AI start-up DeepSeek partnered with Huawei to launch an open-source programming software toolkit optimised for the vendor’s Ascend chips, as the Chinese companies up efforts to expand the AI market beyond Nvidia’s technology. The post DeepSeek, Huawei team on AI chip software appeared first on Mobile World Live.
The fund will invest in technology companies building solutions for ports, logistics, and global supply chains.
The US artificial intelligence giant Anthropic has warned of the potential danger posed by Chinese firm Z.ai’s GLM-5.3, with the open-weight model showing a troubling mix of powerful hacking abilities but weak safety constraints. GLM-5.3 almost matches Anthropic’s most advanced model in terms of its cyber capabilities, but has far weaker safeguards, meaning there is greater potential for the model to be co-opted by bad actors, according to the San Francisco-based firm. In a report released on...
The fresh capital brings total funding to $22.9 million for the Bellevue startup, which launched in May 2025 with a $4.9 million seed round. Read More
The move will be part of a major overhaul of the ecosystem for website authentication.
European operators could reportedly be granted more time to strip out network equipment from so-called high-risk suppliers, following a European Commission proposal of a three-year phase-out period. The post Governments press EU to change high-risk supplier plan appeared first on Mobile World Live.
New York Post: Sources: the US FTC is expanding a sweeping probe of Anthropic, OpenAI, and other frontier AI labs, and plans to issue formal demands to turn over information — WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission is ramping up a sweeping probe of Anthropic, OpenAI and other frontier labs to uncover …
Dave Lee / Bloomberg: Amazon aims to have 5,000 drivers wearing its smart glasses in 2026, rising to 20,000+ in 2027; the glasses capture static images for its AI mapping platform — Coming soon up a garden path near you: an Amazon.com Inc. driver wearing smart glasses, almost constantly taking pictures and sending …
Verizon took its board to 10 members with the appointment of private equity guru Charles Phillips, a move framed as being about his financial leadership at a time when some shareholders are concerned about the operator’s management structure. The post Verizon brings financial expert on board appeared first on Mobile World Live.
Mariella Moon / Engadget: Amazon says Fire TV now offers integrated live content from 40+ apps, like YouTube TV and DirecTV, and plans a Music app with podcasts and concerts in the fall — Alexa+ will be able to process more complex questions. — Starting in November, Fire TV users in the US will get access …
Chris Welch / Bloomberg: Amazon unveils a faster, slimmer $60 Fire TV Stick 4K, simplifies its Fire TV Stick lineup, and plans to roll out an upgraded Alexa+ living room hub in November — Amazon.com Inc. announced a faster, slimmer Fire TV Stick 4K streaming device alongside a revamped remote control and upgrades to Alexa+ for the living room.
Subscribers: The Daily Pulse won’t be published on October 1, which is China’s National Day. We will resume publication on Friday, October 2. US President Donald Trump has again ruled out collaborating with China on artificial intelligence (AI), arguing that it would undermine American leadership in the technology. Cooperation would let China “immediately gain access to things that we know that they don’t know”, Trump told reporters on Tuesday. “We’re leading now over China and everyone else,...
Sarah Nassauer / Wall Street Journal: DoorDash unveils new retail partnerships to deliver clothing and footwear; Macy's is listing products directly on the DoorDash app for two-hour delivery — App joining with companies such as Anthropologie and Timberland, as well as Macy's — DoorDash is betting big that Americans want more than dinner delivered.
Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: DoorDash opens US waitlists for an Apple Messages-integrated AI agent for ordering and a B2B API allowing assistants like Slack bots to execute bulk orders — DoorDash Inc. unveiled an artificial intelligence agent for ordering food that works inside Apple Inc.'s Messages app …
The Information: Sources: Google is paying ~100 digital publishers for how much their content contributes to AI Overviews, AI Mode, and Gemini in a pilot; payments vary widely — Google has been paying roughly 100 digital publishers for how much their content contributes to AI-powered answers to search and other products …
Apple has claimed the top spot in China’s smartphone market following the release of its iPhone 18 Pro series, giving a potential boost to a sluggish handset market weighed down by weak consumer demand and soaring component costs. Sales of the new Pro models in their first three days after launching on September 18 were 12 per cent higher than sales of the iPhone 17 Pro line-up during its entire first week last year, according to a report published on Wednesday by Counterpoint Research. That...
Samantha Kelly / Bloomberg: Tinder rolls out Group Hangouts in select US markets, letting a user form a group of three to 15 friends around shared activities, as it courts younger users — Tinder is launching a new feature called Group Hangouts designed to take the pressure off one-on-one dates, marking its latest effort …
Wilson Connectivity launched weBoost Sky, a signal booster designed to help standard smartphones connect to low Earth orbit satellites from inside moving vehicles. The post Wilson targets D2D connectivity boost in vehicles appeared first on Mobile World Live.
Anthropic is reportedly seeking a valuation of more than $2 trillion in a public listing while also warning in a leaked prospectus AI could pose a catastrophic or existential risk to humanity. The post Anthropic targets $2T valuation despite AI concerns appeared first on Mobile World Live.
Stable, the Tether-focused blockchain, has raised US$28 million.
