Ben Elgin / Bloomberg:
Uber discontinues monthly EV bonuses as it scales back key climate efforts after embracing Trump's Big Beautiful Bill, which slashed clean-energy incentives  —  After long pushing for government policies to speed adoption of electric cars, Uber embraced Trump's EV-battering legislation.

Reuters:
JD.com's JingDong Industrials, a supply chain tech and services provider, opened down 7.8% after the company raised ~$383M in its Hong Kong IPO  —  Shares of Jingdong Industrials Inc (7618.HK), a unit of Chinese online retailer JD.com (9618.HK), opened down 7.8% in their Hong Kong Stock Exchange debut …

Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica:
Operation Bluebird, a Virginia-based startup planning to launch a “Twitter.new” social network, petitions the USPTO to cancel X Corp.'s “abandoned” trademarks  —  A Virginia startup calling itself “Operation Bluebird” announced this week that it has filed a formal petition …

Megan Morrone / Axios:
A Microsoft analysis of 37.5M Copilot conversations from January to September 2025 finds health, career, and relationship topics dominated user's questions  —  People are increasingly turning to Microsoft's Copilot chatbot for advice about their health, careers and relationships, according to data Microsoft first shared with Axios.

Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times:
Google DeepMind plans to open its “first automated science laboratory” in the UK in 2026, focused on using AI tools to develop new materials for chips and more  —  Big Tech group will work with Sir Keir Starmer's government to enhance AI use across public sector