Amarillo, Texas — A company tied to former U.S. Energy Secretary and Texas governor Rick Perry has unveiled a sweeping plan to build what it calls an “advanced energy and artificial intelligence campus” near Amarillo — a massive complex that would pair multiple large nuclear reactors with huge data-center capacity and, supporters say, answer soaring … Read more
Seattle / Washington — Amazon has agreed to a landmark $2.5 billion settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to resolve allegations that the company used deceptive signup practices to enroll millions of shoppers in its Prime membership and made cancellations difficult. The settlement, announced Sept. 25, requires Amazon to pay a $1 billion civil … Read more
Washington — The U.S. economy grew faster in the April–June quarter than previously reported, the Commerce Department said Thursday, in a revision that lifts second-quarter real gross domestic product to an annualized 3.8 percent. That is 0.5 percentage point higher than the prior estimate of 3.3 percent. The Bureau of Economic Analysis said the upward … Read more
New York — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to address the United Nations General Assembly on Friday amid rising international criticism of Israel’s offensive in Gaza and a wave of diplomatic moves that officials and analysts say have left Israel increasingly isolated on the world stage. The speech comes after days of intense … Read more
Washington — A bipartisan group of senior economic officials — including the three most recent former Federal Reserve chairs — filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court this week warning that President Donald Trump’s attempt to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook could damage the Fed’s independence and risk a surge in inflation. The … Read more
Microsoft has disabled a set of cloud and artificial-intelligence services used by a unit within Israel’s Ministry of Defence after an internal review found elements of reporting that alleged the company’s Azure platform was being used in the mass surveillance of Palestinians. The company’s vice-chair and president, Brad Smith, told staff that Microsoft had “ceased … Read more
Washington — President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a dramatic set of new import duties that would, if implemented, impose heavy tariffs on a range of goods — including branded pharmaceuticals, heavy trucks and kitchen cabinets — a move the White House says is intended to protect U.S. industry and national security but that economists … Read more
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Here’s a concise, sourced update on the deal announced this week and the open questions that remain. Who the buyers are (so far): A group led by Oracle and private-equity firm Silver Lake — with participation from Abu Dhabi investor MGX and other investors — is set to acquire a controlling stake in TikTok’s U.S. … Read more
Short answer: Yes — but only if we build and deploy it deliberately.AI today can deliver big social and economic benefits (better healthcare diagnostics, smarter grids, climate modelling, efficiency gains across industry), but it also creates substantial environmental costs unless developers, operators, regulators and users adopt concrete technical and policy measures. Below is a compact, … Read more