📡 Hourly Update | 19:00-20:00

1. OpenAI releases ChatGPT Images 2.5, supporting precise multi-round editing, sketching, and template features, and launches two new API model(s).

2. Solstice Oncology completes a $225 million Series A round, advancing its Fc-enhanced CTLA-4 antibody Porustobart’s clinical development. Targeting MSS type II–III stage colon cancer, the Phase II trial is set to begin in early Q4.

3. Counterpoint reports that in Q2 2026, global smartphone SoC shipments will decline 21% year over year. MediaTek ranks first, and Huawei’s share increases.

4. Renesas Electronics announces a new pricing structure effective January 1, 2027, stating that costs face structural increases.

5. Zscaler’s fiscal year 2026 revenue reaches $3.35 billion, up 25% year over year. Q4 revenue is $898.2 million. Growth is driven by cloud security and AI products.

6. Silver Lake Capital plans to merge French software companies Cegid and Silae, with a deal value exceeding 10 billion euros.

7. Barclays raises its year-end target for the S&P 500 index from 7,800 to 7,950 points, expecting it to reach 8,800 points by the end of 2027.

8. Bank of America completes a real-time cross-border payments test between North American and European banking entities on the Stellar blockchain using its USDC-dinar stablecoin USBDC.