Alibaba’s Hong Kong-listed shares skyrocketed over 19% on Monday, marking their highest level since March, after strong momentum from its cloud computing business and reports of progress on a new AI chip. The rally follows a nearly 13% surge in Alibaba’s U.S.-listed shares last Friday after its earnings release. For the June quarter, the Chinese […]
Intel has confirmed receiving a $5.7 billion investment from the U.S. government, announced by CFO David Zinsner during an investor conference on Thursday. The funding, tied to the White House’s recent decision to take a 10% equity stake in the struggling chipmaker, comes as Intel explores additional outside investment opportunities for its semiconductor foundry division. […]
After losing her 15-year-old son Riley to suicide linked to a sextortion scheme on Messenger, a grieving mother, Mary Rodee, has become a vocal advocate for stronger protections for children online. “I hold them fully responsible,” Rodee said, pointing directly to Meta for failing to safeguard young users. She and many other parents have turned […]
Apple has officially announced a launch event scheduled for September 9 at 10 a.m. Pacific Time, inviting media and analysts to its campus. The event teaser carries the tagline: “Awe dropping.” As tradition goes, September is the month Apple typically unveils its latest iPhones. This year’s highly anticipated release is expected to be the iPhone […]
Nvidia has officially launched its newest robotics chip module, the Jetson AGX Thor, priced at $3,499 for the developer kit. Marketed as a “robot brain,” the kit will begin shipping next month and is designed to help developers create advanced robots. Once prototypes are ready, companies can purchase Thor T5000 modules for large-scale production, with […]
Today SpaceX stands as a $400 billion giant, central to U.S. space operations — but its journey to dominance was far from smooth. Founded in 2002 by Elon Musk with funds from the sale of PayPal, the company set out to disrupt an industry long controlled by legacy players. Its first rocket, Falcon 1, was […]
Gold prices ticked upward on Monday, helped by a pullback in U.S. Treasury yields, as markets awaited U.S. President Donald Trump’s meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and key European leaders later in the day. As of 08:40 GMT, spot gold was up 0.4% at $3,348.28 per ounce, after briefly touching its lowest level since […]
Gold prices bounced back from earlier lows, stabilizing as U.S. inflation data showed steady upward pressure on consumer costs. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) climbed 0.2% in July, following June’s 0.3% rise—right in line with forecasts. Over the past year, headline inflation increased 2.7%, just under the expected […]
Apple has introduced a redesigned blood oxygen monitoring feature for select Apple Watch models, following a lengthy intellectual property battle. The updated feature will roll out to users of the Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Apple Watch Ultra 2, enabled by a recent U.S. Customs ruling. The dispute dates back to 2023, when […]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX-run satellite internet service, Starlink, experienced another brief outage on Monday, with thousands of users reporting disruptions on Downdetector. This marks the second service interruption in just two weeks. During the July 24 blackout, SpaceX’s Starlink engineering team attributed the issue to a breakdown in critical internal software that supports the core network. […]