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Autozi Internet Technology (AZI) Rockets on $1 Billion Wanshan Deal – All You Need to Know Today (19 November 2025)

Autozi Internet Technology (AZI) Rockets on $1 Billion Wanshan Deal – All You Need to Know Today (19 November 2025)

Autozi Internet Technology (Global) Ltd. (Nasdaq: AZI), a Chinese automotive supply‑chain and services platform, has jolted back into the spotlight today after unveiling a $1 billion cross‑border sales cooperation framework with Wanshan International Trading Co. The announcement has triggered wild swings in AZI stock, massive trading volumes, and a wave of fresh analyst and media coverage. PR Newswire+2PR Newswire+2 Key takeaways Autozi’s $1 billion Wanshan deal: what was announced In a press release issued this morning, Autozi said it has entered a strategic cooperation framework agreement with Wanshan International Trading Co. to jointly build and operate a cross‑border supply‑chain cloud
19 November 2025
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iPhone Air Debuts, NASA Bars China & Mercedes’ 749‑Mile EV: Tech’s Hottest (Non‑AI) Headlines of Sept 12–13, 2025

AI News Today (Nov 12, 2025): UK toughens child‑safety testing for AI, watchdog presses OpenAI on Sora, Foxconn teases OpenAI tie‑up, and legal‑tech funding tops $750M

Updated: November 12, 2025 From new guardrails and government exercises to big corporate signals and fresh academic findings, today’s AI headlines show a technology sector that’s maturing fast—and under sharper scrutiny. Top takeaways Policy & safety: Hardening the rules—before harm spreads UK greenlights pre‑release child‑safety testing for AI. In a world‑first move, the UK will empower designated AI developers and the Internet Watch Foundation to test models for their ability to generate illegal child sexual abuse material. The goal: make safety “baked in” at the source, not bolted on later. Fresh IWF statistics released with the measure report that reports of
12 November 2025
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Tech Turmoil: iPhone 17 Stuns, Starlink Outage, Cyber Hacks & Chip Wars – Non-AI News Roundup (Sept 14–15, 2025)

AI News Today (Nov 12, 2025): UK approves AI safety testing law, Google unveils ‘Private AI Compute,’ OpenAI opens Delhi office, Foxconn teases OpenAI tie‑up, and $750M floods legal‑AI

Published: November 12, 2025 Key takeaways UK gives green light to pre‑emptive AI safety testing The UK government today announced legislation empowering designated AI developers and child‑protection bodies to probe models for their ability to generate illegal child sexual abuse material (CSAM)—a step intended to stop such content before it spreads online. The move comes as the Internet Watch Foundation reported AI‑CSAM cases more than doubled (199 in 2024 to 426 in 2025). The new rules also allow testing models for protections against extreme pornography and non‑consensual intimate imagery. GOV.UK Coverage in The Guardian notes the measure amends crime and
12 November 2025
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Eurostar’s €2B Train Order: 50 New Double-Deck TGVs to Revolutionize European Rail

Eurostar’s €2B Train Order: 50 New Double-Deck TGVs to Revolutionize European Rail

Eurostar’s Growth Strategy and New Routes Europe’s rail giants see strong demand. Eurostar CEO Gwendoline Cazenave noted that “customers want to go further by rail than ever” and that the new trains will open “direct trains between London and Germany, and between London and Switzerland for the first time” mediacentre.eurostar.com. Indeed, Eurostar – coming off a record 19.5 million passengers in 2024 – is investing €2 billion to buy up to 50 new TGV units, a 30% capacity hike. These will supplement the existing 17 e320 trains, growing the fleet to 67 units mediacentre.eurostar.com tourmag.com. Eurostar is explicitly targeting routes that were
22 October 2025
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LendingTree CEO Dies in Tragic ATV Crash – Fintech World in Shock

LendingTree CEO Dies in Tragic ATV Crash – Fintech World in Shock

Founder & CEO Doug Lebda (age 55) died Sunday Oct. 12, 2025 in an all-terrain vehicle accident businessinsider.com. Law enforcement responded to a missing-person report around 7:30 PM and found Lebda dead at his North Carolina farm by 8:00 PM, with no foul play suspected businessinsider.com. – Succession: LendingTree’s board immediately named COO Scott Peyree as new CEO and lead independent director Steve Ozonian as board chairman marketscreener.com businessinsider.com. The board praised Lebda as a “visionary leader” who “transformed the financial services landscape” wbtv.com. – Business impact: LendingTree (NASDAQ: TREE) stock plunged on the news – down roughly 4% during
14 October 2025
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Xbox Game Pass Just Changed Everything: 50% Price Hike, New Plans, and 75+ Day-One Games

Xbox Game Pass Just Changed Everything: 50% Price Hike, New Plans, and 75+ Day-One Games

Overhauled Tiers and Pricing On Oct. 1, 2025, Microsoft announced a major overhaul of Xbox Game Pass news.xbox.com. The old Core plan is now Game Pass Essential ($9.99/mo) and Standard becomes Game Pass Premium ($14.99/mo), while Game Pass Ultimate remains the top tier. In the U.S., Essential and Premium keep their prices; Ultimate is raised to $29.99/month news.xbox.com reuters.com. (Microsoft also quietly raised the PC Game Pass price to $16.49/month windowscentral.com.) Xbox says the hikes reflect a much larger game catalog and new benefits. As Xbox’s announcement put it, “Ultimate is now priced at $29.99/month, reflecting the expanded catalog, new
1 October 2025
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Ghost of Yōtei Review Bombshell: Is PlayStation’s New Samurai Epic a Masterpiece—or Just More of the Same?

