Nearly a year after a federal judge in Washington delivered a landmark antitrust ruling against Google, the tech giant has officially filed its appeal. On May 22, 2025, Alphabet’s Google took the first formal step toward challenging the decision that found the company illegally maintained monopolies in both online search and related advertising. The appeal, …
Nvidia is continuing to bet heavily on the future of artificial intelligence, and according to CEO Jensen Huang, China remains an important part of that vision despite growing political and technological tensions between Washington and Beijing. Speaking in Taipei ahead of the upcoming Computex technology event, Huang made it clear that Nvidia’s projected $200 billion …
The quiet hum of the space economy has turned into a roar. Over the past few weeks, a wave of newly launched space-focused exchange-traded funds has captured the attention of retail and institutional investors alike, all seemingly betting on the same catalyst: the long-awaited initial public offering of SpaceX. After years of speculation, Elon Musk’s …
While the broader European equity market has struggled under the weight of the Iran war and its ensuing energy shock, a quieter and far more interesting story has been unfolding in the tech sector. Since early April, shares tied to artificial intelligence have posted surprisingly strong gains, largely escaping the notice of investors preoccupied with …
Malaysia has formally escalated its pressure on TikTok, issuing a statutory demand to the platform over what regulators describe as a persistent failure to remove offensive and defamatory content targeting the country’s royal institution. The action, announced on Thursday by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, stems from the circulation of material linked to an …
It was a familiar kind of energy in the room at this year's Sohn Investment Conference in Hong Kong – not the frenetically retail-dominated excitement of the speculation, but the quiet, serious gaze of the members of the hedge fund fraternity at one another, wondering where there's real value to be extracted. This time, two …
A tech giant takeover of a startup is an experience not often witnessed these days. However, this is exactly what is happening in Beijing right now as the three founders of the artificial intelligence company Manus are hustling to put together a financial package valued at around USD 1 billion. On the surface, the self-deal …
In a move that signals just how much the regulatory ground has shifted for Big Tech in Europe, Meta has quietly offered competing AI chatbots a limited window of free access to WhatsApp. The proposal, which has not been publicly detailed until now, would allow rival services to use the messaging platform without charge up …
The digital revolution powered by artificial intelligence is no longer a distant promise or a warning from science fiction. It is here, moving faster than almost anyone predicted, and yet the applause from the generation expected to lead this charge is conspicuously absent. Instead, a growing chorus of boos is echoing through commencement halls and …
In a significant move that underscores China’s accelerating push for technological self-reliance, Alibaba Group has officially introduced its latest artificial intelligence processor, the Zhenwu M890. The announcement came during the company’s annual Alibaba Cloud Summit in Shanghai, where the tech giant made clear its intentions to offer a powerful domestic alternative to American semiconductor leader …
When customers of Iran’s largest cryptocurrency exchange needed to move billions of dollars discreetly and efficiently, they turned to two blockchain networks that would later become deeply intertwined with President Donald Trump’s own digital currency business. On the surface, the Islamic Republic’s sanctioned financial system and a former president’s family enterprise could not appear more …
In a blow to Elon Musk, OpenAI's lawsuit was rejected by a federal jury in Oakland, Calif. on Monday, eliminating one of the biggest legal hurdles in the way of the artificial intelligence startup's potential initial public offering. In a swift ruling, the jury found that Musk waited too long to launch his lawsuit, essentially …
Alphabet's Google and global asset management firm Blackstone are launching a new joint venture dedicated to artificial intelligence cloud services, marking the pace of change in the artificial intelligence sector, a field that is increasingly transforming the way infrastructure is invested in. Formed on Monday, the alliance aims to address one of today's biggest technology …
The artificial intelligence arms race between the United States and China is moving into a crucial phase as a few Chinese technology firms are granted permission to buy Nvidia's latest H200 AI chips—and no deliveries have been made yet. It illustrates the ongoing political fraughtness between the world's two great powers even in the business …
