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Plus: Macquarie, Nvidia in Quantum’s Series E $1.5b raise; Poland shoots down Russian drones in NATO-backed defence; Nampijinpa Price dumped from shadow cabinet.



Plus: France faces fourth PM change in 20 months; SpaceX buys $25.8b in spectrum from EchoStar; Databricks posts USD4b run rate after new funding.





Plus: Klarna in second Wall Street IPO attempt, CBA set for windfall; Nuno Matos rebuilding ANZ’s regulatory credibility with risk restructure; AustralianSuper to pledge $40b local investment.



Plus: Trump tariffs tanked by US courts, for now; Modi and Xi say India and China are partners not rivals; Watt defends $400 million deal to deport former detainees to Nauru.



Plus: US intel freeze alarms Canberra ahead of key meetings; Linda Reynolds wins defamation case against Higgins; OpenAI employee share sale could swell to US$8b: The Information.



Plus: Aussie AI pioneer backs Farquhar’s call to relax copyright laws; Trump raises prospect of Kim Jong Un summit while hosting SK president; AirTrunk secures record green APAC $16b refi.






Plus: Labor’s envoy courts OpenAI, tech giants for local AI centres; Citi takes ten senior JPMorgan bankers in global talent spree; Trump administration in talks to take 10% stake in Intel: Bloomberg.


Plus: Trump uncertainty forces one-in-five Aussie companies to pause M&A; Trump to push Ukraine peace deal tied to security guarantees; Eyes on Powell at Jackson Hole for rate cut signals.



Plus: Bessent says Nvidia’s 15% chip deal could be model for others; Peter Thiel-backed Bullish rockets in debut after US$1.1b IPO; Paramount Skydance jumps 60% in meme-style rally.




Plus: Former OpenAI researcher raises US$1.5b AI HF with 45% first-half gain; Chinese state media warns Nvidia’s H20 chips pose security risks; Foxtel keeps major US sports in Australia with ESPN deal.



Plus: Apple boosts US footprint with extra US$100b pledge; Airtree secures $650m fund with global institutional support; ASIC nears decision to end ASX monopoly.





Plus: Trump to announce new tariffs as Australia braces for 15% rate; Microsoft hits US$4 trillion as AI momentum builds; Google loses Epic Games appeal over app store restrictions.





Plus: China and US set to extend tariff truce 90 days: SCMP; Google threatens Albanese government over YouTube ban; Gilbert + Tobin says using AI like choosing Excel over Word tables.



Plus: Wall Street extends record-breaking rally ahead of Alphabet, Tesla earnings; Trump administration unveils AI plan, targets ‘biased’ models; Known SharePoint breach count surges past 400 organisations.





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