Gwynne Shotwell, the president of SpaceX, announced during a press conference on Tuesday that the company has begun selling satellite lasers—which are utilised for quick in-orbit communications—to other satellite companies. With fewer ground stations, SpaceX’s network can provide more global internet coverage thanks to its hundreds of Starlink satellites in low-Earth orbit, which communicate with…
AstraZeneca, an Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company, announced on Tuesday that it will acquire Canadian drug researcher Fusion Pharmaceuticals Inc. for $2 billion in cash as part of its bet on cancer medicines of the future. With this acquisition, AstraZeneca gains a footing in the market for radiopharmaceutical medications, which has drawn interest from investors since Novartis’…
In the 1940s, McDonald’s was a physical establishment with employees working at counters, paper menus listing the burgers and fries, and cashier employees accepting payments from customers. It wouldn’t be too much of a stretch to refer to McDonald’s as a tech company that also happens to sell burgers given how pervasive technology is in…
In an effort to reduce the cost of electric vehicles overall, Chinese manufacturer Nio and battery giant CATL struck a partnership deal on Thursday to create longer-lasting batteries. William Li, the founder and CEO of Nio, told reporters in Beijing that the company will work together to use their respective technologies to reduce what is…
A Chinese foreign ministry official criticised a bill in the United States that would require TikTok to divest or ban the platform, saying there is “no fairness to speak of” in using national security as an excuse to lessen other nations’ economic edge. The action is the most recent in a slew of steps taken…
Three writers have sued Nvidia, a company whose processors enable artificial intelligence, claiming that the company utilised their copyrighted writings without their consent to train its NeMo robot and launch a new AI platform. The works of Brian Keene, Abdi Nazemian, and Stewart O’Nan were removed in October “due to reported copyright infringement.” The dataset,…
In order to better evaluate any supply chain risks, investors want Inditex, the company that owns Zara, to follow competitors H&M and Primark in disclosing the whole list of its suppliers. Among the major apparel retailers, Inditex stands out for not disclosing the manufacturers it sources from. Investors and regulators desire improved disclosure and increased…
Oracle announced that it would be releasing a new tab in conjunction with Nvidia and that it exceeded quarterly earnings projections. Riding high on the surge in demand for generative AI, Oracle’s shares surged by about 14% during extended trading. Oracle’s stock market worth increased by almost $40 billion as a result of the late-day…
A law that would require TikTok’s parent business, located in China, to sell the app within six months of its approval or face a ban, was approved by a US congressional panel. Citing national security concerns, the White House supports a House of Representatives committee that introduced the proposal. According to TikTok, small companies that…
Due of the hype around artificial intelligence, investors have flocked to Nvidia-focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs) this year; on Wednesday, inflows into a bullish fund that tracks the chip maker’s shares reached a record high. LSEG Lipper data shows that net daily inflows into the GraniteShares 2x Long NVDA Daily ETF reached a record of $197…
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