HANGZHOU, CN / ACCESS Newswire / June 30, 2026 / The inaugural AI+OPC Innovation and Development Conference was held from June 29 to 30 in Shangcheng District, Hangzhou, capital city of east China’s Zhejiang Province. Centered on one-person company (OPC), a new form of smart economy in the AI era, the conference program comprised one…
HONG KONG (AP) — China’s factory activity picked up pace in June, an official survey showed Tuesday, as demand for artificial intelligence hardware made exports robust. The official manufacturing purchasing managers index, or PMI, expanded to 50.3 from 50 in May, better than economists’ expectations, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. That’s despite worries…
The Technology (XLK) sector is on pace to notch its strongest first half of the year since 2023, when the AI boom first drove equities significantly higher. The sector has rallied roughly 28% year to date as investors piled into the companies building the infrastructure behind the AI boom. Much of those gains have come…
Hollywood A-listers Glen Powell and Rob Mac are among the investors participating in the Premier Lacrosse League’s new $100 million financing round. The Series E round, led by Ares and Joe Tsai, is the largest capital raise in the history of pro lacrosse. ESPN, which took a stake in the league in 2025, made a…
Southern China’s Greater Bay Area (GBA) has minted two highly-valued embodied intelligence unicorns, each reaching a valuation of over 20 billion yuan ($2.9 billion), adding to the country’s list of most valuable startups advancing physical artificial intelligence (AI). Shenzhen-based general-purpose robotics startup AI² Robotics announced on Monday (June 30) that it hit a new valuation…
The launch marks the first offering under the brokerage’s “Mirae Asset 3.0” strategy. Credit: Mirae Asset Securities/ LinkedIn. Mirae Asset Securities has introduced Mirae Asset Portfolio Service (MAPS) in Hong Kong, giving users a single mobile platform for trading both conventional financial instruments and digital assets. The launch marks the first offering under the brokerage’s “Mirae Asset 3.0”…
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If you’re not a professional, having a pilot’s license serves little purpose other than as a pure hobby. As training for a private pilot license can cost close to $20,000, it’s an expensive hobby as well. But for those who can afford to go up into the skies on occasion, it’s an incredibly rewarding experience….
For those trapped in rubble after an earthquake, survival depends on many factors, including weather and access to water and air. If their injuries aren’t too severe, victims can survive for a week or more, assuming the weather isn’t too hot or cold, experts say. In Venezuela, rescue teams have been racing against the clock…
In today’s Market Outlook, let’s take a look at Forex trading on the S&P500, Gold, XAUUSD, AUDUSD, GBPUSD, USDCHF, AUDCAD, EURCAD, Brent and WTI Crude Oil. Looking at the daily chart on Brent Crude, we see a clear bear run based on US-Iran war optimism and the fact that more oil is flowing through the…