Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images Global artificial-intelligence chip leader Nvidia will launch a new research center in Singapore, one of a slew of new AI-related measures announced by the city-state on Wednesday. Nvidia’s new lab represents its first Singapore research hub, and its second such presence in the Asia Pacific. The company has increasingly…
TOPSHOT – Members of the Samsung Electronics labour union hold signs reading “Change it to be transparent!” as they stage a mass rally demanding the removal of a cap on performance bonuses, outside the company’s foundry and semiconductor factory in Pyeongtaek on April 23, 2026. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP via Getty Images) Jung…
US President Donald Trump speaks during a healthcare affordability event in the South Court Auditorium of The White House in Washington, DC, on May 18, 2026. Kent Nishimura | AFP | Getty Images Hello, this is Hui Jie writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily Open. From a Senate rebuke…
An employee smiles while looking at her mobile phone in front of a digital board showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the Korea Exchange (KRX) in Seoul, South Korea, on April 21, 2026. Chris Jung | Nurphoto | Getty Images North Asian markets are outperforming those in the south of the continent,…
Bird’s-eye view of central Tokyo including Tokyo Tower at sunrise hours. Vladimir Zakharov | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets fell on Wednesday as investors weighed elevated bond yields and renewed geopolitical tensions, following U.S. President Donald Trump’s statement on Tuesday that he was “an hour away” from deciding to attack Iran, before he was…
China’s expanding AI ecosystem and easing U.S.-China tensions are reviving the case for Chinese equities, in particular the technology sector, according to UBS. Suresh Tantia, head chief investment officer of Asia equity strategy at UBS Global Wealth Management, told CNBC’s ” Squawk Box Asia ” that easing tensions between Washington and Beijing after last week’s…
CEO of OpenAI Sam Altman arrives at the courthouse on the day of the trial in Elon Musk’s lawsuit over OpenAI for-profit conversion at a federal courthouse in Oakland, California, U.S., May 12, 2026. Carlos Barria | Reuters OpenAI on Tuesday announced a new offering called Guaranteed Capacity, which allows customers to secure long-term access…
TOPSHOT – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R) shakes hands with the prosthetic hand of a worker of the German med-tech company Ottobock during the opening of the Global Disability Summit in Berlin, on April 2, 2025. The third Global Disability Summit (GDS) is held from April 2 to April 3, 2025 in Berlin, Germany, hosted…
The Thailand-flagged cargo ship Mayuree Naree engulfed in black smoke in the Strait of Hormuz, March 11, 2026. Reuters For companies operating in the Middle East, the difference between a covered loss and an uninsured one may come down to a single word: war. Many businesses in the region bought insurance that protects against terrorism…
Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., during the Google I/O Developers Conference in Mountain View, California, US, on Tuesday, May 19, 2026. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google is rolling out its latest version of Gemini and a new artificial intelligence model designed to simulate the physical world, as the…
