Telecom Stocks Slide as SpaceX Spectrum Deal Sparks Competition Fears
US and European telecommunications stocks tumbled on Friday after SpaceX’s acquisition of low-band spectrum intensified concerns over competition from satellite-based mobile services. T-Mobile US, Verizon and AT&T fell between 5.5% and 7.4% in premarket...
Qualcomm and Arm Face Jury Verdict in Licensing Dispute
Qualcomm’s lawsuit against chip technology supplier Arm Holdings is heading to a jury in a five-day trial to determine whether Arm breached licensing agreements and deliberately undermined Qualcomm’s business dealings with Meta Platforms. The...
US Suspends Green Card Applications for Microsoft, IT Firms; Probes Top Universities
The United States has suspended permanent labour certification applications linked to Microsoft, Adobe and major IT services companies as part of a widening crackdown on alleged immigration fraud and the protection of American jobs....
WTO Raises Global Trade Forecast as AI Boom Offsets Middle East Disruptions
The World Trade Organization has upgraded its forecast for global merchandise trade growth in 2026 to 3.9%, more than double its previous estimate of 1.9%. The stronger outlook reflects robust demand for semiconductors and...
Goldman Sachs Executives Set for Over $500 Million in Special Awards
Goldman Sachs Group’s top executives are set to receive special equity awards worth more than $500 million, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. The awards, granted in October 2021, were disclosed by Goldman in various...
GlobalFoundries Signs $2 Billion TSMC AI Chip Deal
GlobalFoundries said on Thursday it has reached a $2 billion, five-year agreement to manufacture silicon interposers for TSMC at its facility in Malta, New York. Silicon interposers are critical components used in advanced AI...
BBC and Channel 4 Explore Deeper Tie-Up to Cut Costs
Britain’s BBC and Channel 4 have held preliminary talks with the government about a broader tie-up of some operations, potentially reshaping the country’s public broadcasting landscape. One proposal would combine Channel 4’s advertising operations,...
Amazon Unveils Premium Android Tablets With Alexa+ AI
Amazon has unveiled a new range of higher-end tablets that run on Google’s Android operating system and feature its AI-powered Alexa+ voice assistant. The new Alexa Tablets start at $230 and go up to...
US, Meta and Google Join $1.8 Billion Push to Build AI Biology Datasets
The U.S. government, Meta Platforms and Google parent Alphabet are joining nonprofit Biohub in a $1.8 billion initiative to build open datasets for training artificial intelligence models for biological research. Meta, Google DeepMind and...
Jaguar Land Rover Unveils $130,500 Electric Jaguar Type 01 in US Gamble
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has unveiled the new Jaguar Type 01, an electric four-door GT with an ultra-long bonnet, no rear window and an array of technology, as the luxury carmaker targets growth among...