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TSMC Former Executive Trade Secrets Under Investigation After Taiwan Home Raids

TSMC Former Executive Trade Secrets Investigation

Taipei — Taiwanese prosecutors on Thursday raided the homes of a former senior executive of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), seizing computers, USB drives, and other materials as part of an investigation into alleged trade secret leaks.  The executive, Lo Wei‑Jen, recently joined Intel Corporation after retiring from TSMC, sparking accusations of intellectual property misappropriation. … Read more

Netflix outage disrupts ‘Stranger Things’ premiere as users report widespread streaming issues

Netflix outage disrupts viewers watching Stranger Things season five premiere on streaming platform

A Netflix outage disrupted the highly anticipated premiere of the fifth season of “Stranger Things” on Wednesday night, prompting thousands of users to report service issues just minutes before the new episodes were scheduled to go live.  DownDetector, a platform that tracks digital service interruptions, showed a surge in problem reports beginning around 7:40 p.m. … Read more

Italy antitrust watchdog widens probe into Meta WhatsApp AI restrictions

Meta WhatsApp AI integration under investigation by Italy’s antitrust watchdog for possible anti-competitive practices

Rome — Italy’s antitrust authority said Wednesday it may impose interim measures on Meta Platforms Inc., widening a probe into whether the US tech giant abused its dominant position by restricting rival AI chatbots from operating on WhatsApp, the company’s popular messaging service. The investigation highlights intensifying scrutiny of Big Tech’s expansion into generative artificial … Read more

Australia’s consumer inflation jumps to 3.8% in October, beating forecasts

Chart showing Australia’s consumer inflation rising to 3.8 percent in October due to higher electricity and housing costs

Australia’s consumer inflation accelerated faster than expected in October, rising at its quickest pace in seven months and reinforcing concerns that cost pressures remain stubborn across the economy.  The Australian Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday that the consumer price index increased 3.8 percent year over year, surpassing economists’ expectations and marking a significant jump driven … Read more

Trump AI platform to accelerate scientific research using federal data

Trump AI platform accelerating scientific research using federal datasets in U.S. national labs

Washington, DC — President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order aimed at boosting national scientific research through artificial intelligence, launching an initiative that will create a government backed platform to leverage decades of federal datasets for scientific discovery. The program, named the Genesis Mission, is designed to integrate vast federal scientific data collections … Read more

Nvidia shares drop on report of Meta Google AI chip talks

EU antitrust investigation into its use of online content for AI training.

Shares of Nvidia Corp. fell Monday following reports that Meta Platforms Inc. is in discussions to acquire Google’s tensor processing units, or TPUs, for use in its data centers.  The news highlighted growing competition in the AI chip market and raised questions about Nvidia’s continued dominance. According to reports from The Information, Meta is exploring … Read more

Oil prices decline amid Ukraine peace talks and Fed rate cut speculation

Graph showing oil prices decline amid Ukraine peace talks and Fed rate cut speculation

Oil prices continued their decline on Monday as investors balanced the possibility of a US interest rate cut against emerging hopes for a Ukraine peace agreement that could ease sanctions on major Russian oil producers.  Brent crude fell 58 cents, or 0.9 percent, to $61.98 per barrel, while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) slid 60 cents, … Read more

JFK’s granddaughter Tatiana Schlossberg diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, given less than a year to live

Tatiana Schlossberg, JFK’s granddaughter, diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia

Tatiana Schlossberg, 35, granddaughter of late President John F. Kennedy, revealed Saturday that she has been diagnosed with terminal cancer.  In an essay for The New Yorker, Schlossberg detailed her diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia and said her doctors expect she may live less than a year. Schlossberg, a journalist and daughter of Caroline Kennedy … Read more

Zohran Mamdani Trump meeting draws attention in Oval Office encounter

Zohran Mamdani and former President Donald Trump speaking to reporters in the Oval Office during their Zohran Mamdani Trump meeting.

WASHINGTON — Zohran Mamdani, the newly elected mayor of New York City, sat across from former President Donald Trump in the Oval Office Friday in a meeting that quickly became a media spectacle, drawing attention from political observers and the public alike. The 34 year old mayor elect faced pointed questions from reporters about whether … Read more

Marjorie Taylor Greene resigns from Congress after Trump fallout

Marjorie Taylor Greene resigns from Congress amid fallout with Donald Trump, speaking at a press event in Georgia

ATLANTA — Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia announced Friday night that she will resign her seat in the US House of Representatives, with her last day in office set for Jan. 5.  The unexpected move follows a highly public dispute with former President Donald Trump, a figure she ardently supported. Greene, 51, has represented … Read more