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Intel $INTC Paul Liu, head of Taiwan's National Development Council (NDC) and a board member of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, has denied recent speculation that TSMC is considering buying Intel's foundry business.

BlackRock $BLK A consortium including Allianz, BlackRock and T&D Holdings is investing in Viridium Group in a deal valued at 3.5 billion euros ($3.82 billion), with private equity firm Cinven as the majority investor.

Nvidia $NVDA Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang expects humanoid robots to be widely used in manufacturing within the next five years. He noted that the manufacturing sector is likely to be the first to adopt humanoid robots because its structured environment and well-defined tasks make it easier to automate.