South Korean game company Krafton to acquire Japan's ADK for $516 mln reut.rs/4eeYiWa reut.rs/4eeYiWa

.Google is reportedly investing about $100M in GENTLE MONSTER , a South Korean luxury eyewear brand. The move is part of the U.S. tech giant's strategy to market extended reality (XR) glasses as a fashion accessory rather than just a technology device. modaes.com/global/compani…

Blacklisted by the U.S. and backed by Beijing, this Chinese AI startup has caught OpenAI's attention cnbc.com/2025/06/26/ope…

SoftBank CEO says he's 'all in' on OpenAI, reveals he's long wanted Microsoft's spot as main backer cnbc.com/2025/06/27/sof…

Startups Weekly: Tech and the law | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/06/27/sta…

US government takes down major North Korean 'remote IT workers' operation  | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/06/30/us-…

ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot techcrunch.com/2025/06/30/cha…

Binance, the world's largest digital-assets exchange, will keep hundreds of its remote workers in Singapore despite a crackdown on unlicensed crypto outfits in the city-state bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Exclusive: Intel's new chief executive is exploring a big change to its contract manufacturing business to win major customers, in a potentially expensive shift from his predecessor's plans. More here - reut.rs/3TPBdQv

Samsung delaying completion of US chip plant due to lack of customers s.nikkei.com/4lxUMZp

Tailor, which offers a headless ERP system for retail businesses that separates the frontend and backend, raised a $22M Series A from ANRI, NEA, YC, and others (Kate Park / TechCrunch) techcrunch.com/2025/06/30/tai… techmeme.com/250705/p4#a250… x.com/Techmeme/statu…

Today is an exciting day for CoreWeave! We just announced an agreement to acquire Core Scientific, solidifying our position as the leading AI Cloud Platform—purpose-built to deliver unmatched performance and expertise for the AI era. 🚀 coreweave.com/news/coreweave… #PoweringAI

President Trump announces 25% tariffs on Japan and South Korea, starting August 1 (@kevinwilliamb / CNBC) cnbc.com/2025/07/07/tru… techmeme.com/250707/p14#a25… x.com/Techmeme/statu…

Samsung expects second-quarter profits to more than halve as it struggles to capture AI demand cnbc.com/2025/07/08/sam…

Trump announces steep tariffs on 14 countries starting Aug. 1 President Donald Trump sent letters with new tariff rates to the leaders of Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, South Africa, Laos, Myanmar, Tunisia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Serbia,