Current AI Unveils Plan for an Open ‘World Wide Web of AI’
The pitch is nostalgic on purpose. Current AI, a nonprofit founded last year in Paris, has announced a project it calls the World Wide Web of AI, an attempt to…
Jury Finds Kioxia Infringed Viasat Flash-Memory Patent, Awards $229 Million
A federal jury in Austin, Texas, returned a verdict on Thursday that could cost Kioxia Holdings Corp. $229 million, ruling that the Japanese memory maker’s flash-memory products infringe a patent…
Sharon AI Signs $1.32 Billion Cloud Deal to Supply AI Lab With Nvidia GPUs
Sharon AI Holdings, an Australian provider of artificial-intelligence cloud services, said Thursday it signed a five-year agreement worth $1.32 billion to supply cloud-computing capacity to a global AI laboratory. The…
Intel to Roll Out Google’s Gemini Across Its Workforce in Expanded Cloud Deal
Intel Corp. and Google Cloud are deepening a multi-year partnership that will put Google’s Gemini artificial-intelligence tools inside the chip maker’s operations, from engineering benches to supply-chain desks, the companies…
Apple Retakes Crown as World’s Most Valuable Company, Closing In on $5 Trillion
Apple Inc. reclaimed the title of the world’s most valuable publicly traded company on Friday, overtaking Nvidia Corp. in intraday trading for the first time since June 2025. The shift…
Chip Stocks Tumble as TSMC’s Record Quarter Leaves Investors Wanting More
Semiconductor stocks fell for a second consecutive session on Friday, with Nasdaq futures down nearly 2% in premarket trading, as investors shrugged off record quarterly results from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing…
Japan Signs Up for Nvidia’s Rubin Chips in Push to Build National AI Capacity
Japan’s government has signed contracts to buy Nvidia Corp.’s next-generation Rubin chips to build national artificial-intelligence computing capacity, according to The Wall Street Journal. The procurement is the latest sign…
EU Orders Google to Open Android and Search to AI Rivals
The European Commission has issued a binding corrective order requiring Google to open its Android operating system’s search data and default settings to AI search engines and conversational assistants, according…
Ex-DeepMind Researcher Raises $55 Million With No Product and No Customers
A former DeepMind researcher has raised $55 million in a pre-seed round that values the company at $300 million, according to TechCrunch, before the startup has shipped a product, signed…
Intel and Alphabet Earnings Set Up as Referendum on AI Spending
Intel Corp. and Alphabet Inc. report earnings next week, and investors are treating the two results as the first real test of whether the money flooding into artificial-intelligence infrastructure is…
