QtrendsWaymo's latest robotaxi is Chinese-made and now open to riders, signaling deeper cross-border auto-tech integration. Asian banks are rapidly adopting American AI in Hong Kong despite geopolitical headwinds, while a separate wave of banking AI adoption targets cybersecurity. AI's footprint on the global phone market continues to expand, and tokenized AI futures are emerging as a new tradable asset class. A Google employee was charged with insider trading using internal search data to profit $1.2M on Polymarket. Astronomers discovered a supermassive black hole without a host galaxy, challenging the standard model of cosmic evolution.
Waymo's newest robotaxi, manufactured in China and designed for profitability, has begun accepting passengers. The vehicle features a futuristic design and an upgraded onboard brain. WIRED also reports on a $6 billion Chinese startup building robotic hands, reflecting a broader boom in robotics hardware.
US banks are rolling out American AI systems in Hong Kong despite ongoing geopolitical tensions, navigating a complex compliance landscape as US companies restrict user access for Hong Kong and mainland China. Meanwhile, Japan Post Bank's share price has doubled as overseas investors look beyond AI. Top Japanese banks are also adopting OpenAI's latest model to defend against cyberattacks.
Artificial intelligence is making significant inroads into the global phone market, reshaping competition among handset makers. Separately, TechCrunch reports that AI token futures will soon become tradeable commodities alongside gold and oil. Enterprise AI firm Glean has also crossed $300M in revenue, positioning AI budget-cutting as its key selling point.
A longtime Google employee was charged in New York for allegedly using internal search data to place $1.2 million in winning bets on Polymarket, violating insider trading laws. The FBI alleged the engineer accessed confidential internal data to gain an unfair edge. The case has drawn attention to regulatory gaps in prediction market trading.
Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole that appears to exist without a host galaxy, upending the long-held assumption that galaxies form before their central black holes. The finding is being described as a 'paradigm shift' in cosmology. Separately, researchers declared that the 'age of gravitational astronomy' has officially arrived.