OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs called to appear at Australian AI probe
The Australian Medicare breach is one of the highest-profile incidents of AI agents accessing external systems outside the U.S.
‘Funflation’ is on the rise as hobbies get pricier, but consumers keep spending anyway
Consumers are spending more on hobbies like arts and crafts and outdoor sports, as it gets more expensive to travel due to increased airfare.
Powerful nor’easter causes coastal flooding and knocks out power to parts of the U.S. Northeast
Tens of millions of people were in the path of the nor’easter, which was forecast to affect the mid-Atlantic area and New England throughout the weekend.
Inside AT&S and the race to make the critical layer beneath AI chips
Managing Asia’s Christine Tan goes inside AT&S’s Malaysia plant, where CEO Michael Mertin explains why IC substrates — the high-tech base layers beneath AI chips — are becoming more important as AI demand grows and manufacturers race to add capacity….
This may be the ‘missing piece’ for investors looking to boost AI exposure
Matthews Asia portfolio manager Andrew Mattock delivers a strategy that revolves around the world’s second largest economy.
Supply glut, lab-grown alternatives: What’s behind the fall of diamond prices to record lows
Diamond prices are falling, leading investors and others to wonder whether the gemstones are losing their luster.
Trump rejects Iran’s conditional ceasefire proposal, WSJ reports, as Saudi coalition intercepts projectiles
Trump expects renewed U.S. bombing of Iran after the midterm elections, The Wall Street Journal reports, as Saudi-backed forces intercept projectiles.
China, U.S. agree to $30 billion tariff cut, AI dialogue during Xi visit, Beijing says
The three-day summit between Xi and President Donald Trump, which ended on Friday, showcased personal diplomacy rather than big public breakthroughs.
Audemars Piguet says its Royal Pop collaboration with Swatch is breaking sales records, despite luxury watch slump and tariffs
Swiss luxury watchmaker Audemars Piguet says its sales and engagement are breaking records after its risky, eye-catching Royal Pop collaboration with Swatch.
