Alphabet Q2 Earnings Beat Estimates as AI Spending, Google Cloud Growth Fuel Outlook 
Samsung Cuts U.S. Consumer Electronics Jobs as Headquarters Moves to Texas 
Nasdaq Drops as AI Earnings, Oil Surge and Middle East Tensions Weigh on Wall Street 
Elon Musk Fuels SpaceX-Tesla Merger Speculation After Earnings Call 
Rubio Rejects AI ‘Kill Switch’ Claims as U.S. Defends American Technology Abroad 
Houthi Naval Blockade on Saudi Arabia Escalates Iran Conflict, Threatens Global Oil Supply 
Japan Yen Slides Past 163 as Middle East Tensions Lift US Dollar, Oil Prices 
ASEAN Ministers Warn Middle East Conflict Threatens Regional Stability and Energy Security 
ASML Trillion-Dollar Valuation: Can Europe’s AI Chip Giant Reach the Historic Milestone? 
US Dollar Climbs to Weekly High as Middle East Tensions Lift Treasury Yields and Safe-Haven Demand 
Super Micro Computer Stock Jumps 20% After Record AI Orders and Margin Surge 
US-Iran Conflict Escalates as Gulf Attacks Threaten Global Oil Supply 
Intel, AMD Seek Long-Term China Server CPU Deals as AI Demand Drives Supply Crunch 
Domino’s Weighs Appeal After Australian Court Rules Workers Were Misled on Pay 
SpaceX Eyes Pentagon AI Deal as Cloud Pricing Strategy Pressures CoreWeave 
Mikron H1 2026 Sales Fall 5.9% as Automation Weakness Weighs on Profit 
SpaceX Q2 Earnings on Aug. 4 Set Stage for Historic Insider Share Unlock 
Sony’s 2021 patent application for a system that tracks digital assets in video games using NFTs has recently been made public.
The Japanese technology conglomerate points to the global popularity of gaming, and players who want to own unique items associated with their favorite celebrities, activities, and esports tournament winners as the reason behind the patent application.
According to Sony, there is no way to differentiate a specific instance of an in-game item that a famous player of the video game used to win a famous tournament in traditional video games.
Known for its PlayStation gaming consoles, Sony now wants to use a distributed ledger, or blockchain, to record digital media assets, gameplay, and video clips. Sony also wants a unique token for the digital item with a unique identifier and metadata that identifies the properties of the digital asset.
While the filing is only for a patent, it shows Sony is interested in entering the growing NFT gaming field.
In May 2022, Sony partnered with Theta Labs to launch a collection of 3D NFTs. The limited-edition NFT collection is viewable on the Sony tablet-style device, Spatial Reality Display.
