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Universal's latest Minions film won the July 4 weekend with $64m, but it is the weakest Despicable Me opening yet, half its predecessors' hauls.

A US judge restored Alibaba's access to Washington lobbyists while weighing whether the Pentagon-linked ban is constitutional.

Sergey Brin has spent $82m fighting California's 5% billionaire tax, leading a tech-elite campaign that outspends the measure's union backers 4 to 1.

Washington decides which NATO allies access cyber-capable AI like Claude Mythos. At the Ankara summit, the fight stays in the corridors.

Jane Fraser says banks must race to turn AI into revenue while defending the financial system, and admits job dislocations are already underway.

Doubao and Qwen are pulling user-created agents before Beijing's July 15 rules on humanlike AI interaction, the world's first such framework.

New Delhi gives Meta seven days to explain how paid CSEAM ads passed Instagram's review, escalating a probe triggered by a BBC investigation.

Seoul wants record Samsung and SK Hynix profits to bankroll AI investment and fight inequality via a new "future response fund", Yonhap reports.

Foxconn parent Hon Hai beat expectations with a 40% quarterly sales surge as Nvidia AI rack demand builds, and says momentum will continue.

Arthur Mensch urges enterprises to go open source, warning closed AI providers retain data and compete with customers. The pitch ends at Mistral's door.