Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE: TSM) climbed Thursday after the world’s largest contract chipmaker reported record-breaking second-quarter profits, driven by booming demand for artificial intelligence (AI) chips. Despite global currency headwinds and rising concerns over U.S. tariff policy, investors…
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The crypto industry notched a major victory on Thursday, securing legislation that could lead to digital assets becoming a significant part of Americans’ everyday lives. But delays in enacting the bill shows the industry’s power still has limits. On Thursday…
Hong Kong-listed shares of China’s Xiaomi surged over 5% to hit a record high on Friday, a day after its electric car drew a strong response from customers. The consumer electronics company, a relatively newer player in the EV market, took aim straight…
Some of President Donald Trump’s steepest tariffs are on products like washing machines, and on Thursday, GE Appliances said it would spend a half a billion dollars to make even more of them in the United States. Tariffs, however, weren’t…
Meta on Wednesday prevailed against a group of 13 authors in a major copyright case involving the company’s Llama artificial intelligence model, but the judge made clear his ruling was limited to this case. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria sided with…
Salesforce is accelerating its use of artificial intelligence in automating workloads, according to CEO Marc Benioff. “All of us have to get our head around this idea that AI could do things, that before, we were doing, and we can move on to do…
Trump Mobile, the wireless service provider and phone company launched by the Trump Organization, no longer promises on its website that its upcoming smartphone will be made in America. The company adjusted language on its website on or around June…
Every few weeks, the Earth cries out for an artificial intelligence scare on a frequency heard only by tech CEOs. And lo, like a rain cloud over a parched valley, here comes Amazon boss Andy Jassy to shower us with fresh…
Pope Leo XIV says tech companies developing artificial intelligence should abide by an “ethical criterion” that respects human dignity. AI must take “into account the well-being of the human person not only materially, but also intellectually and spiritually,” the pope…
Cybercriminals have breached insurance giant Aflac, potentially stealing Social Security numbers, insurance claims and health information, the company said Friday, the latest in a spree of hacks against the insurance industry. With billions of dollars in annual revenue and tens of millions…