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SK Hynix completes biggest U.S. IPO by a foreign company
SK Hynix completed a Nasdaq ADR listing that raised about $26.5 billion, making it the biggest U.S. share sale by a foreign company. The stock opened about 14% above its offer price as investors sought exposure to AI-memory chips.
Xavier Niel becomes Vodafone's largest shareholder after £4.4bn stake purchase
Xavier Niel is set to become Vodafone’s largest shareholder after agreeing to buy Emirates Telecommunications Group’s entire 16.2% stake for about £4.4 billion, pending regulatory approval.
Chips Made In The USA Are Making A Comeback. What Investors Should Know.
Fresh spending plans from Apple and Micron are reinforcing a broader U.S. semiconductor buildout that could benefit equipment makers, wafer suppliers and other chip-supply names.
Telstra faces $30m fine, Senate grilling over triple-zero outage
Telstra is facing regulatory and parliamentary scrutiny after a July 8 outage disrupted triple-zero calls, rail services and payments across Australia. Officials say the ACMA is investigating possible breaches and media reports say civil penalties could reach $30 million if violations are found.
UK to place Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Oracle under direct financial oversight
The UK has designated Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Oracle as critical third parties for financial services, bringing their cloud operations under direct oversight from the Bank of England and the FCA starting July 13.
UK financial regulators to extend oversight to four big US cloud services groups
The UK Treasury has designated Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Oracle as critical third parties for financial services, bringing their cloud operations under Bank of England and FCA oversight from July 13, 2026.
SK Hynix debuts on U.S. market with record $26.5 billion ADR sale
SK Hynix priced its U.S. ADRs at $149 and raised $26.5 billion in a record foreign-company listing, drawing heavy demand as AI chip demand boosts memory stocks.
EU preliminarily accuses Meta of violating Digital Services Act over addictive Facebook and Instagram design
The European Commission said Meta may be violating the Digital Services Act by designing Facebook and Instagram in ways that can encourage compulsive use and harm minors. The company disputes the preliminary findings, which could still lead to fines of up to 6% of global annual revenue and forced product changes.
Telstra CEO apologizes after outage that disrupted emergency calls and transport
Telstra CEO Vicki Brady has apologized after a July 8 outage disrupted mobile service, Eftpos payments, rail operations and some triple-zero calls. The company says a time-keeping software fault reset network clocks to November 2006, while regulators investigate and police have ruled out a link to a reported death.
Victorian triple-zero calls were affected during the Telstra outage
Telstra’s July 8-9 outage disrupted Triple Zero access in Victoria, prompting 63 welfare checks and leaving two callers under follow-up at the time of reporting. Later coverage said a secondary fault continued affecting some emergency-call attempts and that 639 welfare checks were underway nationally.
Micron expands U.S. supply-chain push with $500 million GlobalWafers financing and 10-year wafer deal
Micron said it will invest up to $3 billion in the U.S. semiconductor supply chain, including $500 million in support for GlobalWafers' Sherman, Texas facility and a 10-year wafer supply agreement.
Police investigate claimed death linked to Telstra outage
South Australia Police are investigating a claimed death that was publicly linked to Telstra’s July 8 outage, after the telco’s network failure disrupted mobile services and some Triple Zero calls.
Australia probes Telstra outage after emergency-call disruption and a reported death
Australia is investigating a Telstra outage that disrupted Triple Zero emergency calls, regional transport and some payment systems, after police opened a death inquiry linked to the incident.
South Australia police investigate alleged death linked to Telstra outage after initial denial
South Australia Police are investigating whether a death was linked to Telstra’s July 8 outage after initially saying they had no record of such a case. The dispute has intensified scrutiny of Triple Zero failures and the handling of Senator Kerrynne Liddle’s claim.
Sandisk, Micron Lead Chip Stocks Rally on Analyst Calls and Micron U.S. Spending Boost
Sandisk and Micron led a semiconductor rally on July 9 after analyst support for Sandisk and Micron’s larger U.S. investment plan boosted memory-chip stocks tied to AI data-center demand.
V/Line services begin resuming after Telstra outage disrupted Victoria's regional network
V/Line services began resuming on July 9 after a Telstra outage disrupted regional rail communications in Victoria, forcing major cancellations and delays. Officials said safety checks cleared the network, while the state government promised reimbursements and free travel for affected passengers.
Preprint competition paper flags contamination risks in LLM evaluation
A new arXiv paper reports the first Poisoned Chalice of LLM Evaluation Competition, held alongside FSE-AIWare 2026, and says contamination detection in code-model benchmarks is still too fragile to replace transparent training-data provenance.
Apple Puts $30 Billion Sticker on Broadcom Chip Deal. Both Stocks Fall.
Apple said it will spend more than $30 billion on an extended Broadcom chip partnership tied to U.S. manufacturing. The deal runs through 2031, expands Fort Collins production, and covers custom ASICs.
V/Line trains suspended across Victoria in Telstra outage
A Telstra outage forced V/Line to suspend almost all regional train services across Victoria on July 8, with disruptions still continuing Thursday morning as repairs and safety checks proceeded.
Telstra outage continues to disrupt triple-zero calls and regional trains on July 9
Telstra said a secondary issue was still affecting some triple-zero calls on July 9 after its major outage, while Victoria and NSW regional rail services remained disrupted.
Telstra outage triggers emergency-call failures and regional rail disruptions in Australia
Telstra said a nationwide outage on July 8 disrupted mobile services, interfered with triple-zero emergency calling and disrupted regional rail operations. The company said a software defect affecting network timing caused the incident and said a residual emergency-calling issue was still being reduced on July 9.
Telstra outage triggers emergency-call failures and a formal regulator investigation
Telstra’s nationwide mobile outage on July 8 disrupted some triple-zero calls, transport and payments, prompting welfare checks and a formal regulator investigation.
Australia’s Telstra outage still disrupts regional rail and emergency calling
Telstra said it restored services after a nationwide outage, but residual triple-zero problems and regional rail disruption continued into Thursday morning while operators waited for communications to stabilise.
Telstra outage triggers emergency-call failures and regulator scrutiny
Telstra says a software defect that reset a GPS node caused a nationwide mobile outage on July 8, disrupting calls and data, affecting some triple-zero calls and prompting ACMA scrutiny.