China’s super-app: messaging, payments, and more from Tencent
A Suzhou court has ruled that Molly Tea infringed Louis Vuitton’s four-petal flower monogram, ordering damages of 10.3 million yuan and costs. Molly Tea must halt use of the logo and publish apologies; the decision is subject to appeal.
The government has taken British Steel into public ownership to protect steel production in the UK, secure thousands of jobs, and safeguard national infrastructure. Parliament has enacted new powers allowing state intervention, with ministers aiming to stabilise the plant, back communities, and modernise the sector toward green steelmaking.
The UK government has taken operational control of British Steel to safeguard national capability and jobs, after Jingye Group warned of closing its Scunthorpe plant. The move has sparked a dispute over compensation, with Jingye seeking redress under bilateral investment agreements and China warning of measures to protect its interests.
Macau’s former lawmaker Au Kam San remains jailed under the city’s national security law. A year after his arrest, authorities have offered limited details, and concerns about due process and the broader signal toward dissent persist as prosecutions proceed behind closed doors.
Uber reports that AI costs per token have declined while adoption climbs, signaling efficiency gains amid ongoing enterprise AI investments. CFO says costs are stabilizing as engineering productivity improves; CTO notes a shift from token maximization to efficient usage. Other tech firms eye AI-driven cost controls and new app strategies.
Anthropic is hiring engineers to design custom chips for Claude and will co-design hardware and models while relying on external hardware partners to scale. Open questions remain about manufacturing partners and timeline as rivals move to in-house Silicon.
Senior researchers and executives have warned that frontier artificial intelligence could escape human control and pose existential risks. Anthropic staffers and former employees have raised the possibility of human extinction; Anthropic and OpenAI have proposed independent evaluators and coordination to pause development while regulators and politicians debate responses.
News on AI is moving quickly as U.S. and Chinese efforts to lead AI frontiers collide with calls for safety and broader adoption. Officials discuss a possible AI incident-notification mechanism amid competition, governance concerns, and escalating investments in frontier models.
Federal prosecutors have charged Wanying Zhang, a 34-year-old California real estate agent, with acting as an unregistered agent of China after the FBI has alleged she surveilled a relative of Taiwan’s president in the United States in 2025 and sent photos, videos and licence-plate information to Chinese officials. She was arrested at LAX before a flight to China and has appeared in federal court in Los Angeles.