Alphabet shares fell nearly 6% on Monday after senior Google DeepMind researcher John Jumper and Google engineering VP Noam Shazeer announced departures for rivals, highlighting mounting AI talent competition.
SpaceX struck a computing power deal with open-source AI startup Reflection AI worth up to $6.3 billion, while its stock fell 9% on Monday, marking a third straight day of losses following a record IPO debut on June 12.
Chevron and Microsoft have signed a 20-year natural gas supply agreement for Project Kilby, a planned 2.7-gigawatt data center in West Texas's Reeves County expected to begin receiving power in 2028.
Tencent has begun a small-scale test of Xiaowei, an AI assistant embedded inside WeChat, as the company looks to compete with Alibaba, DeepSeek, and other rivals in China's intensifying AI market.
Silicon Data has partnered with CME Group to develop the first futures contracts tied to AI computing power costs, giving companies a potential tool to hedge against GPU rental-rate volatility. The contracts are still awaiting CFTC approval.
A shortage of high-bandwidth memory chips is squeezing the four major hyperscalers — Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Meta — driving up AI infrastructure costs while memory and storage stocks surge 41% over the past month.
Apple's iOS 27 distributes artificial intelligence across eight features built into existing apps, including a bill-splitting tool in Apple Cash, automated password updates, and natural-language Shortcuts — with a public release expected this fall.
Silicon Data has partnered with CME Group to develop the first futures contracts tied to AI computing power costs, giving companies a potential tool to hedge against GPU rental-rate volatility. The contracts are still awaiting CFTC approval.
Apple CEO Tim Cook told the Wall Street Journal that price increases on the company's products are "unavoidable" due to a worsening global memory shortage driven by AI chip demand, signaling the supply crunch has reached even the most insulated players in consumer hardware.
South Korea's Kospi surged 2.8% as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix reached all-time highs, while U.S. chip stocks including Intel and Micron powered a broad market rebound following a volatile Federal Reserve policy meeting.
Alphabet shares fell nearly 6% on Monday after senior Google DeepMind researcher John Jumper and Google engineering VP Noam Shazeer announced departures for rivals, highlighting mounting AI talent competition.
SpaceX struck a computing power deal with open-source AI startup Reflection AI worth up to $6.3 billion, while its stock fell 9% on Monday, marking a third straight day of losses following a record IPO debut on June 12.
Chevron and Microsoft have signed a 20-year natural gas supply agreement for Project Kilby, a planned 2.7-gigawatt data center in West Texas's Reeves County expected to begin receiving power in 2028.
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