Kuwait accidentally shot down three U.S. F-15 jets in a friendly-fire incident during Iranian attacks, a significant operational failure as the regional conflict intensifies (Reuters). The American death toll has risen to four service members killed in ongoing operations.

Nvidia announced $4 billion in investments split between photonics companies Lumentum and Coherent to integrate light-based communication into AI processors, part of efforts to bolster U.S. chip manufacturing capacity (Bloomberg). Chinese AI startup MiniMax reported 159% revenue growth following its Hong Kong IPO, with plans to release a multimodal model in 2026 to compete with U.S. systems at lower cost.