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Alphabet is nearing a multi-year agreement to buy nuclear energy from Constellation Energy for $1 billion or more, Bloomberg reported Monday. The deal could be announced as soon as this week, according…
President Donald Trump said Becton Dickinson will invest $3 billion to expand U.S. manufacturing of essential medical products. The announcement came Monday as the administration pushes companies to strengthen domestic healthcare supply…
Apple removed Jack Dorsey-backed offline messaging app Bitchat from India’s App Store on October 3 after a government takedown demand. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology issued the demand under Section…
China’s antitrust regulator has asked Anglo American to guarantee copper concentrate supplies as a condition for approving its proposed $54 billion merger with Teck Resources, Reuters reported Friday. Three people familiar with…
SoftBank Group completed the final $10 billion tranche of its planned $30 billion follow-on investment in OpenAI on October 1. The payment, made through SoftBank Vision Fund 2, completes the three-tranche commitment…
Alphabet’s Google launched its first AI chips into orbit Thursday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The chips are part of Project Suncatcher, an experimental effort to test AI computing in space.…
Tencent has agreed to a five-year lease giving it access to about 100,000 advanced AI chips, the Financial Times reported Wednesday. The chips will operate across multiple Oracle data centers in Southeast…
Kalshi is in advanced discussions to raise about $1 billion in fresh funding, potentially valuing the prediction market exchange at about $40 billion. Reuters reported Tuesday that Tiger Global Management and Dragoneer…
A U.S. appeals court on September 29 upheld Thomson Reuters’ copyright victory over Ross Intelligence. The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Ross’ fair-use defense for using Westlaw material to train…
OpenAI unveiled Dots on September 29 as always-on AI agents for business users. The agents can pursue goals across connected applications with limited human oversight. Powered by GPT-6 Astra, Dots can use…
AT&T signed a multi-year agreement worth more than $3 billion with Corning on Tuesday. Corning will supply fiber and cable for AT&T’s network expansion. Corning shares rose 3.3% in premarket trading after…
OpenAI has scrapped GPT-6.1 Astra, a next-generation model planned for October, after internal tests found safety and alignment problems. The company confirmed the decision Monday, following a Wall Street Journal report. Astra…
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