Zhongji Innolight Plunges In Hong Kong Debut As Global AI Trade Loses Steam

A key component supplier to global AI infrastructure faces tepid sentiment as investors increasingly question whether massive spending is justified.

Copper And Aluminum Plug A Potential Profit Hole For Rio Tinto

Data center demand for copper and aluminum has lifted the half-year profit of Rio Tinto as demand fades for iron ore the company’s traditional leader.

Cursor cut its India price to $7, and its own AI models are why
Cursor cut its India price to $7, and its own AI models are why

Cursor has cut the price of AI coding in India to about $7 a month. The interesting part is how it can afford to. The startup launched Cursor Start on Monday, a ₹649 plan sold only in India, TechCrunch reported. It sits well below the $20 Pro subscript…

China’s free AI models may not stay free, Goldman says
China’s free AI models may not stay free, Goldman says

For a year, the story of Chinese AI has been simple. It is nearly as good as the American frontier, and it is effectively free. That second part may be about to change. Chinese developers could start charging cloud platforms commercial licensing fees t…

Coforge says AI is expanding its margins. Its rivals call it ‘AI deflation’
Coforge says AI is expanding its margins. Its rivals call it ‘AI deflation’

Coforge reported first quarter revenue of $592.2m on Monday. That is a rise of 33% in dollar terms over the year, and 21.1% on the previous quarter. In rupees the annual increase reads 49%. Profit after tax reached $55.6m. Those numbers land in an indu…

Taiwan detains an Nvidia employee as its chip-smuggling probe reaches the chipmaker
Taiwan detains an Nvidia employee as its chip-smuggling probe reaches the chipmaker

Taiwan’s investigation into smuggled AI hardware, which began with Super Micro and had spent months working through the island’s distributors, has now reached inside Nvidia itself. On July 28, prosecutors detained an Nvidia employee as part of the prob…

Hurricane Fausto Is Headed Towards Hawaii — Will It Make It?

Hurricane Fausto is moving towards Hawaill. Will it affect the islands? Here’s what the latest information suggests.

CXMT’s founder is giving 40% of his new fortune to his workers
CXMT’s founder is giving 40% of his new fortune to his workers

Zhu Yiming got about $10bn richer on Monday. He has promised to give roughly $5.6bn of it away, and not to charity. The chairman of CXMT saw his fortune climb nearly 300% to $13.9bn when the memory chipmaker closed its Shanghai debut up 466%, according…

CXMT soared 466% on day one to become China’s most valuable onshore company
CXMT soared 466% on day one to become China’s most valuable onshore company

China has a new most valuable listed company, and it makes the chips inside your phone. CXMT, formerly ChangXin Memory Technologies, closed its Shanghai debut up 466% on Monday, the South China Morning Post reported. That values the Hefei firm at 3.28 …

CXMT Chairman Zhu Yiming Amasses $15.9 Billion Fortune By Growing Memory Chip Maker Into Micron Rival

A Chinese national champion at the forefront of a fierce technology rivalry with the U.S., CXMT is now the country’s largest onshore-listed firm.