Sam Rutherford / Engadget: Samsung Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra review: the new $1,400 tablet is an iPad Pro rival with a great OLED display, battery life, and performance, but it is pricey — Starting at $1,400, it also has an apex price. … The Android tablet market is a bit weird. There are countless budget options …
Apple CEO John Ternus is reportedly reshaping the company to speed product development and put engineering back at the centre of its strategy. The post Apple CEO Ternus refocuses on engineering appeared first on Mobile World Live.
Funds raised through Hong Kong initial public offerings (IPOs) doubled in the first nine months of 2026, reaching the highest level for the period since records began in 1980. A total of 112 companies raised US$48.4 billion on Hong Kong’s main board during the first nine months, according to data released by LSEG Data & Analytics on Wednesday. A further two companies listed on the city’s Growth Enterprise Market (GEM). By deal count, the combined total of 114 new listings on the main board and...
Arivihan said it will use the capital to enter more states, expand in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Bihar.
Sea rebranded SeaMoney as Monee in 2025. The partnership follows an earlier launch of pet insurance with MSIG on Shopee.
New York Times: Sources and filings: Situational Awareness lacked an investment risk team; after the sell-off, the SEC sent subpoenas to major banks about trades they financed — A meltdown at Situational Awareness, an A.I.-focused investment firm, is raising tough questions about the Wall Street banks that lent billions to the upstart firm.
Phoebe Liu / The Information: GPU cloud provider GMI Cloud raised $668M, including $223M in equity led by ARCHIV with participation from Nvidia and $445M in credit led by Taiwanese bank CTBC — GMI Cloud, a five-year-old provider of Nvidia chip servers to enterprises, said Wednesday it raised $668 million in equity and debt financing.
OpenAI's Tara Seshan and Nan Yu share why AI teams need shorter planning horizons, rapid prototyping, and real user feedback.
By creating a shared memory layer for enterprise workflows, ThunderCat helps startups turn fragmented customer data into actionable revenue signals.
Mainland China-based printed circuit board (PCB) maker Suzhou Dongshan Precision Manufacturing has cleared its final listing hurdle in Hong Kong and is moving towards a share sale that may rank among the city’s largest initial public offerings (IPOs) in the fourth quarter, according to people familiar with the matter. The company passed its listing hearing with bourse operator Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) recently, the people said, requesting anonymity because the information was...
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WeLab Bank said its net interest income and net interest margin ranked first among Hong Kong digital banks.
Reuters: Documents: 20+ studies since 2025 show Chinese-powered AI agents displaying deceptive behavior, unprompted replication, and barrier circumvention in testing — Chinese-powered AI agents have learnt to deceive, circumvent restrictions and conceal failure, showing the kind of traits …
Alex Williams / New York Times: Pioneering Silicon Valley VC Bill Draper died on September 8 at age 98; he began investing in the 1960s, with successful bets like Activision, Skype, and Qume — Bill Draper began funding start-ups in the early 1960s, when the Santa Clara Valley was better known for apricot orchards than microchips.
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple is set to launch its smart home expansion on October 13, including a hub with a 6" screen and an iMac G4-like design and a HomePod mini refresh — Apple Inc. plans to make its long-delayed push into the smart-home market on Oct. 13, marking a critical product expansion …
Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek on Wednesday open-sourced a suite of core tools tailored for Huawei Technologies’ Ascend AI chips, marking a step forward in the country’s push to end dependence on processors from US giant Nvidia amid US export curbs. Hangzhou-based DeepSeek released six software modules that mirror its prior open-source tools for Nvidia’s AI chips, aiming to build a new “independent and controllable” software ecosystem for graphics processing units (GPUs),...
New York Times: OpenAI and Anthropic-aligned super PACs have spent $55.7M on the US midterms so far; of 95 ads, all avoided reference to data centers and only some mentioned AI — See how groups aligned with Anthropic and OpenAI have funneled major money into the fight for control of Congress. — Leading the
[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] The European Commission defines Industry 5.0 as placing human-centricity, sustainability and resilience at the core of industrial progress. In practice, this means AI-powered robots take on repetitive, physically demanding or hazardous work while people focus on critical thinking and higher-value decisions. The future of manufacturing is about using intelligent technology to help people be better at what they do, while...
Mainland Chinese and Hong Kong stocks may face a challenging fourth quarter as investors contend with underwhelming stimulus measures from Beijing, tighter financial conditions in the US and a shift in the narrative around the artificial intelligence trade, according to analysts. The two markets were likely to consolidate through the rest of the year as investors digest the negatives before settling on a clearer direction, according to brokerages including Zheshang Securities and CCB...
Cashku said it would assess investment suitability when users invest and monitor it continuously afterward under the oversight of licensed human advisers.
Apple sought a 0.2% cut per transaction as talks with major issuers continued.
Space Northwest gathers statistics on the state of the state's space ventures — and selects eight startups for its accelerator program. Read More
China’s corporate sector remains considerably weaker than it was before the Covid-19 pandemic, but the country is emerging as a key beneficiary of the global artificial intelligence boom thanks to its ample power capacity, according to a Natixis survey of thousands of firms and a separate research report. Profit margins at Chinese firms had stabilised at about 4.5 per cent for the first half of 2026, but remained well below the nearly 9 per cent recorded by their global peers, according to the...
The initiative has reached about 10 million users since its July debut.
After spending US$1.2 billion learning how hard credit is, Grab bought Atome's lending engine. Here's what the deal unlocks for Grab.
OCBC said the shift came after digital banking workshops and outreach under its SeniorCare program.