(June 8): European technology shares fell the most in two weeks on worries that central banks will keep driving interest rates higher.

ASML Holding NV lost 1.8%, the biggest drag on the Stoxx 600 on Thursday. In the US pre-market, GameStop Corp. plunged 18% after firing its chief e...

Tech shares sink in Europe; GameStop plunges

Andre Soelistyo will step down as chief executive officer of GoTo Group, a surprise move that comes just months after he outlined a plan to bring the Indonesian internet company closer to profitability.

GoTo CEO Soelistyo to step down; Walujo named successor

(June 8): The value of US semiconductor imports fell 16% in April from the month prior, but manufacturers in Asia, America’s main supplier, still have reasons to be optimistic.

US chip imports slow in April as Asian supply lines keep moving

SHANGHAI (June 8): US luxury electric vehicle (EV) maker Lucid Group is preparing to enter the world's largest auto market, its head of China operations Zhu Jiang said on Thursday.

US luxury EV maker Lucid set to enter China market

Electric-vehicle sales are poised to more than double by 2026 but eliminating emissions from road transportation by the middle of this century will require even greater efforts, according to BloombergNEF.

Soaring EV sales could still leave world short on emissions goal

KUALA LUMPUR (June 8): NEXTDC Ltd’s Kuala Lumpur (KL1) is poised to be the most technologically advanced, fault-tolerant, operationally reliable, secure and environmentally sustainable data centre in the region, said Minister of Communications and Digital Fahmi Fadzil.

Australia’s NEXTDC’s KL1 to be most technologically advanced data centre in the region

Meta Platforms on Thursday (June 8) introduced WhatsApp Channels, a feature that the social media giant said would help make the app a "private broadcast messaging product."

Meta introduces broadcast tool Channels on WhatsApp

Two Chinese makers of energy storage systems and batteries are weighing investments worth hundreds of millions of dollars in Vietnam, industry and government sources said.

Chinese energy storage, battery firms consider big investments in Vietnam — sources

SEOUL (June 8):  South Korea pledged support for its chip sector on Thursday (June 8), with President Yoon Suk Yeol describing competition in the industry as an "all-out war" amid heightened Sino-US tension.

Earlier in the day, Yoon met with about 60 industry leaders, lawmakers and...

South Korea vows support for its chip sector amid China-US tension

WASHINGTON (June 7): Britain will host a global summit on artificial intelligence safety later this year and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and US President Joe Biden will discuss the technology at their Thursday (June 8) meeting, the UK government said.

Britain to host first global summit on artificial intelligence safety

(June 8): ByteDance Ltd’s TikTok aims to more than quadruple the size of its global e-commerce business to as much as US$20 billion in merchandise sales this year, banking on rapid growth in Southeast Asia, according to people familiar with the matter.

TikTok seeks US$20 bil e-commerce business despite US setback

India’s energy transition plans offer a US$500 billion investment opportunity for companies through the end of the decade, as the nation seeks a record expansion in clean power, Sumant Sinha, Chief Executive Officer at ReNew Energy Global Plc, said.

India green goal offers companies US$500 billion opportunity, ReNew CEO says

KUALA LUMPUR (June 7): The entity to roll out Malaysia’s second 5G network will be allowed to overlap its coverage with the network under Digital Nasional Bhd (DNB), said Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil on Wednesday (June 7).

Fahmi said once DNB’s 5G network reaches the...

5G model shift: Dual network coverage allowed to overlap, says Fahmi

Vodafone and CK Hutchison are in the final stage of agreeing to merge their British operations, with an announcement expected as soon as Friday (June 9) or early next week, three sources have told Reuters.

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