📡 Hourly News Brief | 11:00-12:00
1. OpenAI product manager and co-lead Thibault Sottiaux announced that within the next 28 days, Codex and ChatGPT Work will either deliver an update that brings clear improvement for most users, or undergo a full quota reset to address competitive pressure after Anthropic’s release of Opus 5.5.
2. After the super-merger deal between Paramount and Warner Bros. was completed, Paramount will be renamed Skydance. Skydance Corp., formed by David Ellison, will integrate Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery Exploration through a $111 billion leveraged merger deal, with the transaction scheduled to be officially completed on October 6.
3. Japan Paint Holdings announced that it will acquire AkzoNobel’s Southeast Asia coatings business for $1.35 billion. After the news was released, its share price rose.
4. Data from Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) shows that in 2025, the adoption rate of enterprise AI in Singapore rose from 14.7% in 2024 to 23.5%, further expanding the share of the digital economy in Singapore’s GDP.
5. On-chain data from Robinhood shows that among tokenized stocks, Apple (AAPL) saw the largest day-over-day increase in the number of wallets holding it, adding 1,444 to reach 84,552. Nvidia (NVDA) added 647; SPDR Gold Spot ETF (GLD) added 560; Tesla (TSLA) added 399; and SpaceX (SPCX) added 359. By contrast, SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) fell by 102 and GameStop (GME) fell by 82.
6. The EUR/USD exchange rate briefly dropped by 0.8% during Asian trading, touching 1.1161, the lowest level since May 2025. Traders said Asian hedge funds sold EUR/USD, triggering more sell orders.
7. The share price of San Huan Group rose 5% by midday, and market reports indicate that MLCCs have started a round of price hikes within the year. The industry’s supply-demand dynamics are shifting from price-cycle fluctuations to structural shortages.
8. The film “Detective War” announced that it has canceled this round of general release schedule. The original release plans will no longer be carried out, and the production company has not disclosed the revised specific release dates.
1. OpenAI product manager and co-lead Thibault Sottiaux announced that within the next 28 days, Codex and ChatGPT Work will either deliver an update that brings clear improvement for most users, or undergo a full quota reset to address competitive pressure after Anthropic’s release of Opus 5.5.
2. After the super-merger deal between Paramount and Warner Bros. was completed, Paramount will be renamed Skydance. Skydance Corp., formed by David Ellison, will integrate Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery Exploration through a $111 billion leveraged merger deal, with the transaction scheduled to be officially completed on October 6.
3. Japan Paint Holdings announced that it will acquire AkzoNobel’s Southeast Asia coatings business for $1.35 billion. After the news was released, its share price rose.
4. Data from Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) shows that in 2025, the adoption rate of enterprise AI in Singapore rose from 14.7% in 2024 to 23.5%, further expanding the share of the digital economy in Singapore’s GDP.
5. On-chain data from Robinhood shows that among tokenized stocks, Apple (AAPL) saw the largest day-over-day increase in the number of wallets holding it, adding 1,444 to reach 84,552. Nvidia (NVDA) added 647; SPDR Gold Spot ETF (GLD) added 560; Tesla (TSLA) added 399; and SpaceX (SPCX) added 359. By contrast, SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) fell by 102 and GameStop (GME) fell by 82.
6. The EUR/USD exchange rate briefly dropped by 0.8% during Asian trading, touching 1.1161, the lowest level since May 2025. Traders said Asian hedge funds sold EUR/USD, triggering more sell orders.
7. The share price of San Huan Group rose 5% by midday, and market reports indicate that MLCCs have started a round of price hikes within the year. The industry’s supply-demand dynamics are shifting from price-cycle fluctuations to structural shortages.
8. The film “Detective War” announced that it has canceled this round of general release schedule. The original release plans will no longer be carried out, and the production company has not disclosed the revised specific release dates.