European markets and politics are in motion this week, with London’s FTSE 100 easing slightly after record highs, even as utilities surged on strong energy investment plans.In Brussels, the EU unveiled its “Democracy Shield” to curb disinformation with help from Big Tech and influencers.Meanwhile, France froze its pension reform, and…
OpenAI is locked in a pitched legal battle with The New York Times over access to 20 million ChatGPT user conversations, with a federal magistrate judge already ruling against the AI company this week.The Times initially demanded access to 120 million conversations as part of its copyright infringement lawsuit, later…
Global politics and business developments took center stage today, with Donald Trump courting Wall Street heavyweights at a private White House dinner and India announcing a $5.1 billion export boost to counter US tariffs. In the UK, Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces mounting dissent within Labour ranks, while Nvidia denied…
In a day marked by significant policy and corporate developments, Washington and Wall Street were abuzz with activity on Wednesday. The White House issued an unexpected warning about potentially missing federal economic data, while major US and global companies—including Anthropic, Toyota, and Meta—announced major investments across artificial intelligence, manufacturing, and…
The longest government shutdown in US history finally ended Wednesday night, with President Donald Trump signing a bill to get the federal government back up and running.The House had approved the funding measure just hours earlier in a 222–209 vote, breaking a grueling stalemate that left hundreds of thousands of…
The world’s two largest economies dominated headlines overnight on Wednesday, as Washington officially ended its record-breaking 43-day government shutdown and Beijing intensified tax scrutiny on cross-border e-commerce. Meanwhile, Microsoft secured deeper technological access to OpenAI’s chip development efforts, and the US House of Representatives moved closer to a long-awaited vote…
Gold prices have been on the rise since the start of the week, and analysts indicate that the yellow metal may build on its recent gains. Gold prices on COMEX rose for a fifth consecutive session on Thursday to hit its highest level in more than three weeks. At the time of…
Preliminary figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) indicate that the United Kingdom’s economy expanded by a modest 0.1% in the third quarter of the year. This figure, covering the July to September period, was weaker than the 0.2% growth anticipated by economists polled by Reuters, and marks…
Baidu just made its boldest move yet in the race to dethrone Nvidia.The Chinese tech giant unveiled two new AI processors: the M100 and M300, designed to power China’s most demanding AI workloads without relying on US technology.The M100, launching in early 2026, is built for AI inference tasks in…
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD) chief executive Lisa Su agrees that aggressively spending on artificial intelligence (AI) resembles a “gamble” in some ways.But “it’s the right kind,” she added in a CNBC interview on Wednesday morning.Su’s remarks arrive at a time when big tech’s aggressive infrastructure investments are starting…