Meta and Microsoft Surge on Robust Earnings Amid AI Spending Boom
Shares of Meta rose 11%, while Microsoft’s stock climbed 4% on Thursday following better-than-expected quarterly earnings that beat both revenue and profit forecasts. Both companies have been heavily investing in…
Microsoft Ends Practice of Naming Competitors in Regulatory Filings
Microsoft has ended a decades-long practice of explicitly naming its rivals in regulatory filings. Its latest annual report, released Wednesday, contains no mentions of longtime competitors such as Apple or…
Tesla Stops Accepting Orders for Model S and X in Europe
Tesla has quietly stopped accepting new orders for its Model S and Model X luxury electric vehicles across Europe. After reviewing Tesla’s European websites—including Italy, Germany, France, Spain, and Croatia—it…
OpenAI Leads One of Europe’s Largest Data Centers Featuring 100,000 Nvidia Chips
OpenAI announced Thursday that it is launching its first AI data center project in Europe, branded as Stargate, located in Norway. The initiative marks a significant expansion of OpenAI’s global…
Nvidia Denies ‘Backdoor’ Claims in China-Bound H20 AI Chips Amid Beijing Security Concerns
Nvidia has firmly denied that its chips contain any “backdoors” enabling unauthorized access or control, following a meeting between its officials and Chinese regulators over concerns related to its H20…
Meta Plans to Invest Up to $72 Billion in AI Infrastructure in 2025 Amid Compute Arms Race
Meta announced in its second-quarter earnings report that it plans to more than double its spending on AI infrastructure, including data centers and servers. The company expects its 2025 capital…
SpaceX Hit with Two New Lawsuits Alleging Retaliation Over Safety Concerns
Robert Markert, a longtime supervisor at SpaceX, claims he warned leadership that part of the rocket fairing recovery process posed serious safety risks that could cause injury or death. According…
How Much Shein Prices Have Increased Following Trump Tariffs
Online retailers are facing significant challenges due to President Donald Trump’s tariffs and the recent changes to the de minimis exemption. Shein, a Singapore-based fast fashion e-commerce giant, has seen…
Nvidia Tackles AI Chip Smuggling, Calls Bootleg Data Centers a ‘Losing Proposition’
Nvidia on Thursday called data centers built using smuggled chips a “losing proposition,” emphasizing it does not support unauthorized products. The statement follows a report from the Financial Times revealing…
Intel Shares Fall 8% as Foundry Business Cuts Projects Amid Customer Shortfall
Intel’s stock fell more than 8% after the chipmaker announced plans to significantly reduce foundry costs, its latest effort to revive a struggling business segment. Despite beating revenue expectations and…
Amazon Venture Fund Supports Startup Developing Solution for Return Fraud
Amazon is turning to the startup world to tackle a persistent logistics challenge: fraudulent product returns. This scam, where shoppers request refunds but return empty packages or unrelated items instead…
Sundar Pichai Expresses Enthusiasm Over Google Cloud’s Partnership with OpenAI
Google CEO Sundar Pichai said he is “very excited” about supplying OpenAI — Google’s biggest AI competitor — with cloud computing resources to train and serve OpenAI’s AI models, following…
YouTube’s Ad Revenue Climbs Toward Nearly $10 Billion
YouTube continues to lead the streaming market, reporting a 13% year-over-year increase in advertising revenue, according to Alphabet’s second-quarter earnings released Wednesday. The platform’s ad revenue reached $9.8 billion, up…
Tesla’s Profits Decline Amid Falling EV Sales and Regulatory Credit Reductions
Tesla’s second-quarter results for 2025 reflected several headwinds: declining electric vehicle (EV) sales, a lower average selling price, reduced revenue from regulatory credits, and a drop in solar and energy…
UK Presses Apple and Google to Implement Mobile Changes to Limit Market Power
Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced plans to designate Apple and Google as companies with “strategic market status” (SMS), identifying them as dominant players with significant control over digital…