German inf rose slightly in August, reinforcing the case for an ECB rate hike next month. Consumer prices were up 2.9% YoY in August versus 2.8% in July and the highest since April, but below the median analyst estimate of 3.1%. Energy was the main driver amid the continued absence of a Middle East peace deal; services and food eased. Similar data from France and Spain show oil and gas are lifting regional inflation, increasing pressure on the ECB, which has already tightened once and is widely

Haihe Laboratory said its incubator Tiankai Suishi (Tianjin) Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. received a national Class II medical device registration certificate from the Tianjin Municipal Medical Products Administration for its EEG Signal Acquisition and Cognitive Function Assessment System (brand: Shengong–Shengao; registration no. 20262070167). The approval marks China's first brain–computer interface‑related product for assisted diagnosis of cognitive impairment and paves the way for scaled clinical deployment.

On Aug. 29 at the China Spatial Intelligence Conference (ChinaSI2026), Hesai-W (02525.HK), a physical-AI infrastructure platform, and 3D native world-model developer InSpatio announced a strategic cooperation. The partners will focus on two main lines—high-quality real-world spatial data supply and open-source 3D native world models—linking 3D perception, scene reconstruction, dynamic world modeling and interactive simulation to jointly build an open spatial intelligence ecosystem.