From Reuters.

1. U.S. authorities have secretly placed location tracking devices in targeted shipments of advanced chips they see as being at high risk of illegal diversion to China, according to two people with direct knowledge of the previously unreported law enforcement tactic.

2. China plans to boost domestic consumption by offering interest subsidies on loans to households and businesses, aiming to reduce borrowing costs and spur spending, Vice Finance Minister Liao Min said on Wednesday.

3. A growing willingness among Israeli news media to critically explore the humanitarian crisis in Gaza has all but evaporated in recent weeks after militant group Hamas released videos of two emaciated Israeli hostages.

4. Podul slammed into the southeastern city of Taitung around 1 p.m. (0500 GMT), passed through the southern tip of the island and then passed into the Taiwan Strait some three hours later, Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration said.

5. Perplexity AI made a $34.5 billion unsolicited all-cash offer for Alphabet’s Chrome browser on Tuesday, a bid far above its own valuation as the startup reaches for the browser’s billions of users pivotal to the AI search race.

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