Nicolas Thomas

ASML targeted in espionage case, senior employee convicted

A former employee of ASML and NXP has been sentenced to three years in prison for industrial espionage on behalf of Russia.

11 July 2025 at 07:33 pm AEST

Google is offering big discounts specifically for the US government

As part of his government spending cuts, Trump has managed to secure discounts from Alphabet and many other players in the cloud sector to use their services at a lower cost.

11 July 2025 at 05:38 pm AEST

Samsung is playing the finesse card to counter its Chinese rivals

Samsung is set to unveil its new Z Fold 7. However, the South Korean giant will now have to contend with increasingly aggressive Chinese competition in the ultra-high-end smartphone market.

11 July 2025 at 12:12 am AEST

OpenAI takes on Google Chrome with an AI-powered web browser

Artificial intelligence has revolutionized the way we search the internet. OpenAI understands this and intends to take advantage of this revolution to challenge Google in the search engine arena. The creators of ChatGPT are reportedly preparing to unveil an AI-powered search engine, aiming to knock Google Chrome off the top spot.

10 July 2025 at 07:40 pm AEST

Banned in India, Jane Street steps up to defend its activities

US high-frequency trading firm Jane Street has told its employees that it will challenge the Indian financial market regulator's decision to accuse it of market manipulation. In an internal email seen by Reuters, the company said the transactions in question were "basic index arbitrage," a common and essential practice in financial markets.

09 July 2025 at 12:34 am AEST

Samsung still lagging behind in the memory chip market

With its Q2 2025 results due on July 24, Samsung forecasts a 39% drop in operating profit. The group is once again suffering from delays in the design and delivery of its memory chips, a problem that is becoming a recurring issue.

08 July 2025 at 05:32 pm AEST

China attacks Cognac again, but…

(MarketScreener with Reuters) - On Friday the Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced that it will impose anti-dumping duties of up to 34.9% on brandy imports from the European Union starting from July 5 (tomorrow). According to the official statement, this measure will be effective for a period of five years. However, the possibility of an exemption reversed the initial decline in Rémy Cointreau and others.

04 July 2025 at 06:52 pm AEST

When Chinese cars make GM, Volkswagen… and Tesla look outdated

Faced with Western manufacturers still mired in their long and hierarchical processes, Chinese brands are setting a new industrial pace. Thanks to radical methods, extreme vertical integration, and a frenetic pace of development, they are reshuffling the deck in the global automotive industry.

04 July 2025 at 05:17 pm AEST

Washington eases controls on chip software exports to China

The United States has lifted restrictions on exports of semiconductor design software and ethane to China, a tangible sign of easing trade tensions with Beijing as the superpowers consolidate their recent truce in the trade war.

03 July 2025 at 07:40 pm AEST

Paramount pays Trump $16m to settle "60 Minutes" case

Paramount has agreed to pay Donald Trump $16m to settle an explosive lawsuit against the television program "60 Minutes." The settlement, which avoids a formal apology, marks another victory for the president against media outlets he has accused of bias for years.

02 July 2025 at 08:06 pm AEST

Figma unveils strong growth ahead of its IPO in New York

Figma, creator of the design app of the same name, is preparing to go public on the NYSE. The timing is right: the IPO market is buoyant, the company's fundamentals are strong, and growth accelerated sharply in the last quarter. This combination makes this IPO one of the most promising of the year.

02 July 2025 at 06:05 pm AEST

BNP Paribas acquires AXA IM despite bad news

BNP Paribas completes the acquisition of AXA IM, although the ECB dampens the celebrations. The €5.1bn deal propels the bank into the ranks of Europe's asset management giants, although the ECB's refusal to approve the prudential treatment is weighing on the deal.

01 July 2025 at 11:30 pm AEST

Robinhood takes from Americans to give to Europeans

Robinhood, the cryptocurrency exchange and trading platform, is launching a new offering: tokenized US stocks. The idea is to simplify access to the US market for European investors, while allowing these tokens, backed by major US companies, to be traded 24 hours a day, five days a week.

01 July 2025 at 06:42 pm AEST

Apple plans to integrate third-party AI to revamp Siri

With Apple lagging behind in AI integration, the company could leverage OpenAI or Anthropic's technology to finally modernize Siri, its voice assistant.

01 July 2025 at 05:20 pm AEST

The ECB gives the green light to Monte Paschi's takeover bid for Mediobanca

The European Central Bank has approved the takeover bid launched by Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) for its rival Mediobanca, according to a source close to the matter cited on Tuesday. This approval marks a decisive step in one of the most daring operations in the Italian banking sector in years, against a backdrop of accelerated consolidation of the national financial landscape.

24 June 2025 at 10:29 pm AEST

Protected areas give way to Trump's extractive ambitions

Using the recent fires as a pretext, Donald Trump has just repealed the "Roadless Rule", which prohibits industrial logging in undeveloped national forests. The decision has been strongly criticized by many environmental organizations.

24 June 2025 at 07:12 pm AEST

Nissan under pressure: shareholders criticize crisis management

Nissan Motor shareholders strongly criticized the Japanese automaker's management at its AGM on Tuesday, demanding greater accountability for the deep crisis facing the country's third-largest automaker.

24 June 2025 at 06:21 pm AEST

The Strait of Hormuz: a central crossroads for black gold

As tensions rise between Washington and Tehran following US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, the Strait of Hormuz, a vital artery for global energy supplies, is once again becoming a hot spot. If Iran were to block access, as its parliament is now suggesting, the impact on oil markets would be immediate. Geopolitics, economics, military history: this 33-kilometer stretch of water alone contains all the ingredients of a powder keg.

23 June 2025 at 07:53 pm AEST

How do robotaxis with human teleoperation work?

In Austin, Tesla has launched its first robotaxis, carrying not only passengers but also a human driver to monitor the machine… and another remotely. Behind this technological demonstration lies a strategic use of teleoperation, a remote human control system that allows the actions of artificial intelligence to be corrected or supplemented.

23 June 2025 at 06:31 pm AEST

The European Union arms the EIB to support defense and technology

Faced with geopolitical tensions and global technological competition, the European Union is preparing to massively strengthen the European Investment Bank's capacity for action. With a loan ceiling raised to €100bn by 2025, the EIB will be able to boost its support for defense and launch an ambitious program to catch up with Europe's technological lag.

20 June 2025 at 07:46 pm AEST

Masayoshi Son dreams of a $1 trillion AI mega-hub in Arizona

SoftBank wants to make Arizona a hub for artificial intelligence with a titanic project: an industrial complex estimated to cost $1 trillion.

20 June 2025 at 06:32 pm AEST