Chinese autonomous trucking company DeepWay raised ~$173M ahead of its planned Hong Kong IPO, filed in November 2025; DeepWay reported ~$215M in H1 2025 revenue
DeepWay Technology Co., a Chinese company that makes technology for heavy-duty trucking, has raised about 1.2 billion yuan …
Sources: ByteDance expands its cloud via sales hires and lower prices; IDC: ByteDance had nearly 13% of China's AI cloud market in H1 2025, vs. Alibaba's 23%
Deep discounts, vast data and bespoke AI agents fuel new challenge in China's multibillion-dollar enterprise market
Yield Sec: the top 10 pirate sports streaming sites in the UK, largely funded by ads from unlicensed gambling operators, had 1.6B views in H1 2025, up 33% YoY
Illegal sports streaming is surging in the UK, fueled by sites that are largely funded by advertising from unlicensed gambling operators …
Chinese chipmaker GigaDevice's stock rose 54% in its Hong Kong debut after raising ~$600M in its IPO, and reported H1 2025 profit of ~$84M, up 14% from H2 2024
GigaDevice Semiconductor Inc. shares rose in its Hong Kong debut, underscoring growing investor interest in Chinese stocks related to artificial intelligence.
Telegram bonds worth $500M are frozen in Russia under Western sanctions; filings: its H1 2025 revenue rose 65% YoY to $870M, driven by $300M from Toncoin deals
Digital asset treasuries, one of the hottest trends in public markets in H1 2025, saw a dramatic reversal in H2; SharpLink stock has fallen 86% from its peak
What began the year as one of the best trades in the stock market has, in a matter of months, turned into one of the worst.
TikTok Shop says fraudulent sellers are using AI to create fake brands and nonexistent products; TikTok rejected 70M products and banned 700K sellers in H1 2025
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UK retailer M&S reports a £135.6M profit hit in H1 2025 after a cyber attack in April, which it attributes to DragonForce, and claimed £100M from its insurers
Stuart Machin says prospect of Budget tax rises is making customers uneasy — Marks and Spencer chief executive …
Harvard economist Jason Furman estimates that investments in data centers and information-processing software accounted for 92% of the US' GDP growth in H1 2025
U.S. GDP growth in the first half of 2025 was almost entirely driven by investment in data centers and information processing technology …
Automated financial advisory startup Wealthfront files publicly with the US SEC for an IPO and reports net income of $60.7M on revenue of $175.6M in H1 2025
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