Nornickel reroutes shipments via Africa as Iran war disrupts metals trade

The war in Iran is reshaping global metal supply chains and forcing major producers to overhaul logistics. Nornickel, the world’s largest palladium producer and a key supplier of nickel and copper, has redirected all maritime shipments away from the Suez Canal. The company now routes exports around Africa, extending delivery times by......

Australia and Japan sign $7 billion stealth frigate defense deal

Australia and Japan have formalized a major defense agreement worth 10 billion Australian dollars, about 7 billion US dollars, to supply stealth frigates to the Australian navy. The deal marks Japan’s largest defense export since World War II and signals a shift in regional security cooperation. The agreement was signed in Melbourne......

World ID expands into Tinder, Zoom and DocuSign to fight deepfakes

Tools for Humanity, the company behind the World ID system backed by Sam Altman, has announced major integrations with Tinder, Zoom, and DocuSign as part of a broader push to counter deepfakes and AI driven fraud. The announcement was made during the “Lift Off” event in San Francisco, where the company introduced what it described......

China calls Meta’s $2 billion Manus deal a tech “conspiracy”

China has branded Meta’s 2 billion dollar acquisition of AI startup Manus as a “conspiracy,” escalating tensions over one of the most sensitive cross border deals in artificial intelligence. The assessment came from China’s national security commission, a top level body chaired by Xi Jinping. According to reports,......

Amazon’s $200 billion AI push faces internal tool sprawl challenges

Amazon is scaling its artificial intelligence strategy with a planned 200 billion dollar capital expenditure in 2026, as CEO Andy Jassy defends one of the largest investment programs in the tech sector. The company disclosed that its cloud division now generates more than 15 billion dollars in annualized AI related revenue, while its custom......

Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.7 faces backlash over hidden cost concerns

Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.7 as its most advanced public AI model, highlighting gains in coding, instruction following, and long running agent tasks. The San Francisco company also reported higher honesty scores, with the model reaching 91.7 percent on its MASK benchmark and challenging incorrect assumptions in more than three quarters......

Energy shock from Iran war shifts western orders back to China

The Canton Fair opened in Guangzhou with record scale, bringing together more than 32,000 companies and over 210,000 registered foreign buyers. The event reflects strong global trade interest, yet it unfolds under the shadow of a prolonged conflict involving the United States, Israel, and Iran. The war has disrupted shipping routes through......

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