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What’s Better Than OpenAI? Developers Shop for Alternatives

Microsoft-backed OpenAI is no longer the only game in town for software developers looking to capitalize on an expected $90 billion market for artificial intelligence. Motivated by a wariness of relying on a single company, a desire for models tailored to specific tasks and the chance to cut costs, more than a dozen startups and […]

Yuan vs. Dollar: The Battle for Global Supremacy

As the world’s two largest economies, the United States (US) and China have been engaged in a game of economic tug-of-war for decades. But for all that, recent developments suggest that the struggle for global supremacy between these superpowers may be taking on a more political dimension.   With China extending its political reach toward countries […]

Memory Chipmaker Micron Expects Revenue Drop, Expects AI to Boost Sales in 2025

Micron Technology Inc on Tuesday forecast third-quarter revenue would tumble nearly 60% from a year earlier but the steep drop was in line with Wall Street expectations and company executives painted a rosy outlook for 2025 with artificial intelligence boosting sales. With a glut still nagging the chip industry, Micron expects the deepest revenue drop […]

Us, Japan Sign Trade Deal on Electric Vehicle Battery Minerals

The United States and Japan on Tuesday signed a trade deal on electric vehicle battery minerals that is key to strengthening their battery supply chains and granting Japanese automakers wider access to a new $7,500 U.S. EV tax credit. The swiftly negotiated agreement prohibits the two countries from enacting bilateral export restrictions on the minerals […]

Dollar Retreats as Banking Sector Fears Fade

The U.S. dollar fell against a basket of currencies for a second straight day on Tuesday as easing worries about a banking crisis revived investors’ appetite for riskier currencies. Investors took solace from First Citizens BancShares’ agreement to buy all of failed lender Silicon Valley Bank’s deposits and loans, and the fact that no further […]

First Citizens Shares Hit Record High in Wake of SVB Purchase

Shares of First Citizens BancShares Inc climbed to a record high on Tuesday, extending gains for a second day after scooping up the assets of failed peer Silicon Valley Bank. First Citizens BancShares rebounds to record high, https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/mkt/gdvzqkemmpw/Pasted%20image%201680024643514.png First Citizens rallied as much as 7.2%, briefly hitting an all-time peak of $959.99 before paring gains. […]

EU Regulators Clear Google’s Maths App Deal

 EU antitrust regulators gave unconditional approval for Alphabet unit Google’s acquisition of Croatian maths app Photomath, the European Commission said in a statement on Tuesday. The EU Commission said the deal would not reduce competition in the markets for “online homework and study help tools that include maths as a subject offering and general search […]

Relativity Space Launch Largest Ever 3D-Printed Spacecraft

Relativity Space could revolutionise space travel with 3D printing. Relativity Space launched its Terran 1, an entirely 3D-printed rocket, from Launch Complex 16 in Cape Canaveral, Florida last Wednesday night. Standing at 110 ft. tall and 7.5 ft. wide, Terran 1 is the largest 3D-printed object to attempt orbital flight. As a two-stage, expendable rocket, […]

China Urges Apple to Strengthen Data Security

China has urged Apple to strengthen its data security and personal privacy protection, the country’s state planner said in a statement on Tuesday. Chairman of National Development and Reform Commission Zheng Shanjie made the comments when he met Apple CEO Tim Cook on Monday, the statement said. HONG KONG (Reuters) Inside Telecom provides you with […]

EU Backs Retaliation Against Economic Coercion

 The European Union has agreed to allow retaliation against countries that put undue economic pressure on EU members to change their policies, such as the trade restrictions the bloc says China has imposed on Lithuania. Representatives of the European Parliament and the Council, the grouping of EU countries, reached a provisional deal on the anti-coercion […]