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Elon Musk is doing what he always does: making aggressive capex moves and pushing up timelines. SpaceX on Tuesday announced Starbase, Louisiana, a "high cadence" launch site that will eventually support "thousands" of Starship launches a year.

The once-daily pill was approved for patients with a body mass index of at least 30, or between 27 and 30 in the event of at least one weight-related health condition.

BEIJING, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Alibaba officially rolled out its latest AI video generation-model Wan3.0 on Monday with enhanced capabilities after the Chinese internet giant launched a $10 billion share

Alibaba officially rolled out its latest AI video ‌generation-model Wan3.0 on Monday with ‌enhanced capabilities after the Chinese internet giant launched ​a $10 billion share placement to fund rising AI spending. The new model can generate 30-second videos from documents, spreadsheets, ‌slides and web ⁠pages, Alibaba Cloud said in a post on the WeChat ⁠platform. Alibaba said Wan3.0 had been used in short drama and film ​production, advertising ​and marketing, tourism ​promotion and music ‌video creation since a public beta version was launched on August 6.

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi on Monday unveiled a new version of its in-house Xring handset processor, betting that deeper control over key components will help strengthen its supply chain ‌and reduce reliance on external chip suppliers. The introduction of Xring O3 comes a year after Xiaomi launched ‌its first proprietary smartphone processor, the Xring O1, marking the latest step in the world's third-largest smartphone vendor's push to join rivals such as Apple, Samsung ​Electronics and Huawei in developing its own chips. TSMC will manufacture the new chip using its 3-nanometre production technology, two people familiar with the matter said.

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi on Monday unveiled a new version of its in-house Xring handset processor, betting that deeper control over key components will help strengthen its supply chain ‌and reduce reliance on external chip suppliers. The introduction of Xring O3 comes a year after Xiaomi launched ‌its first proprietary smartphone processor, the Xring O1, marking the latest step in the world's third-largest smartphone vendor's push to join rivals such as Apple, Samsung ​Electronics and Huawei in developing its own chips. TSMC will manufacture the new chip using its 3-nanometre production technology, two people familiar with the matter said.

Micron Technology said on Thursday it plans to spend $10 billion on its newly ‌established research lab at Boise, Idaho, over the ‌next decade to advance memory technologies, develop compute systems and support future ​chip manufacturing. Large memory chipmakers such as Micron, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have been benefiting from a surge in demand from the rapid expansion of AI infrastructure. • The latest investment builds on the more than $250 billion that Micron had separately committed to ​manufacturing and ​R&D across the United States.

Cerebras Systems late Tuesday introduced what it described as “the fastest AI accelerator in the industry.”

Brookfield and SWI launched a $694M multifamily JV to reposition 13 US properties and target $500M in sales over three years.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. launched the beta version of an artificial intelligence music-generation model that can turn a single text prompt into a fully produced song, expanding the Chinese technology giant’s push into generative AI.

Alphabet's Google launched Gemini 3.7 Flash on Thursday, its latest AI model designed for software coding and automated business tasks, but offered ‌no details on when its flagship Pro model will be released. Investors have been ‌closely watching for Gemini 3.5 Pro, Google's premium model, as a test of whether its DeepMind AI unit can ​keep pace with rivals Anthropic and OpenAI. Google had said in July Gemini 3.5 Pro was being tested with partners and would be coming "soon".

Flock Safety plans to establish new guardrails for its technology following backlash over allegations that its automated license plate readers are being misused and enabling mass surveillance.

Bill Ackman unveiled six new holdings including Netflix, Visa and Mastercard, marking the billionaire investor's biggest portfolio overhaul in years. Ackman said on Thursday he acquired shares ‌starting in the second quarter that will be held in his investment funds including his newest offering ‌Pershing Square USA, which was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in April. Along with Netflix, which Ackman held briefly in 2022 before selling ​at a loss, his funds are also investing in eye care firm Alcon, exchange operator Intercontinental Exchange and financial data provider S&P Global.

Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square made investments in six new public companies since the end of March: Visa Mastercard Netflix S&P Global Intercontinental Exchange Alcon The additions were disclosed in a letter to shareholders that accompanied Pershing Square’s quarterly earnings release, the firm’s first since it went public in April.

Google debuted its Pixel 11 line of smartphones on Wednesday.

Sony Group has agreed to form a joint venture with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to produce next-generation image sensors for smartphones.

Taiwan ‌chipmaker TSMC ​said on Tuesday it ‌will ⁠invest 282 billion ⁠yen ($1.77 billion) ​in ​a ​joint ‌venture with Sony Group to ‌develop ​and ​make ​next-generation ‌image sensors. ($1 = 159.3300 ​yen) (Reporting ​by ​Ben Blanchard; ‌Editing ​by Andrew ​Heavens)

The agreement adds Barrick’s Fourmile and Newmont’s Fiberline and Mike projects, forming a Nevada gold asset.

SAIC-GM will increase focus on the Buick and Cadillac brands and plan to launch at least 30 new energy vehicles in the China market by 2030.

Aug 10 () - Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg called for lower U. barriers for open-source AI models to compete with Chinese rivals as the social media giant released a new open-weight model ‌on Monday.

When 7 Brew opened a few miles down the road from our home, my son and I were there on opening day. He's a fan of their "Fizz" sodas, while I enjoy the "Sweet and Salty," a coffee drink made with espresso, salted caramel, white chocolate, and a breve (half-and-half) base. That, however, is a very ...

Lim Chap Huat, executive chairman of Singaporean real-estate firm Soilbuild Group Holdings, alleges that Brookfield usurped a property deal that the New York-based asset manager had originally pitched as a collaboration with Soilbuild.

China has launched a cybersecurity review of products sold in the country by U.S. company Palo Alto Networks, citing risks ‌to critical information infrastructure and national security, the country's cyberspace regulator said on ‌Thursday. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said the review was initiated under China's national security and cybersecurity laws. It did ​not identify the products involved, detail alleged vulnerabilities or say what action Palo Alto could face.

Meta Platforms on Wednesday launched Muse Code, a coding tool powered by ‌its latest AI model, Muse Spark 1.2, designed ‌to help developers write and debug software. Muse Code can ‌write code and ⁠verify results, and has been trained to handle long, complex coding projects while also ⁠running multiple sub-agents simultaneously to speed up difficult tasks, the company said. Meta also said it trained Muse ​Spark 1.2 ​and Muse Code together ​to operate smoothly as ‌a pair.

SAIC-GM has been operating in China's automotive sector since 1997, with cumulative production and deliveries surpassing 20 million vehicles.

Lucid reported second-quarter results on Tuesday that beat revenue expectations but losses ran wider than expected, as the struggling luxury EV maker unveiled an "operational reset" aimed at slashing cash burn, and stabilizing a business that recently had to publicly deny it was heading for bankruptcy.

Investing.com -- Direxion on Wednesday launched a new family of exchange-traded funds designed to generate income by writing call options on individual high-volatility stocks, expanding beyond its traditional leveraged and inverse ETF offerings.

Elon Musk's social media company X, formerly known as Twitter, launched its own bank account-like product where users can send money to one another. X Money is using technology and banking services provided by Cross River Bank, and branding that backbone as X Money.

The Apple Upgrade program will allow customers to pay monthly for new products and then return, upgrade or buy the device.