Meta's Muse AI personal agent has topped Apple's App Store and sent Meta's stock up more than 20% since launch, but Amazon has blocked the agent from its platform, citing terms-of-service violations — a conflict that analysts say may define the future of agentic commerce.
China's Commerce Ministry confirmed the two countries held their first AI-focused trade talks ahead of a White House summit between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, with discussions also covering tariff reductions and the extension of an existing trade truce through January.
Lowe's is partnering with DoorDash and Alphabet's Wing to launch drone delivery, beginning with a pilot at a store in Matthews, North Carolina, offering more than 100 products with delivery windows as fast as 20 minutes.
McDonald's announced plans to build a media network that would display third-party ads on its digital drive-thru boards, with ambitions to grow the business to $1 billion in revenue.
Michael Burry is expanding short positions on Micron Technology, Palantir, Nebius Group, and a semiconductor ETF, arguing that rising Chinese memory chip production will end the current structural shortage and trigger a sector down cycle.
President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to meet Thursday, with AI safety, Nvidia chip export controls, and allegations of AI "distillation" shaping a high-stakes but likely inconclusive summit agenda.
AI drone maker Tekever raised $580 million at a $6.4 billion valuation, citing more than 50,000 operational flight hours in Ukraine and a U.K. Ministry of Defence contract worth up to £400 million.
Lowe's is partnering with DoorDash and Alphabet's Wing to launch drone delivery, beginning with a pilot at a store in Matthews, North Carolina, offering more than 100 products with delivery windows as fast as 20 minutes.
McDonald's announced plans to build a media network that would display third-party ads on its digital drive-thru boards, with ambitions to grow the business to $1 billion in revenue.
Michael Burry is expanding short positions on Micron Technology, Palantir, Nebius Group, and a semiconductor ETF, arguing that rising Chinese memory chip production will end the current structural shortage and trigger a sector down cycle.
Meta's Muse AI personal agent has topped Apple's App Store and sent Meta's stock up more than 20% since launch, but Amazon has blocked the agent from its platform, citing terms-of-service violations — a conflict that analysts say may define the future of agentic commerce.
President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to meet Thursday, with AI safety, Nvidia chip export controls, and allegations of AI "distillation" shaping a high-stakes but likely inconclusive summit agenda.
Qualcomm launched the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chipset family on Tuesday, built on TSMC's 2-nanometer process and designed for on-device AI workloads, as the global smartphone market is projected to shrink 14% in units shipped in 2026.
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