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Japan’s New PM Working on ‘Bold’ Stimulus Package, Draft Shows
Japan’s New PM Working on ‘Bold’ Stimulus Package, Draft Shows

Stimulus package will include subsidies to lower utility and gasoline bills, aid to businesses hit by higher US tariffs and an expected increase in defence spending

Big Tech to Freeze Australian Children’s Social Media Accounts
Big Tech to Freeze Australian Children’s Social Media Accounts

TikTok, Snapchat and Meta's Facebook, Instagram and Threads are set to deactivate accounts registered by users under 16 to comply with an Australian law on social media platforms, sources say

$10bn in Outflows From Asian Stocks This Month as AI Rally Slows
$10bn in Outflows From Asian Stocks This Month as AI Rally Slows

Foreign outflows in Korean and Taiwanese stocks seen as largely driven by weakness in leading AI-related companies, analyst says

As Typhoons Lash Southeast Asia, COP30 Hunts Adaptation Finance
SoftBank Q2 Profit Soars on OpenAI Bet, Sale of Nvidia Shares
E-Commerce Sites Must Reveal Goods’ Country of Origin: India
Meta Making Billions From Fraudulent Ads, Documents Say
DeepSeek Researcher Pessimistic About AI’s Impact on Humanity
Concern Rising About ‘Security Loopholes’ in Chinese Buses
Google to Build AI Data Centre on Island off Northwest Australia

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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