AI investment surges and global trade tensions dominate business headlines as firms pivot toward infrastructure and consolidation.
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Nvidia has announced an additional $150 billion stock buyback program, bringing its total authorized buyback amount to $235 billion as the company doubles down on long-term growth.
AMD is acquiring artificial intelligence startup World Labs for $8.2 billion, a strategic move that brings AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li onboard as chief scientist.
Chinese tech giant Alibaba is shifting its business model toward AI-driven infrastructure, announcing a new high-powered AI chip and a 10-trillion-parameter model while expanding its cloud presence into Europe.
Global markets face instability as oil prices rise following the collapse of U.S.-Iran peace talks, leading to a decline in Wall Street indices.
Ant Group has revamped its payment operations to prioritize 'agentic commerce,' while TikTok parent ByteDance has emerged as China's largest data center tenant, signaling a massive push into AI infrastructure.
OpenAI has temporarily paused the training of its most powerful models to address security breaches, amid growing concerns over 'rogue' AI agents targeting government systems.
The U.S. and China have reached a preliminary agreement to reduce tariffs on $60 billion worth of goods, a move intended to stabilize trade relations ahead of further negotiations.
A new UCLA study indicates that, contrary to immediate fears of displacement, artificial intelligence has not yet significantly reduced entry-level hiring for college graduates.
Leading electric vehicle manufacturers in China are consolidating operations, with two major players merging their battery-swapping and charging networks to improve market efficiency.