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Pokémon's 30th Celebration expansion has launched in participating markets, featuring 30 Pikachu rare cards, foil cards throughout, Classic Collection reprints and new Futuristic rarities.

Forgent Power Solutions shares rose nearly 12% after the company reported record quarterly results, strong bookings and backlog growth, and raised its full-year earnings guidance.

A National Center for Health Statistics report found that 71.5% of US adults felt very tired or exhausted at least sometimes in 2024, with frequent fatigue highest among women and younger adults.

AMD shares rose 4.15% in midmorning trading as semiconductor stocks recovered from recent losses linked to concerns that AI safety debates could slow infrastructure spending.

Intel shares climbed after reports that SK hynix is considering using Intel's US capacity and CEO Lip-Bu Tan said the company can meet only about half of customer CPU demand.

President Donald Trump has nominated Cissie Graham Lynch, granddaughter of evangelist Billy Graham, to serve as US ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, pending Senate confirmation.

Riot Platforms shares gained as investors continued backing its shift into AI data centres, following a long-term Anthropic capacity agreement worth an estimated $9.1 billion.

Salesforce shares traded nearly flat after a global outage disrupted hundreds of customer instances during Dreamforce, as investors appeared to treat the technical failure as temporary.

Cipher Digital shares rose 11.25% as investors focused on its transition from bitcoin mining to AI data centres, a growing hyperscale backlog and upcoming facility launches.

GameStop's pursuit of eBay remains unresolved, with reports suggesting Ryan Cohen may favour a partnership over the proposed $56bn takeover while retaining a substantial stake in the company.

Salesforce resolved a global service outage lasting about four hours, but the company has not disclosed its financial cost, while customer losses and reputational damage remain difficult to quantify.

A global Salesforce outage disrupted access to core services across several countries during Dreamforce, with the company tracing the incident to an internal login service bottleneck.

Jeff Bezos remains Florida's wealthiest resident with an estimated $378 billion fortune, while Elon Musk tops Forbes' national ranking at $908 billion.

An investigation by 404 Media says hundreds of contractors review anonymised ChatGPT conversations for model improvement, raising privacy concerns about default settings and human access to user data.

An Iraqi court sentenced a Najaf butcher to 10 years in prison after he was found with 75 kilograms of pork allegedly being sold to customers as beef.

Owala is releasing five Pokémon-themed FreeSip water bottles exclusively at Target to mark Pokémon's 30th anniversary, with designs featuring several of the franchise's best-known characters.

Elon Musk leads Forbes' wealthiest Americans for a fifth consecutive year with $908 billion, while the combined fortune of the Forbes 400 reaches a record $8 trillion.

Prince William and Catherine are reportedly focusing on royal duties rather than Harry and Meghan's return to the UK, but commentators question whether proximity will make that strategy sustainable.

Samsung co-led a $231 million funding round for Dutch startup Euclyd, seeking exposure to AI inference chips, memory-centric architecture and alternatives to Nvidia's market dominance.

Codan shares climbed 7.5% to $48.94, extending a year-long rally fuelled by record fiscal 2026 results, defence communications demand and renewed growth in Metal Detection.

Sharna Burgess is returning to Dancing with the Stars for Season 35 alongside Tyler Cameron, five years after her last appearance and amid renewed attention on her controversial Season 27 win.

Beach Energy shares gained 3.45% as Brent crude remained above $107 a barrel, offering relief despite weaker production, operational challenges and a 26% year-to-date decline.

James Hardie shares fell 5.08% on the ASX as rising bond yields pressured highly valued growth stocks, while housing concerns and interest-rate uncertainty continued to weigh on sentiment.

Infratil shares gained 5.5% on the ASX as AI-linked stocks rebounded, with rising CDC Data Centres valuations, contracted capacity and strong growth expectations supporting the investment case.

Insomniac Games' Marvel's Wolverine has received a broadly positive but divided critical response, with praise for its combat and voice acting tempered by concerns over pacing, linearity and limited variety.

Dancing with the Stars has launched its 35th season with a two-night premiere, live broadcasts on ABC and Disney+, and next-day streaming on Hulu.

MediaTek has unveiled the Dimensity 9600 Pro, a flagship smartphone processor built on TSMC's enhanced 2nm process, with major performance, efficiency, graphics and on-device AI upgrades.

An Electronic Frontier Foundation analysis found US police officers entered jokes, profanity and gibberish into Flock Safety search records, renewing concerns about oversight of its nationwide surveillance network.

Manchester United's 15-year-old academy forward JJ Gabriel has asked to cancel his contract after a reported breakdown with the club, leaving his immediate future unresolved.