Good morning. It’s Monday, Jul 28. Today we are covering:

* Samsung Bags $16.5 Billion Deal in Big Win for Chipmaking Arm

* This Was Supposed to Be the Year China Started Catching Up With SpaceX

* ‘It’s the most empathetic voice in my life’: How AI is transforming the lives of neurodivergent people

* The surprise winner in the U.S.-China tech war? Vietnam’s chip industry

* PayPal to roll out 'pay with crypto' feature for merchants

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