Ghost of Yōtei Release Date CONFIRMED – Atsu’s Revenge Lands in October 2025

Release Date & Global Launch Times Sony and developer Sucker Punch officially announced in April 2025 that Ghost of Yōtei hits PS5 on October 2, 2025 blog.playstation.com. As GamesHub notes, that means most players will see the game unlock at 12:00 AM on Oct. 2, but U.S. west-coast players get an earlier start. Specifically, the global launch schedule is: Sep 30, 2025 – 9:00 PM PDT (Oct. 1) for Pacific Time; 10:00 PM MT; 11:00 PM CT; and 12:00 AM EDT (Oct. 2) gameshub.com egamersworld.com. Meanwhile Europe, Japan, Australia and other regions all go live at midnight local time on Oct. 2 egamersworld.com khelnow.com. In
1 October 2025
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Space Sector Frenzy: Launch Scrubs, Surprise Liftoffs & Bold Cosmic Moves Rock Sept 8–9, 2025

Space Sector Frenzy: Launch Scrubs, Surprise Liftoffs & Bold Cosmic Moves Rock Sept 8–9, 2025

Key Facts Rapid-Fire Launches: SpaceX and China Keep Up the Pace SpaceX’s busy week. Elon Musk’s SpaceX saw a flurry of launch activity and a bit of suspense. On Monday Sept. 8, Falcon 9 was minutes from launching the Nusantara Lima satellite (a 4.5-ton Indonesian communications satellite built by Boeing) when storms violated weather rules, forcing a scrub spaceflightnow.com. SpaceX reset for the next evening, and by Sept. 9 conditions improved enough to send Nusantara Lima toward geostationary orbit. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 8:01 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, successfully deploying the satellite after a 27-minute
9 September 2025
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Global Tech News Roundup (Sept 3–4, 2025): Fines, Launches & Big Tech Moves

Global Tech News Roundup (Sept 3–4, 2025): Fines, Launches & Big Tech Moves

Google Dodges Antitrust Breakup, Shares Soar Alphabet, Google’s parent company, won a major reprieve in its landmark U.S. antitrust case. On Sept 2, Judge Amit Mehta ruled against breaking up Google, allowing it to retain control of Android and Chrome reuters.com. The decision lifted a huge cloud of uncertainty: Alphabet stock rocketed over 9% in one day, adding about $210 billion in value reuters.com. The ruling permits Google to keep paying partners like Apple to make Google the default search, though it bans some exclusive deals reuters.com. Analysts cheered the “pragmatic” remedy. “This outcome removes a significant legal overhang and signals the
4 September 2025
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AI’s Weekend Whirlwind: Global Crackdowns, Tech Giants’ Bold Moves & Market Shocks

AI’s Weekend Whirlwind: Global Crackdowns, Tech Giants’ Bold Moves & Market Shocks

Global Policy & Regulation: AI Under the Microscope China Enforces Sweeping AI Content Labels On September 1, China’s ambitious new “Regulations on the Identification of AI-Generated Content” came into force, marking one of the world’s strictest regimes for AI media. The rules require every AI-generated piece of content to be clearly flagged as such – from a simple label on text (“AI-generated”) to visible watermarks on images and videos and even audio disclaimers (“generated by AI”) in synthetic voice clips aibase.com. Regulators hope these labels will combat a surge in deepfakes and misinformation that has left users “increasingly finding it
1 September 2025
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Space Force’s Secret Launch, Pixel 10 Surprise & EV Shake-Up – Top Tech News (Aug 20–21, 2025)

Space Force’s Secret Launch, Pixel 10 Surprise & EV Shake-Up – Top Tech News (Aug 20–21, 2025)

On Aug. 21, SpaceX will launch the U.S. Space Force’s X-37B spaceplane (OTV-8) on the USSF-36 mission from Kennedy Space Center, after seven prior clandestine flights since 2010 and with tests including laser communications between satellites and a quantum inertial sensor. SpaceX achieved its 100th launch of 2025 on Aug. 18 with a Falcon 9 mission from California carrying 24 Starlink satellites, the 72nd dedicated Starlink flight of the year, using a booster on its 9th flight that safely landed. Rocket Lab completed a $275 million acquisition of Geost in August 2025, expanding into satellite sensors and optics and enabling
21 August 2025
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Biotech Breakthroughs, Pharma Power Moves & Health Shocks: News Roundup (Aug 18–19, 2025)

Biotech Breakthroughs, Pharma Power Moves & Health Shocks: News Roundup (Aug 18–19, 2025)

Biotech Sector – Big Deals, Funding, and FDA Drama Pharma & Drug Development – Approvals, Showdowns, and Safety Signals Medical & Clinical Updates – Guidelines and Safety Notices Public Health & Policy – Vaccine Rift, Medicare Cuts, and Wellness Initiatives Sources: Key news and expert quotes were gathered from Fierce Biotech fiercebiotech.com fiercebiotech.com, Fierce Pharma fiercepharma.com fiercepharma.com, Fierce Healthcare fiercehealthcare.com fiercehealthcare.com, STAT News statnews.com statnews.com, the Florida Phoenix floridaphoenix.com floridaphoenix.com, CIDRAP cidrap.umn.edu cidrap.umn.edu, and other authoritative sources as cited above. Each development is linked to its original reporting for further reading. The roundup covers events and announcements from August 18–19,
19 August 2025
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