Oil prices lower despite US intensifying strikes against Iran Asian shares are mostly lower and oil prices have fallen despite back-and-forth strikes between the US and Iran The Independent UK · Jul 16
Apple Stock Hits 52-Week High - Here's Why Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock climbed nearly 4% on Wednesday after China approved the company’s Apple Intelligence service for use in the country, removing a key regulatory hurdle. The gain also pushed the stock to a fresh 52-week high despite weakness across the broader technology sector. Benzinga · Jul 15
Apple Intelligence Finally Cleared for China: Here's Which Stocks Are Popping on the News Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) received Chinese regulatory approval for Apple Intelligence on Wednesday, ending a wait that began with the feature’s launch in 2024. Benzinga · Jul 15
Apple Intelligence AI service registered with China's cyberspace regulator Apple's new AI service, Apple Intelligence, has officially been registered with China's cyberspace regulator. This move is crucial for the tech giant to launch its advanced AI features within the Chinese market, navigating the country's strict internet regulations and ensuring compliance before wider rollout. The Economic Times · Jul 15
US official says Nvidia has begun shipping powerful H200 AI chips to China In May, Reuters reported the Commerce Department had cleared around 10 Chinese firms to buy the H200, but no deliveries had been made at the time. Sources said at the time that Alibaba, Tencent and ByteDance were among those approved. The Economic Times · Jul 15
US gov't allows Chinese telecom giant ZTE to purchase Nvidia H200 AI chips — firm joins Alibaba, Tencent, and ByteDance in access to Hopper tech The United States has licensed Chinese telecom giant ZTE to purchase restricted Nvidia H200 AI chips, but Chinese regulators and domestic procurement initiatives may limit the material impact of the change. Tom’s Hardware · Jul 14
China's AI Race Is Producing New Winners. Goldman Sachs Says A Few Models Are Pulling Ahead. China's rapidly expanding artificial intelligence sector is beginning to produce clear leaders as companies compete to improve large language models and expand enterprise adoption. International Business Times · Jul 14
Beijing looking at curbing foreign access to China's top AI models Chinese authorities have held meetings with top tech firms over the past month about potentially restricting overseas access to China's most advanced AI models, including those yet to be released, three people familiar with the discussions said. Bangkok Post · Jul 12
Billionaire Investor Retreats From Retail, Exits Alibaba Entirely, Cuts Amazon Stake 10% Activist investor Dan Loeb‘s Third Point LLC pared back its exposure to the broadline retail sector in the first quarter of 2026, cutting its stake in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 10% and fully exiting its position in Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA). Benzinga · Jul 10
Alibaba Stock Rebounds From 2026 Lows. Here’s Why BABA Can Rise Further. Alibaba stock has rebounded from its 52-week lows and should see more gains in the back half of the year. Barchart · Jul 10
The Week Ahead (July 13-19): Fed Chair Warsh to Testify Before Congress ByteDance and Alibaba to take their personalized AI agent features offline; Shanghai to host the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference Caixin Global · Jul 10
China warns users of alleged 'security backdoor vulnerabilities' in Anthropic's Claude Code, tells users to uninstall for sfaety reasons China has accused Claude Code of spying on enterprises and tracking user locations – Anthropic asserts it's a security necessity. TechRadar · Jul 9
Lenovo just nuked its retro handheld that sellers packed with illegal ROMs, but unbranded versions are still haunting AliExpress The Lenovo G02 retro handheld and variants have been removed from AliExpress, but new versions without links to the brand are crawling from the grave. GamesRadar · Jul 9
The AI Race Between Washington And Beijing Continues. U.S. Lawmakers Are Scrutinizing The Use Of Chinese Models As Artificial intelligence becomes another front in the contest between Washington and Beijing, U.S. lawmakers are examining the growing use of Chinese artificial intelligence models by American companies. International Business Times · Jul 9
The Economic Times · Jul 9 SpaceX shares crash 30% from peak; Cathie Wood buys $7 million stake. What is she seeing? Cathie Wood's ARK ETFs purchased $7 million worth of SpaceX shares. This investment follows a significant 34% drop from the stock's peak. Wood funded these purchases by selling Alibaba shares from her portfolios. ARK Invest now holds approximately two million SpaceX shares valued over two hundred eighty million dollars. Analysts…
Benzinga · Jul 9 Cathie Wood Scoops Up SpaceX Shares Again as Stock Dips, Ark Keeps Offloading AMD Shares Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest made major moves in both Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:SPCX) and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (NYSE:BABA) on Wednesday, July 8, as the firm leaned into two high-profile names that were both in the news. SpaceX drew attention after hiking Starlink aviation prices, while Alibaba gained momentum…
Barchart · Jul 8 Alibaba Shares Are Gaining on AI Optimism. Here's What to Know. Alibaba stock is rallying as its pre-earnings briefing signals AI momentum and improving core business efficiency. But should you load up on BABA shares into strength today?
Fortune · Jul 8 Cathie Wood just bought the SpaceX dip again—and dumped Alibaba to do it ARK rolled out of Chinese tech to add to Elon Musk's newly public rocket company, doubling down on a bet it says could be worth $3.1 trillion.
International Business Times · Jul 8 U.S. Has Repeatedly Issued Warnings About Chinese AI. Now Beijing Is Doing The Same China has issued a security warning against U.S. artificial intelligence startup Anthropic's Claude Code, claiming certain versions of the popular AI programming assistant contain a "backdoor" capable of transmitting sensitive user information without permission.
The Economic Times · Jul 8 China plans to let top AI firms buy limited Nvidia H200 chips: Report China plans to permit its leading artificial intelligence companies to acquire Nvidia's H200 chips. Officials have informed Alibaba, ByteDance, and DeepSeek about potential upcoming permissions. Nvidia has already secured licenses from the United States government for these sales. The chip giant's shares saw a slight increase following this news report.…
PC Gamer · Jul 8 China's National Vulnerability Database warns that recent Claude Code models have a security backdoor An update seems in order.
The Independent UK · Jul 7 Warning as ‘potentially lethal’ baby products found listed on sites such as Amazon, eBay and TikTok shop Potentially harmful self-feeding products, pillows and sleeping bags found listed on popular retail sites
The Guardian - UK · Jul 7 Which? finds 150 potentially lethal baby products sold online UK consumer group says lives are at risk because platforms fail to prevent dangerous items reaching customers
The Independent UK · Jul 7 ‘Potentially lethal’ baby pillows, sleeping bags and feeding items sold online Which? said it had found 150 potentially lethal baby products being sold to UK consumers.
International Business Times · Jul 7 Chinese AI Models Are Winning Customers On Price. Now OpenAI And Anthropic Face A New Cost War. DeepSeek, Z.ai and Alibaba's Qwen are gaining traction among U.S. companies as enterprises prioritize lower operating costs without giving up competitive AI performance.