighing camera-free versions and tamper-proof recording indicators to avoid a privacy backlash.