Market sources: Google (GOOG.O) purchased $548 million of Qualcomm (QCOM.O) shares.

China's Manned Space Engineering Office said Shenzhou-24 will include one Pakistani astronaut as a payload specialist; after a short-term in-orbit stay he will return aboard Shenzhou-23. The mission marks the first joint flight of Chinese and foreign astronauts and the first foreign visit to China's Tiangong space station.

The Beijing Economic‑Technological Development Area management committee issued measures to accelerate an open‑source, domestically trusted IT industry hub. The program encourages software and hardware upstream/downstream firms to form alliances for joint adaptation and to develop integrated solutions that address complex, critical business scenarios. It explicitly supports new technologies and products — including super‑node servers, AI terminals, super‑intelligent agents, quantum computing cloud platforms and next‑generation mobile communications — and offers first‑trial/first‑use and pilot validation services. Financial support of up to 30 mln yuan will be awarded based on technological innovation, scenario demonstration, application scalability and ecosystem collaboration.