The National Science Foundation has canceled over 1,600 grants and terminated key staff under the Trump administration, undermining the US government's own AI dominance strategy. The cuts have slowed …
Spain reaffirmed its strong ties with the United States amid President Trump's preliminary Iran deal, which reopened the Strait of Hormuz and caused oil prices to drop. Brent crude fell to $83.17 and …
The 2026 FIFA World Cup has become a major platform for cryptocurrency adoption, with Kraken serving as the Official Crypto Exchange Supporter and Polymarket operating prediction markets on match outc…
China warned of risks in Anthropic's Claude Code AI tool, citing hidden tracking code that may detect users from Chinese AI labs. Anthropic called the code experimental and aimed at preventing unautho…
Beijing is considering restricting foreign access to China's top AI models, a move that could disrupt global AI processing and crypto markets reliant on affordable Chinese AI. The potential curbs, dis…
China's potential restrictions on overseas access to its advanced AI models could increase operational costs for global firms reliant on cost-effective Chinese AI, driving them toward more expensive W…
French startup ZML released ZML/LLMD v2, a free open-source inference server that runs AI models across any hardware platform without code changes, aiming to break NVIDIA's CUDA lock-in. Endorsed by Y…
India's foreign direct investment surged 73% to $47 billion in 2025, driven by massive data center and AI infrastructure investments from tech giants. Alphabet announced a $15 billion commitment to bu…
Alphabet's $15 billion data center and AI hub investment in Andhra Pradesh drove a 44% surge in India's foreign direct investment to $39 billion in 2025, according to a UN report. The single deal acco…
OpenAI will release its GPT-5.6 family of AI models, including the flagship Sol model, on Thursday after a government-coordinated preview period. The three-tier lineup—Sol, Terra, and Luna—targets dif…
Temasek Holdings plans to triple its AI investments from $25 billion to $75 billion by 2030, joining funding rounds for Anthropic, Waymo, and Isomorphic Labs as part of a broader restructuring to inte…
Deutsche Bank's global head of macro research Jim Reid warned that AI productivity gains are years away, cautioning that overambitious timelines could lead to market corrections across asset classes, …
Microsoft has begun routing a significant share of Copilot prompts in Excel and Outlook to its own MAI models, reducing reliance on OpenAI and Anthropic to cut inference costs. The move, effective Jul…
Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek added $7.7 billion in direct China investments in fiscal 2025, pushing its total portfolio to a record $324 billion. The fund is tripling down on AI, targeting …
Singapore's sovereign wealth fund Temasek increased its investment in China by $7.7 billion, the largest rise in five years, with a focus on artificial intelligence infrastructure and value-chain inve…
SambaNova Systems raised $1 billion in a funding round at an $11 billion valuation, signaling strong investor demand for alternatives to Nvidia in AI hardware. The Palo Alto-based startup, which build…
Anthropic is in advanced talks to lease the entire 16-story building at 330 Hudson Street in Manhattan, securing 465,000 square feet to double its New York City workforce to 1,000 employees by 2026. T…
South Korea's KOSPI index plunged as much as 8.2% on July 7, nearing bear market territory, as investors reassess AI demand. SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics led the selloff, accounting for half the i…
Nvidia tripled the size of its R&D center in Beersheva, Israel, opening a 3,000-square-meter facility to meet surging AI chip demand. The expansion, backed by a 10-year lease and hundreds of new hires…
Meta launched $299 smart glasses with AI features on June 23, 2026, but Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton initiated an investigation on May 21, 2026, over potential biometric data violations. The glas…