Dec. 18 will mark the enforcement of a new law aimed at curtailing the dominance of major technology companies and fostering competition in Japan’s technology services market.

Prada will make a limited-edition collection of sandals in India inspired by the country’s traditional footwear, selling each pair at around 800 euros ($930).

Investors welcomed reports that SpaceX is mulling a potential initial public offering that would help fund Elon Musk’s Mars ambitions and value the rocket and satellite company at more than $1 trillion.

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman has described OpenAI’s Sam Altman as “courageous,” noting that OpenAI is aggressively building out a fleet of AI data centers to handle the massive amount of computing power needed to run ChatGPT.

AI coding assistant startup Cursor is not only using artificial intelligence to help developers write code — it is also deploying AI extensively across its own internal operations.

The immense electricity needs of artificial intelligence computing were flagged early as a major bottleneck, prompting Alphabet’s Google Cloud to plan how to source and use energy more efficiently.

Google has been hit with a European Union (EU) probe over suspicions that the US tech giant is abusing its market power in its rollout of artificial intelligence (AI).

CVS Health has forecast 2026 profit above Wall Street expectations and higher than its projected earnings for this year, signaling steady progress in the healthcare conglomerate’s turnaround plan.

IBM shares recently rose 0.5%, adding to the company’s 41% year-to-date stock gain, after the consulting and technology provider announced plans to acquire real-time data-streaming platform Confluent.

Amazon’s self-driving robotaxi subsidiary, Zoox, expects to start charging passengers for rides in Las Vegas in early 2026, with paid rides in the San Francisco Bay Area coming later next year.

Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook, holds at least a 3% stake in EssilorLuxottica.

President Donald Trump said he will greenlight the sale of Nvidia’s more powerful H200 chips to China.

A Beijing court has ruled that Malaysia Airlines must pay 2.9 million yuan ($410,000) each to the families of eight passengers who went missing in the disappearance of Flight 370 more than a decade ago.

David Ellison has launched a $108.4-billion hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery — $18 billion more in cash than Netflix’s deal — backed by Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners, with funding from Saudi, Qatari, and UAE sovereign wealth funds.

Nationstar Development Corporation is one of several contractors participating in the Davao City Bypass Road Project, a multi-component infrastructure undertaking that includes major tunneling works and is being implemented through a consortium structure due to its size, complexity and cost.

Lando Norris may have won the Formula 1 drivers’ championship on Sunday, but the 26-year-old Englishman finished just third in F1’s financial race, with an estimated $57.5 million in total on-track compensation this season.

Wall Street’s sentiment toward companies associated with artificial intelligence (AI) is shifting — and it’s all about two companies: OpenAI is down, and Alphabet Inc. is up.

SpaceX is preparing to sell insider shares in a transaction that would value Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite maker at a level higher than OpenAI’s record-setting $500 billion.

Netflix’s $72 billion agreement to acquire Warner Bros.’ studio and streaming assets has set off a high-stakes debate about whether regulators will allow the world’s largest streamer to get even bigger.

Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, has been fined €120 million (£105 million) after it was found in breach of new EU digital laws.

U.S. Steel said it will resume producing steel slabs at its Granite City Works plant in Illinois as demand rebounds.

Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) Chairman and CEO Alejandro Tengco has refuted allegations of conflict of interest linked to government contracts awarded to his family’s construction firm.

Multinational retail giant Costco has sued the U.S. government seeking a full refund of import duties if the Supreme Court rules that President Donald Trump lacked the authority to impose tariffs without congressional approval.

South Korea's industry ministry and SoftBank’s chip unit, Arm Holdings, have signed an agreement to strengthen the country’s semiconductor and artificial intelligence sectors.