Ajinomoto says it can meet demand through 2030 for ABF, a key material for advanced chipmaking substrates, and plans to expand capacity instead of hiking prices (Wall Street Journal)
After years of uncertainty, including delayed listings, memory chipmaker Kioxia's shares soared 56x in 18 months, making it Japan's most valuable company (Shuhei Ochiai/Nikkei Asia)
Challenger, Gray & Christmas: out of ~398K US jobs cuts in 2026 through May, employers cited AI as the reason for ~88K of them, up from ~54K in all of 2025 (Hyunsoo Rim/Sherwood News)
Luta Security CEO says US government restrictions on Mythos follow a jailbreak report by Amazon researchers and calls the restrictions a "complete overreaction" (Amrith Ramkumar/Wall Street Journal)
South Korea's "semiconductor belt" town Dongtan has become one of the fastest-rising affluent areas, driven by windfall bonuses for Samsung and SK Hynix workers (Daniel Tudor/Financial Times)
FanDuel owner Flutter plans to delist its London shares on August 3, citing low trading and high costs; Flutter moved its primary listing to the US in 2024 (Lauren Almeida/The Guardian)
Memory chipmaker Kioxia replaces Toyota as Japan's most valuable company; Kioxia's shares surged 7.6% on Friday, lifting its market value to ~$274B (Kanoko Matsuyama/Bloomberg)