(Reuters) -Arm Holdings plans to launch its own chip this year after securing Meta Platforms as one of its first customers, in a major shift to the chip tech provider’s model of licensing its blueprints to other companies, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, sending its U.S.-listed shares up about 5%. This move would put…
(Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Education said on Wednesday it rescinded guidance issued by the administration of President Joe Biden that payments to college athletes through name, image and likeness deals should be shared equally between male and female competitors. According to the department’s Office for Civil Rights, the NIL guidance announced last month…
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – Donald Trump and his supporters on Wednesday continued to ramp up their criticism of judges who they say have stymied the Republican U.S. president’s second-term agenda, with billionaire ally Elon Musk calling for “an immediate wave of judicial impeachments.” Those statements came a day after federal courts forced U.S. agencies…
By Ernest Scheyder and Sheila Dang HOUSTON (Reuters) -Chevron will lay off 15% to 20% of its global workforce by the end of 2026, the U.S. oil company said on Wednesday as it seeks to cut costs, simplify its business, and complete a major acquisition. The No. 2 U.S. oil producer has faced production challenges…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian miner Vale will announce on Friday a 70 billion real ($12.2 billion) investment to expand its iron ore and copper mining operations at the Carajas complex in northern Brazil, the presidential palace said on Wednesday. The investments will be carried out through 2030, the presidential palace said, adding the announcement…
By Anna Tong Positron, a startup chip maker that aims to compete with Nvidia, said Tuesday it raised $23.5 million to scale production of its U.S.-made artificial intelligence chips. Valor Equity Partners, known for backing Elon Musk’s companies, Atreides Management, Flume Ventures and Resilience Reserve were among the investors who participated in the round. Reno-based…
(Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday said he did not believe that Elon Musk or members of his Department of Government Efficiency team have tried to access the Fed’s secure payment systems. “Will you commit to report to this committee, majority and minority, immediately should you become aware of any such attempt…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Starbucks was sued on Tuesday by the U.S. state of Missouri, which accused the coffee chain of using a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion as a pretext to illegally discriminate on the basis of race. In a complaint filed in St. Louis federal court, Missouri accused Starbucks of tying compensation…
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – DeepSeek may face more actions from national regulators in the future, Europe’s privacy watchdog said on Tuesday, underscoring the bloc’s concerns about the rising popularity of the cheap Chinese artificial intelligence startup. National privacy regulators discussed DeepSeek at a monthly meeting on Tuesday, after Italy blocked the chatbot…
By Jeff Mason ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE/SEOUL/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is expected to introduce new 25% tariffs on Monday on all steel and aluminium imports into the U.S., on top of existing metals duties, in another major escalation of his shake-up of trade policy. As the risk mounts of a multi-front trade war,…
