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NVIDIA announced a major release of open source physical AI agent skills and tools integrated with its Omniverse, Cosmos, Alpamayo, and Metropolis platforms. These tools simplify complex development workflows for robotics, autonomous vehicles, vision AI, and industrial digital twins by transforming tasks into agent-executable instructions. Industry…
Nvidia on Monday introduced a new family of processors built for Microsoft Windows PCs, unveiled by CEO Jensen Huang at COMPUTEX in Taiwan. Branded RTX Spark, the chips are designed to run locally hosted artificial intelligence agents and will appear in Microsoft Surface devices as well as models from major PC makers. Nvidia also revealed a dedicat…
NVIDIA announced the NVIDIA Isaac GR00T Reference Humanoid Robot, an open reference design combining advanced humanoid hardware with NVIDIA's Jetson Thor AI compute and Isaac GR00T software platform. Targeted at academic institutions and researchers, this platform aims to accelerate humanoid robotics development by integrating hardware, software, a…
NVIDIA announced a major expansion of its DRIVE Hyperion robotaxi-ready platform ecosystem by partnering with global automakers, software developers, and mobility providers to deploy level 4 autonomous robotaxi fleets across Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Key partners include Foxconn in Taiwan, VinFast in Southeast Asia, Uber in Europe, and HUM…
NVIDIA announced the launch of Alpamayo 2 Super, a powerful 32-billion-parameter reasoning vision-language-action model designed for safer, scalable level 4 autonomous vehicle (robotaxi) development. Alongside Alpamayo 2 Super, NVIDIA introduced new tools including AlpaGym for closed-loop reinforcement learning, OmniDreams for photorealistic AV sce…
NVIDIA introduced Cosmos 3, the world's first fully open omnimodel for physical AI that integrates vision reasoning, multimodal generation, and action prediction to advance robotics, autonomous vehicles, and physical AI applications. The company also announced the formation of the NVIDIA Cosmos Coalition, partnering with leading AI labs and robotic…
The Philippines and Vietnam announced an elevation of their bilateral relationship to an enhanced strategic partnership during a state visit by Vietnam’s interior minister To Lam to Manila. Leaders from both countries underscored a shared, binding commitment to maintaining peace, stability and freedom of navigation in the South China Sea, citing in…
Investors appear to be treating the lack of fresh public developments from Gulf peace talks as a form of calm, even as military activity and regional strikes were reported. Despite warnings from commodity analysts that inventory shortfalls could appear by mid-June, Brent crude remains below $100. Asian markets are rallying on AI-driven demand, with…
NVIDIA announced the DGX Station for Windows, a powerful deskside AI supercomputer designed to run frontier AI models of up to 1 trillion parameters locally on Windows systems. Built on the NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra Desktop Superchip, the DGX Station bridges the gap between high-end Linux data center AI workloads and the Windows productivi…
NVIDIA and Microsoft unveiled the NVIDIA RTX Spark, a powerful AI-focused superchip designed to transform Windows PCs into AI-native personal agent devices, combining high AI compute performance with robust security features and broad support from major PC makers and software providers. The RTX Spark platform promises significant advances in gaming…
NVIDIA announced the release of its new AI Agent Toolkit, featuring NemoClaw blueprints, Nemotron open models, OpenShell secure runtime, and CUDA-X libraries to facilitate development of autonomous AI agents for enterprises. Key industry leaders like Cadence, Dassault Systèmes, Siemens, and Synopsys are employing these tools to accelerate engineeri…
U.S. forces carried out strikes on Iranian military positions along the Gulf coast over the weekend in retaliation for what U.S. Central Command described as aggressive Iranian actions, including the downing of a U.S. MQ-1 drone over international waters. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it struck a U.S. air base in response, without i…
Private sector purchasing managers' indexes for May show broad expansion across Asian manufacturing, driven in part by companies stockpiling to hedge against supply disruptions and rising input costs linked to the war involving Iran. While China, South Korea, Japan and several other economies reported growth, some official measures diverged and inp…
NIO Inc. announced a 62.3% year-over-year increase in May 2026 vehicle deliveries, totaling 37,705 units, including strong sales across its NIO, ONVO, and FIREFLY brands. The company launched the ONVO L80 and the flagship ES9 SUV in May, both receiving positive market feedback, solidifying NIO's leadership in the premium smart electric vehicle segm…
NVIDIA unveiled Vera, a high-performance CPU optimized for agentic AI and diverse data center workloads. Vera promises 1.8x faster task completion compared to x86 CPUs and is supported by major AI labs, hyperscalers, and system manufacturers. It is built to power AI infrastructure from standalone servers to integrated platforms, delivering improved…
NVIDIA announced the Vera BlueField-4 STX platform featuring enhanced DOCA security capabilities that provide zero-trust file access, agent behavior visibility, and network isolation to support secure agentic AI storage. This technology enables significantly faster runtime threat detection and policy enforcement at high network speeds, catering to …
NVIDIA announced that its Vera Rubin AI platform is ramping into full production, with major server manufacturers and ecosystem partners globally building systems at scale. Designed as a POD-scale platform, Vera Rubin delivers 10x agent throughput over previous generations, integrates cutting-edge technologies including Spectrum-X Ethernet Photonic…
The New South Wales Independent Casino Commission has levied A$10 million in fines on The Star Sydney and issued an enforceable undertaking to set aside an additional A$5 million to bolster technology for financial crime risk management. The actions follow an investigation into thousands of breaches dating from December 2018 to September 2025. The …
Japan’s Nikkei 225 surpassed the 67,000 mark for the first time, driven by gains in AI-related names. SoftBank Group surged and became the nation’s most valuable company by market capitalization, overtaking Toyota Motor as the market displayed a clear split between technology winners and lagging sectors such as autos.
Most Asian equity markets advanced as technology stocks rallied on optimism around artificial intelligence, helping investors overlook persistent uncertainty in U.S.-Iran peace negotiations. South Korea's KOSPI led the region, reaching a record high driven by large gains in memory chip and electronics names tied to AI demand and possible executive …
NVIDIA introduced the DSX platform, an end-to-end solution enabling infrastructure builders to design, deploy, and operate AI factories efficiently. The platform includes new open source software for maximizing token performance per megawatt and managing AI factory operations, combined with validated hardware reference designs and simulation tools,…
Patria (PAX) is trading near its 52-week low despite record 2025 fundraising, 24% FEAUM growth to $40.8 billion, and a $202.5 million Fee Related Earnings base. Recent bolt-on deals - Solis, RBR, WP Global - are accretive and tilt the mix toward higher-fee Credit and U.S. private equity. At $11.59, the stock factors in a pessimistic take on integra…
DBS Group has announced plans to open 18 new wealth centres across six Asian markets by the end of 2027 and to upgrade 36 existing centres over the next 18 months. The expansion, spanning Singapore, Hong Kong, mainland China, India, Indonesia and Taiwan, aims to strengthen adviser-client relationships rather than focus on routine transactions. DBS …
Indian government bonds are poised for a quiet start to the trading week as investors shift their focus toward the upcoming monetary policy decision from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) scheduled for Friday. With global factors such as Treasury yields and crude oil prices showing little movement following last week's declines, market activity is ex…
A new national opinion poll shows the far-right One Nation party leading primary support for the first time, overtaking the incumbent centre-left Labor party amid voter dissatisfaction with recent budget measures that reworked property taxes. The survey also finds Labor maintains a narrow lead on a two-party-preferred basis while support for the co…
