Alibaba’s Qwen chatbot halts coupons amid overload, highlighting scaling issues in AI services — https://www.reuters.com/technology/alibabas-overloaded-ai-chatbot-stops-issuing-coupons-asks-shoppers-patience-2026-02-09/

Montage Technology surges in Hong Kong debut, underlining investor interest in memory interconnect chips — https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/chinas-legalisation-real-world-asset-tokenisation-sends-related-stocks-higher-2026-02-09/

Australian AI infrastructure developer Firmus lands $10B funding, showing capital flow into AI infrastructure — https://www.reuters.com/business/australian-ai-infrastructure-developer-firmus-lands-10-bln-debt-package-2026-02-09/

Ocado plans up to 1,000 job cuts amid automation business cost pressure — https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/uks-ocado-axe-up-1000-jobs-cost-cutting-drive-sunday-times-reports-2026-02-08/

Investors rotate into smaller tech names amid risk aversion, reshaping market focus — https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/investors-chase-cheaper-smaller-companies-risk-aversion-hits-tech-sector-2026-02-08/

SpaceX prioritises lunar self‑growing city over Mars missions, a strategic pivot in space infrastructure — https://www.reuters.com/science/musk-says-spacex-prioritise-building-self-growing-city-moon-2026-02-08/

Chinese vacuum maker Dreame pushes its planned EV strategy, reflecting cross‑industry expansion — https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/chinese-vacuum-maker-dreame-pushes-072730341.html

Global chip sales expected to hit $1 trillion in 2026, driven by AI demand — https://www.reuters.com/business/global-chip-sales-expected-hit-1-trillion-this-year-industry-group-says-2026-02-06/

Meta faces EU antitrust threats over blocking AI rivals on WhatsApp, reshaping competitive platform dynamics — https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/