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Nvidia Corp. is working to make humanoid robots safer around people, arguing that they’ll need to handle split-second decisions before they can be trusted to work closely with humans. https://t.co/UvxrBSXq8D

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Alphabet Inc. shares tumbled on Monday following the departure of another high-profile artificial intelligence leader to a rival. https://t.co/5Fk8I3q7tM

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Meta Platforms Inc. is investing $900 million into Indian fintech startup Cred, with plans to appoint its founder, Kunal Shah, the new leader of WhatsApp. https://t.co/6PvYJk1Fi0

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Lime, the electric bike and scooter rental firm backed by Uber Technologies Inc., and it shareholders are seeking to raise as much as $180.9 million in its US initial public offering. https://t.co/2LPqEmbvyT

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Shoppers feeling the sting of higher gas prices are expected to snatch up deals on back-to-school clothes and household goods, pushing online spending to another record during https://t.co/wEa3LccsRF Inc.’s 12th annual Prime Day sale that begins… https://t.co/Kx4bmtRHoa

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SpaceX shares slipped for a third straight day after the Elon Musk-led company said it is selling investment-grade bonds for the first time. https://t.co/24IVlv1Ey6

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When Elon Musk went into sales pitch mode ahead of the SpaceX IPO, the comparison he marshaled to justify valuing the company in the trillions of dollars, and tapping investors for tens of billions, raised a few eyebrows. https://t.co/MAg8CcKt2j

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The Trump administration’s push to rein in Anthropic PBC, outlined in a recent Commerce Department order, relies on an unprecedented use of export control laws and raises legal questions about whether the US can dictate who can access… https://t.co/JFS3hrk1OW

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Google waged a secret court fight against a warrant demanding identities of hundreds of internet users who searched for the Democratic and Republican party headquarters before pipe bombs were planted there on the eve of the Capitol riot. https://t.co/OyBiZAZWHM

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The artificial-intelligence race is becoming so expensive that it’s snuffing out one of the key forces that has helped keep Big Tech stocks soaring for years: steady share buybacks. https://t.co/RSWQZeDyfL

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SpaceX shares slipped for a second straight day as it wraps up its first week as a public company following a record initial public offering. https://t.co/3O4y9hpFj9

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Intel Corp.’s stock surged Thursday after US President Donald Trump said the chipmaker will work with Apple Inc. to design and produce semiconductors domestically. https://t.co/DyyyDFDA0e

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Waymo is recalling thousands of its robotaxis to fix a software issue that could cause the autonomous vehicles to enter and drive at speed through freeway construction zones. https://t.co/3iz5GSecog

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It’s too early to know for sure, but my sense is that we’re going to see a flood of companies enter the smart-glasses market https://t.co/ve7s5Adk9f

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Apple Inc. investors are losing patience with the company’s talk about becoming a more formidable presence in artificial intelligence and want to start seeing some results. https://t.co/L2oZKpXyej

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The San Diego chip maker took the stage at the Augmented World Expo in Long Beach on Tuesday to unveil the Snapdragon Reality Elite. https://t.co/AcimgOYqcr

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Alphabet Inc.’s Google said that its Google Home Speaker, a $100 device that includes deep integration with the company’s Gemini artificial intelligence platform, will be available starting June 25. https://t.co/ikv16Hof9u

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SpaceX shares declined for the first time since its record initial public offering, snapping a three-day rally that vaulted it past https://t.co/wEa3LccsRF Inc. as the world’s fifth-largest stock. https://t.co/wFjQJBl4xW

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SpaceX jumped for a third straight day on Tuesday, putting it on track to overtake https://t.co/wEa3LccsRF Inc. in value and briefly making it the world’s fourth largest stock ahead of Microsoft Corp. https://t.co/Hv3nEli01n

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Apple Inc.’s upcoming camera-equipped AirPods, a product meant to vault the company into the AI device market, is scheduled to launch in late 2027 as part of a flurry of new releases. https://t.co/U03lsfkW7o