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Wall Street Journal: US investors are boosting Chinese AI-related tech stocks and adding cash to ETFs tracking China’s tech sector, as US lawmakers push for tighter capital curbs  —  Lawmakers’ push to restrict funding runs into Wall Street’s hope of… Read More »US investors are boosting Chinese AI-related tech stocks and adding cash to ETFs tracking China’s tech sector, as US lawmakers push for tighter capital curbs (Wall Street Journal)

Ben Elgin / Bloomberg: Uber discontinues monthly EV bonuses as it scales back key climate efforts after embracing Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, which slashed clean-energy incentives  —  After long pushing for government policies to speed adoption of electric cars, Uber… Read More »Uber discontinues monthly EV bonuses as it scales back key climate efforts after embracing Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, which slashed clean-energy incentives (Ben Elgin/Bloomberg)

Reuters: Shares of JD.com’s JingDong Industrials, a supply chain tech and services provider, opened down 7.8% after the company raised ~$383M in its Hong Kong IPO  —  Shares of Jingdong Industrials Inc (7618.HK), a unit of Chinese online retailer JD.com… Read More »Shares of JD.com’s JingDong Industrials, a supply chain tech and services provider, opened down 7.8% after the company raised ~$383M in its Hong Kong IPO (Reuters)

Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica: Operation Bluebird, a Virginia-based startup, has petitioned the USPTO to acquire the “abandoned” Twitter trademark and launch its own social network  —  A Virginia startup calling itself “Operation Bluebird” announced this week that it has… Read More »Operation Bluebird, a Virginia-based startup, has petitioned the USPTO to acquire the “abandoned” Twitter trademark and launch its own social network (Cyrus Farivar/Ars Technica)

Megan Morrone / Axios: A Microsoft analysis of 37.5M Copilot conversations from January-September 2025 finds health-related topics dominated users’ questions, and more  —  People are increasingly turning to Microsoft’s Copilot chatbot for advice about their health, careers and relationships, according… Read More »A Microsoft analysis of 37.5M Copilot conversations from January-September 2025 finds health-related topics dominated users’ questions, and more (Megan Morrone/Axios)

Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times: Google DeepMind plans to open its “first automated science laboratory” in the UK in 2026, focused on using AI tools to develop new materials for chips and more  —  Big Tech group will work with… Read More »Google DeepMind plans to open its “first automated science laboratory” in the UK in 2026, focused on using AI tools to develop new materials for chips and more (Melissa Heikkilä/Financial Times)

Reuters: Sources: the US is working on a settlement that could see ZTE pay $1B+ over alleged foreign bribery from 2018 and earlier; a deal would require China’s approval  —  Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp may pay more than… Read More »Sources: the US is working on a settlement that could see ZTE pay $1B+ over alleged foreign bribery from 2018 and earlier; a deal would require China’s approval (Reuters)

Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk: Sei partners with Xiaomi to pre-install its crypto wallet and discovery app on all new Xiaomi phones sold outside mainland China and the US, starting in 2026  —  The app will enable peer-to-peer payments, access to… Read More »Sei partners with Xiaomi to pre-install its crypto wallet and discovery app on all new Xiaomi phones sold outside mainland China and the US, starting in 2026 (Francisco Rodrigues/CoinDesk)

Courtney Rozen / Reuters: A group of state AGs sent a letter to Meta, Microsoft, Google, Apple, and others warning their chatbots’ “delusional outputs” could be violating state laws  —  Microsoft, Meta, Google and Apple were among the 13 companies… Read More »A group of state AGs sent a letter to Meta, Microsoft, Google, Apple, and others warning their chatbots’ “delusional outputs” could be violating state laws (Courtney Rozen/Reuters)

Daniel Kuhn / The Block: The US CFTC grants crypto exchange Gemini a DCM license, allowing it to launch its prediction markets platform Gemini Titan  —  Partner offers  —  Quick Take  — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission granted Gemini a… Read More »The US CFTC grants crypto exchange Gemini a DCM license, allowing it to launch its prediction markets platform Gemini Titan (Daniel Kuhn/The Block)