Tokyo-based startup Preferred Networks is preparing for an IPO to scale production of custom AI chips as global clients seek lower procurement and operating costs and reduced reliance on NVIDIA. CEO Daisuke Okanohara said the company plans to deliver its latest chip samples to customers in 1H next year, targets commercial launches in December 2027, and aims to be profitable within three years while preparing for a listing. Okanohara said the business requires substantially larger scale than prev

A measurement team led by the Hunan Society of Agronomy with experts from the China National Rice Research Institute and Wuhan University recorded 530.4 kg per mu from a large-scale hybrid rice seed-production demonstration plot in Wuyang town, Suining County, Shaoyang, Hunan — the first reported seed-production yield to exceed 1,000 jin per mu. The plot used the super-rice hybrid Shuangliang You 138. China’s hybrid rice planting area remains above 200 mln mu; cumulative promoted area exceeded 10 bln mu by 2025. High seed costs and long-running seed-production yields of around 160 kg/mu have been identified as a major constraint on the sector’s sustainable development.

Trump said he acted for the country, not himself, claiming he generated hundreds of billions of dollars in stock and other asset gains for the United States and calling ongoing criticism from left-wing Democrats unfair.