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Google adds cheaper Gemini models as AI cost race intensifies

The new Gemini releases target cybersecurity, coding and high-volume AI workloads as Alphabet heads into earnings under competitiv...

By Amanda Ross · 1 month ago

SpaceX earnings date opens first post-IPO insider share window

The Aug. 4 report will release up to 911.5 million locked-up shares as SpaceX stock tries to recover from a sharp post-IPO decline...

By Sarah Jenkins · 1 month ago

Property tax cuts move to state ballots in midterm fiscal test

Voters in 13 states will decide 26 tax measures, with property-tax rollbacks raising questions over household relief and local bud...

By Sarah Jenkins · 1 month ago

Nvidia unveils Vera CPU details as AI server competition widens

Nvidia says its Vera CPU is built to keep AI GPUs busier, putting it into a server processor market led by AMD and Intel.

By Sarah Jenkins · 1 month ago

Fortinet names Intel foundry for next security chip

Fortinet will manufacture its SP6 security chip on Intel 4, giving Intel a named foundry customer as it seeks larger commitments f...

By Sarah Jenkins · 1 month ago

Bessent says US may use sanctions over Chinese AI model copying

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump administration will examine whether Chinese AI systems were built from U.S. models...

By Amanda Ross · 1 month ago

GM adds new gasoline Cadillacs as electric-vehicle plans are scaled back

Mary Barra said Cadillac will launch new combustion-engine models from next spring through 2028, reversing an earlier all-EV targe...

By Sarah Jenkins · 1 month ago

Institutional landlords list more US rental homes after buying ban

Parcl Labs says listings owned by large single-family rental investors have more than doubled since Feb. 1 to 9,447 homes with $3....

By Amanda Ross · 1 month ago

Boeing and Airbus plan narrow-body successors as airlines press for deliveries

The two planemakers are sketching out future single-aisle jets, but customers and investors remain focused on current backlogs, ce...

By Amanda Ross · 1 month ago

Hormuz ship traffic falls as US-Iran fighting disrupts oil route

Shipping datasets show a sharp fall in Strait of Hormuz crossings after a US blockade and renewed attacks raised risks for Gulf op...

By Sarah Jenkins · 1 month ago

Samsung shares gain after company creates robotics business office

Samsung Electronics said its new RX unit will consolidate robotics work as the group expands investment tied to physical AI.

By Amanda Ross · 1 month ago

Oil and yields test markets as U.S.-Iran fighting intensifies

Wall Street is weighing higher crude, Treasury yields and fuel costs as the U.S.-Iran conflict raises risks for consumers and corp...

By Marcus V. Thorne · 1 month ago