Despite years of U.S. restrictions, Huawei has transformed itself from a telecom hardware supplier into a leading force in China’s AI ecosystem. Once sidelined by trade bans, the Shenzhen-based company now competes head-on with global heavyweights—including Nvidia—by deploying cutting-edge semiconductors, industrial AI products, and full-stack infrastructure. Paul Triolo, the China lead at the DGA‑Albright Stonebridge […]
Just days after Astronomer CEO Andy Byron stepped down, the company’s top HR executive, Kristin Cabot, has also resigned following a widely circulated incident at a Coldplay concert. “Kristin Cabot is no longer with the company,” a spokesperson confirmed in a Thursday email. Cabot served as Astronomer’s Chief People Officer. The controversy erupted after concertgoers […]
OpenAI has unveiled a new Expert Council on Well-Being and AI, a group of eight specialists dedicated to guiding the company on how artificial intelligence impacts users’ emotional health, motivation, and overall mental well-being. The council will primarily focus on improving ChatGPT and OpenAI’s short-form video platform Sora, helping the company establish clear standards for […]
Amid increasing calls from former President Donald Trump to bring more jobs back to American soil, Apple is rolling out a new manufacturing-focused initiative in downtown Detroit. The newly established Apple Manufacturing Academy—developed in partnership with Michigan State University—is set to open this August and will offer hands-on training in manufacturing and artificial intelligence, targeting […]
LONDON — The United Kingdom is set to become a global hub for artificial intelligence as Microsoft, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI, Salesforce, and CoreWeave announced over $40 billion in new AI investments. Microsoft alone pledged $30 billion by 2028, with plans to build the nation’s largest supercomputer powered by 23,000+ advanced GPUs in partnership with British […]
WASHINGTON — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have shared their views on President Donald Trump’s recent decision to raise the cost of hiring foreign talent under the H-1B visa program. Last week, Trump announced a dramatic fee increase — setting the new H-1B visa cost at $100,000. Under the updated rules, […]
Meta has announced new safety measures on Instagram that restrict what teenage users can view, aligning content guidelines with PG-13 movie standards. Under the updated rules, Instagram will limit exposure to accounts that share sexualized material or content related to drugs and alcohol. Posts containing explicit language will no longer appear in recommendations for teens, […]
President Donald Trump is set to host an exclusive gathering of two dozen top tech and business leaders on Thursday evening in the newly renovated White House Rose Garden. Among the high-profile invitees are Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, and OpenAI’s Sam Altman, according to a White House […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has once again extended the deadline for ByteDance to divest its U.S. TikTok operations, giving more time for a deal involving an investor consortium that includes Oracle, Silver Lake, and Andreessen Horowitz. The new deadline is set for December 16, delaying a potential nationwide ban. The extension, issued through an […]
Amazon has terminated a Palestinian software engineer who was suspended last month after voicing opposition to the company’s work with the Israeli government. Ahmed Shahrour, who worked in Amazon’s Whole Foods division in Seattle, received notice of his dismissal on Monday. His suspension in September was linked to messages he posted on the company’s internal […]