South Korean government data: the country's exports grew 70.9% YoY in June to $102.25B, an all-time monthly high, anchored by a record $44.82B in chip shipments (Steven Borowiec/Nikkei Asia)
LeapXpert, which lets companies and sports franchises monitor staff business chats via apps like WhatsApp for compliance, raised $180M led by Riverwood Capital (Lucinda Shen/Axios)
Former Croatian president congratulates CPC on its 105th anniversary
Hong Kong celebrates 29th anniversary of its return to motherland
Vietnam unveils 'baby bonus' after scrapping two-child policy
Romancing the Vote: July 1 – July 5
Chinese robot maker UBTech launches U1, a line of humanoid robots for personal companionship with lifelike silicone skin and emotional AI, priced from $17,650 (Minxiao Chang/South China Morning Post)
Trump Drops Restrictions On Anthropic's Mythos and Fable Models
Leaked Apple supplier docs show iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max may use Qualcomm modems in the US and Apple's own C2 chips elsewhere, A20 Pro packaging tech, and more (Marko Zivkovic/AppleInsider)
S$55 million Good Class Bungalow seized in connection with Nvidia chip movement case