Beijing banned all drone sales from May 1. The US FCC blocked new DJI products in December. The company that created the industry is caught between two governments.

Apple ended its net cash neutral policy after Q2 earnings of $111.2 billion. Incoming CEO Ternus will have flexibility to invest rather than return all cash to shareholders.

Lingyi iTech, Lens Technology, and Foxconn are repurposing smartphone factories for humanoid robots. Morgan Stanley doubled its 2026 China forecast to 28,000 units.

Foreign automakers' early 2026 market share gains in China reflect a subsidy hangover, not a comeback. The technology gap has reversed.

Alphabet's market cap hit $4.6 trillion after Q1 earnings surged 22%. Google Cloud grew 63%. Nvidia fell 6%. The gap is $200 billion and shrinking.

Two Chinese courts ruled that AI adoption is a business choice, not grounds for termination. The US and EU have no equivalent protection. The gap is deliberate.

Tesla, Honda, BMW, Volvo, Hyundai, and Kia have all pulled EVs from the US market in 2026. The cause is not the technology. It is the trade policy.

Joby completed the first eVTOL flights across NYC's heliport network. FAA Stage 4 is cleared. Commercial launch is targeted for late 2026.

ByteDance's drug unit showed an AI-designed IL-17 inhibitor at a Boston conference. The molecule targets interactions pharma called undruggable. Only trials will tell.

Elon Musk's $130bn lawsuit against OpenAI hit several rough spots in its first week, including his admission that xAI trains on OpenAI's models.

BMO has filed a provisional patent on a quantum algorithm to forecast earthquakes and uses AI to dispatch mobile branches into wildfire zones.

Apple has discontinued the $599 Mac mini and raised the entry price to $799, citing AI and agentic tool demand that is straining its desktop supply.