Momoka Yokoyama / Bloomberg:
Advantest shares hit a record high after the chip equipment maker beat Q3 earnings estimates and raised its FY operating profit forecast from $2.45B to $2.97B  —  Advantest Corp. shares jumped as much as 14% to a record high after the company beat earnings estimates and raised its forecast.

Dylan Butts / CNBC:
SK Hynix surpassed Samsung in annual operating profit for the first time in 2025; SK Hynix posted a record profit of ~$33B in 2025 while Samsung posted ~$30.5B  —  SK Hynix beat rival Samsung Electronics in operating profit for the first time in 2025, as it retained its lead in high-bandwidth memory used …

Henrique Almeida / Bloomberg:
New York-based Sword Health, which develops AI-powered tech for managing pain and offers remote physical therapy, agrees to acquire rival Kaia Health for $285M  —  Sword Health agreed to acquire rival Kaia Health for $285 million in its biggest deal to date, expanding the AI health startup's footprint …

Stephen Nellis / Reuters:
Letter: Rep. John Moolenaar, chair of the US House Select Committee on China, says Nvidia helped DeepSeek hone AI models later used by the Chinese military  —  U.S. chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA.O) helped China's DeepSeek hone artificial intelligence models that were later used by the Chinese military …

Saritha Rai / Bloomberg:
DeepSeek job listings show it hopes to broaden its AI offerings with a search engine capable of supporting multiple languages and more emphasis on agents  —  DeepSeek is looking to broaden its AI offerings with new artificial intelligence search features and more emphasis on agents …