Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg:
Osaka-based Capcom reports game sales up 13.5% to a record 34.64M from March to December 2025; the Street Fighter and Resident Evil maker's stock jumps 10%+  —  Japanese video game publisher Capcom Co. posted its biggest single-day share gain in 18 months on Wednesday after December-quarter …

Sarah Jacob / Bloomberg:
ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet says the company plans to cut 1,700 jobs, or 4% of its workforce, mainly in its Tech and IT organizations; ASML jumps 5%+ pre-market  —  ASML Holding NV said it will cut about 1,700 jobs in the middle of a sales boom after feedback that the Dutch chip-machine maker is too bureaucratic.

Beth Galetti / About Amazon:
Amazon plans to cut ~16,000 roles across the company as part of an ongoing effort to reduce organizational layers and bureaucracy, after cuts in October 2025  —  I want to let you know that we're making additional organizational changes across Amazon that will impact some of our teammates.

Casey Newton / Platformer:
A critique of a large UK social media study that suggested measures like social media bans are unlikely to have an effect on teens' long term mental health  —  The “moral panic” framing misses how platforms actually harm kids.  PLUS: Newsom investigates TikTok over Trump, and the Clawdbot frenzy

Dylan Loh / Nikkei Asia:
Momentum Works: the GMV of the online food delivery market in Southeast Asia's six biggest economies grew 18% YoY to $22.7B in 2025, and Grab accounted for 55%  —  SINGAPORE — Grab Holding's share of the Southeast Asian food delivery market rose to 55% last year, cementing its position …