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Big Tech

Apple Leads Manufacturing Pivot to India

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Apple shifting production to India is just the latest sign that the world’s most populous nation may be a winner in global trade reordering.

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Blockchain

Circle Plans IPO as Stablecoins Flex Market Muscle

Circle could debut on the NYSE as soon as next month and is eyeing a valuation of up to $5 billion — a $4 billion drop from its SPAC era.

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Healthcare

Google-Backed AI Drug-Developer Isomorphic Labs Secures $600 Million

Though Isomorphic is burning through millions in R&D costs now, investors have high hopes for the potential of AI drug development.

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CIO Upside

Despite Breakthroughs, Quantum Industry is “Split” On Arrival Timeline

“It’ll be a breakthrough for humanity, much like the advent of the computer itself.”

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Technology

IBM Joins Tech Giants Pouring Billions into US Production

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IBM is booting up its domestic production, setting aside $150 billion to make computers in the US over the next five years.

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Big Tech

What Does Google’s Search Monopoly Mean in the Age of AI?

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Back in 2020, Google’s huge market share of the internet search market hovered at about 92% by most metrics

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Artificial Intelligence

Big Tech Wants to Settle the ‘Fair Use’ AI Question Once and For All

Several years into the great AI revolution, it still remains an unsettled question whether firms are committing mass copyright infringement.

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Artificial Intelligence

Tech Giants Are Betting Billions on AI Smartphones. But Consumers Aren’t Sold

Big Tech is hoping AI-powered smartphones will be the first of many great returns on its eye-popping AI investments.

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Semiconductors

Nvidia Fights to Stay One Step Ahead of AI’s Many Evolutions

This year’s Nvidia GTC event comes after the bombshell DeepSeek moment, the acceleration of a global trade war, and a broader market rout.

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Blockchain

Cantor Fitzgerald Links With Tether, Bitfinex and SoftBank to Launch Bitcoin Venture

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The new venture, dubbed Twenty One, will go public via a Cantor-owned special purpose acquisition company (SPAC).

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