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AT&T is branching beyond its usual telecom offerings with a benefit that could catch some customers off guard.

Salesforce’s new AI layer could change how millions of workers access company data, and Benioff made sure Microsoft heard about it.

Snap has launched its $2,195 augmented reality glasses.

Meta launches Meta One subscription service.

The DOT on Wednesday announced a SPACE Task Force, designed to help accelerate commercial launches to 10,000 per year by 2035.

Apple on Wednesday introduced a refreshed lineup of premium smartphones, the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max. But Apple stock slid.

Apple debuted its iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max.

Meta Platforms on Tuesday launched a personal AI agent app that it said will be simple to use and can help people accomplish real-world tasks. Meta stock closed regular-session trading slightly lower. The so-called Muse agent fits with a broader effort from Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg to offer "personal superintelligence."

Investing.com -- Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) shares saw a choppy trading session—initially popping 1% before sliding into the red—following the reveal of Muse, a proactive personal AI agent built to execute digital chores on your behalf. Powered by Meta’s new real-world task model, Muse Spark, the agent goes far beyond standard chatbots. Muse acts as an autonomous digital proxy that can independently send emails, book travel arrangements, and complete web forms. Crucially, it doesn’t need const

The new tool, which can perform tasks such as shopping and sending email, is Meta’s latest attempt to monetize its massive AI investments.

McDonald’s also brought back a menu favorite and is rolling out a new item for customers across the country.

Investing.com -- Jefferies has launched coverage on several nuclear companies, forecasting roughly $55 trillion of nuclear-related capital spending through 2100 as data center power demand, wider electrification and climate stress on aging plants drive a decades-long investment cycle.

Microsoft is rejiggering its financial reporting—and while some of the changes will lead to more transparency, others will do the opposite. On the bright side, after years of complaints by investors, Microsoft will finally report revenue in actual dollars for Azure, its flagship cloud platform and primary growth engine. After the market closed on Wednesday, it also released Azure revenue figures for the last eight quarters, under a newly narrowed definition of Azure that no longer includes certain coding tools, security software and specialized apps.

Tesla is holding a an event to showcase its new robotaxi-specific Cybercab model on Thursday. The stock rose about 1.5%.

Investing.com -- Google announced a pair of upgraded artificial-intelligence models on Wednesday, sharpening its focus on government and enterprise cybersecurity in a bid to insulate its AI revenues from industry-wide price pressures The tech giant released Gemini 3.8 Flash, an upgraded version of its primary workhorse model for coding and multi-step reasoning, alongside Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, a specialized variant built specifically for vulnerability detection and automated software patching.

Chevron (NYSE:CVX) said Wednesday it had agreed updated terms for its joint ventures in Venezuela and plans to invest more than $7 billion in the country over the next five years. The company said the investment is intended to support an increase in production to approximately 600,000 barrels per day.

Investing.com -- Chevron said Wednesday it has reached updated terms with Venezuela for its joint ventures in the country and will invest more than $7 billion over the next five years, aiming to lift production to about 600,000 barrels per day.

Investing.com -- Rosenblatt initiated coverage of the online travel and mobility sector, favoring the largest, most diversified platforms while staying on the sidelines on several names facing structural or competitive pressures.

Investing.com -- SpaceX is set to launch NASA’s $4.3 billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on Sunday, beginning a mission aimed at studying dark energy, dark matter and planets beyond the solar system, Bloomberg reported.

The transaction includes a $1.9bn (C$2.7bn) investment led by KKR in partnership with Apollo-managed funds and affiliates.

Enbridge has partnered with private equity companies KKR and Apollo Global Management to fund a 2.7 billion Canadian dollar, or $1.95 billion, expansion of its natural gas pipeline system in British Columbia.

Enbridge (ENB) has entered into a definitive agreement with KKR (KKR) to form a joint venture that w

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.”