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Kumamoto shakes, chips slide

Kumamoto rattles Asia as chip selloff and Iran pause test global nerves

A quake in Kyushu, wildfires in western Europe and a shaky pause around Iran set the day’s hard edge. Markets then added their own tremor, as chip investors questioned both Chinese progress and the circular financing of the AI boom.

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Southern Japan earthquake rescue
Rescuers search for 20 to 30 missing mall employees in Kashima after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake collapses buildings

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AI: capabilities, regulation, labour

New findings highlight the narrowing performance gap and significant cost advantage of Chinese and European open-weight models, shifting competitive dynamics and informing policy discussions on export controls.

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