By Osman Demir 
Ashley St. Clair, who shares one of Elon Musk’s children, filed a lawsuit Thursday in New York state court against the tech billionaire and his AI company xAI, claiming their chatbot Grok produced sexualized images of her without permission. The case raises serious questions about how far artificial intelligence can go before crossing legal and … Read more
A coalition of women’s groups, tech watchdogs, and progressive activists is calling on Google and Apple to remove X and its related chatbot, Grok from their app stores. The push comes after the Elon Musk-owned apps began generating illegal content that violates both companies’ terms of service, according to open letters published Wednesday. The backers … Read more
JPMorgan Chase delivered profit that exceeded analysts’ estimates for the fourth quarter ended December 31, driven by traders who cashed in on volatile markets, though the largest U.S. bank absorbed a $2.2 billion provision tied to its credit card partnership with Apple. The bank earned $5.23 per share on an adjusted basis, beating Wall Street … Read more
Companies are announcing layoffs linked to artificial intelligence every week now, and they’re calling it progress. They say AI tools bring efficiency gains, so downsizing makes sense. Computer science majors who used to walk into good jobs are struggling to find anything. Entry level roles? Automated. It’s a confusing moment for everyone watching this unfold. … Read more
Ethiopian Airlines broke ground Saturday on a $12.5 billion airport in Bishoftu. Officials call it Africa’s biggest airport. When it opens in 2030, the facility will dwarf anything else on the continent—and that’s exactly what Ethiopia needs right now. The state-owned carrier didn’t just win the contract to use this airport. It’s building the thing. … Read more
TSMC soars past expectations with fourth-quarter revenue of T$1.046 trillion ($33.11 billion) posted Friday. That’s a 20.45% rise from the T$868.46 billion the world’s largest contract chipmaker made in the same period last year. Analysts didn’t see it coming at this level. The LSEG SmartEstimate from 20 analysts had forecast T$1.036 trillion ($32.79 billion). TSMC … Read more
Sanofi will buy Dynavax Technologies for around $2.2 billion, the French drugmaker announced Wednesday. The deal hands Sanofi an approved hepatitis B vaccine in the U.S. and a promising experimental shingles shot that could shake up the market. It’s been a busy year for Sanofi. The pharmaceutical giant is on a shopping spree, snapping up … Read more
Oil prices crept higher Tuesday. Not by much, but enough to keep traders guessing about where things go from here. Brent crude added 22 cents to reach $62.29 a barrel by early afternoon ET (1813 GMT). West Texas Intermediate climbed 25 cents to $58.26. Monday saw bigger moves. Prices jumped over 2% that day. Brent … Read more
Norwegian biathlete Sivert Guttorm Bakken has died at 27. The International Biathlon Union confirmed this Tuesday. Bakken was found dead in his hotel room in Lavaze, Italian Alps. He was attending a training camp there. Local media reported the death early Tuesday morning. Bakken had been training normally. No one saw this coming. The young … Read more
Russian strike launched a deadly assault on Ukraine early Tuesday, firing drones and missiles at energy infrastructure across multiple regions. Two people were killed. Thousands lost power as temperatures dropped near freezing. Emergency power outages hit several areas after the strikes, the Ukraine’s energy ministry said on Telegram. Russia was attacking power systems again. One … Read more
Two senior Democratic lawmakers pressed the U.S. Commerce Department on Monday to reveal details about any approvals for selling Nvidia’s second-most powerful AI chips to Chinese firms. Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Gregory Meeks want answers fast—within 48 hours of each approval date. The timing matters. President Trump dropped a bombshell this month when he … Read more
Nvidia has told Chinese clients it aims to start shipping its second-most powerful AI chips to China before the Lunar New Year holiday in mid-February, three people familiar with the matter told media. The U.S. chipmaker plans to fulfil initial orders from existing stock, with shipments expected to total 5,000 to 10,000 chip modules—equivalent to … Read more
European regulators threw the book at big tech giants throughout 2024 and 2025, handing out fines that topped €20 billion. The European Commission on December 9 opened an antitrust probe to check if Alphabet’s Google broke EU competition rules when it scraped online content from web publishers and YouTube for artificial intelligence purposes. Brussels is … Read more
Italy’s competition authority AGCM hit Apple with a 98.6 million euro fine on Monday, equivalent to $115.53 million. The U.S. technology giant and two of its divisions now face penalties for what regulators call an abuse of their dominant position in the mobile app market. The watchdog says Apple violated European authorities of regulations through … Read more
Elon Musk reached an unprecedented $700 billion net worth after Delaware’s Supreme Court restored his previously voided Tesla stock options, making him the first person in history to achieve this financial milestone. The ruling reinstated the valuable compensation package that a lower court had canceled in January 2024, instantly adding roughly $139 billion to Musk’s … Read more
