State news agency SANA said the Syrian president met Kuwait's crown prince in New York on Wednesday to discuss bilateral ties, ways to strengthen cooperation, and shared regional and international issues.

Japan's Nikkei 225 was up 1.33% at the midday close on Thursday after Meta unveiled a small handheld device, Meta Charm, designed to run its new Muse AI assistant, boosting demand expectations for computing components and lifting CPU-related names. TOPIX rose 0.12%. Socionext, Meiko Electronic and Ushio each jumped more than 10%; chip tester Advantest gained 4% and SoftBank Group added 0.52%. Analysts said chip-related stocks have recently shown resilience to rising yields.

1. 微软(MSFT.O)拟推Copilot最高五折企业折扣，同步上线AI“超级应用”。 2. 高通(QCOM.O)推出骁龙8 Elite Extreme第六代和骁龙8 Elite第六代。 3. Anthropic部署加强算力控制，寻求减少对云服务商依赖。 4. “大空头”加码做空美光科技(MU.O)，警告周期逆转将引发“剧烈抛售”。 5. SpaceX(SPCX.O)旗下AI代理Grok Bot周用户突破40万。 6. 据英国金融时报：诺和诺德(NVO.N)不排除升级其在纽约的上市地位。 7. SpaceX(SPCX.O)据悉停止猎鹰9号2028年以后预订，业内正掀起运力抢购热潮。 8. 马斯克：预测十年内至少有10亿台人形机器人，未来15年或许达到100亿台，未来20年可能达到1000亿台。