Autonomous Mobility in Hong Kong: The Transport Department approved the city’s first fully driverless vehicle trial, letting tests run on Airport Island with no person in the car (humans still monitor remotely). Digital Medicine for the GBA: CityUHK and the National Facility for Translational Medicine (Shanghai) launched a Greater Bay Area branch center to push digital medicine, research, and healthcare innovation between Hong Kong and Shanghai. AI for Research Workflows: UPDF rolled out a new research hub for paper discovery, multi-PDF analysis, AI explanations, and smart annotations aimed at cutting tool-switching for PhD-level users. Fintech Tokenization Expansion: Payward (Kraken) and GTN will expand xStocks tokenized equities beyond US assets, starting with Hong Kong listings and then moving to the UK, Europe, and South Korea. Cross-border Connectivity: China Unicom’s new submarine cable link (SHV-HK) landed in Hong Kong to boost Cambodia’s internet capacity for Belt and Road digital infrastructure. AI Safety & Governance Spotlight: Hong Kong officials used APEC’s Digital and AI ministerial in Chengdu to stress HK’s AI+ push and I&T ecosystem. Markets & Tech Mood: Asia stocks mostly rose as AI spending hopes returned, but oil volatility from US-Iran tensions kept investors cautious.