Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal:
Apple reaches a deal with Broadcom worth $30B+ to make 15B+ chips in the US over the next five years, Apple's largest as part of its $600B US investment pledge  —  The deal, for billions of chips, is the latest part of Apple's domestic investment pledge  —  Apple is ramping up its investment …

Financial Times:
South Korea's Kospi index is down 20%+ from its record high in June, falling 5%+ on Wednesday; Samsung and SK Hynix fall 5%+ amid long-term chip deal concerns  —  Kospi retreats more than 20% from June peak as sentiment starts to turn on Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced feels outdated compared to Ubisoft's more recent stealth games

Benoit Berthelot / Bloomberg:
France's competition watchdog orders Meta to negotiate in good faith with news organizations over copyright payments, after two groups filed complaints in 2025  —  Meta Platforms Inc. was ordered by the French competition watchdog to hold talks with news organizations over copyright payments …

Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal:
China's CNVD says it found “security backdoor vulnerabilities” in Claude Code that “send sensitive information” like “location and identity to remote servers”  —  It advised users to uninstall the software or update to its latest version