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BOJ Rate Rise Likely This Month, Govt Accepts Move: Sources
BOJ Rate Rise Likely This Month, Govt Accepts Move: Sources

Bank of Japan seen hiking its policy rate 0.25% this month. Nikkei hits 3-week high, as robot makers led gains on bets physical AI will fuel growth

Chinese Firms Fare Worst As Study Finds AI Majors Fail Safety Test
Chinese Firms Fare Worst As Study Finds AI Majors Fail Safety Test

Every tested firm ranked very poorly at assessing existential safety, a measure that evaluates whether they have any concrete strategies to manage potential ‘catastrophic risks’ from AI superintelligence

Thai Police Seize $300m in Assets ‘Linked to Scam Centre Bosses’
Thai Police Seize $300m in Assets ‘Linked to Scam Centre Bosses’

Thai officials have seized a luxury yacht, expensive cars, plots of land, plus millions in cash and stocks in listed firms allegedly linked to scam centre operators in Cambodia

India Scraps Order Mandating State-Run App on Smartphones
China, HK Stocks Fall on Property Woes, Slow Services Growth
Apple to Resist Indian Order to Preload State-Run App on Phones
Indonesians Blame Deforestation For Floods, Landslides; 700 Dead
China Flooding the World With Gasoline Cars, Far More Than EVs
China Launches First Lot of Simpler Rare Earth Export Licences
Ex-Chinese Worker ‘Key’ to Korea’s Worst Data Breach in Decade

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ASML in the Centre of the Chip War

With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors