Tencent Leads Effort To Unwind Meta’s US$2 Billion Manus Acquisition
Hong Kong, 10 July 2026 – Tencent is leading an investor group to unwind Meta Platforms’ US$2 billion acquisition of AI agent startup Manus, after Chinese authorities moved…
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Meta Enters AI Coding Market With Muse Spark 1.1 To Challenge OpenAI And Anthropic
Menlo Park, 9 July 2026 – Meta Platforms has entered the fast-growing AI coding market with the launch of Muse Spark 1.1, positioning the company more directly against…
Paradigm Raises US$1.2 Billion As Crypto VC Expands Into AI Bets
San Francisco, 8 July 2026 – Paradigm has raised US$1.2 billion as the crypto-focused venture capital firm broadens its investment mandate into artificial intelligence, marking another sign that…
Temasek Assets Hit Record S$518 Billion As AI Bets Lift Returns
Singapore, 8 July 2026 – Temasek Holdings’ portfolio value rose to a record S$518 billion, or about US$400 billion, as gains from artificial intelligence-linked investments helped lift returns…
Major AI Models Enter New Phase As Cost, Capability And Control Shape Global Race
Beijing, 8 July 2026 – The global artificial intelligence race is entering a more competitive phase as major models from the United States, China and Europe battle for…
Perplexity Plans To Use Nvidia’s New CPU As AI Search Demands Rise
San Francisco, 7 July 2026 – Perplexity AI plans to use Nvidia’s new central processing unit as the artificial intelligence search company scales computing capacity to support growing…
Meta Debuts New AI Image Model As Instagram Pushes Deeper Into Generative Tools
Menlo Park, 7 July 2026 – Meta Platforms has launched a new artificial intelligence image-generation model inside its chatbot and Instagram, strengthening its push to make generative AI…
Samsung Profit Beats Estimates As AI Memory Demand Accelerates
Seoul, 7 July 2026 – Samsung Electronics delivered a stronger-than-expected profit forecast as surging demand for artificial intelligence memory chips continued to power one of the most significant…
Nvidia AI Server Delay Report Sends Asian PCB Stocks Sliding
Taipei, 6 July 2026 – Asian printed circuit board and technology stocks came under pressure after a report that Nvidia’s next-generation AI server rack system could face a…
Digital Brunei 2030 To Drive Nation’s Digital Transformation
Bandar Seri Begawan, 6 July 2026 – Brunei Darussalam is accelerating its national digital transformation agenda through Digital Brunei 2030, a five-year plan designed to turn strategy into…