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Meta Platforms has offered to give rival AI chatbots free access to its social messaging service ‌WhatsApp for a month while it discusses ways to resolve EU antitrust ‌concerns, the U.S. tech giant said on Tuesday, in a move that could stave off a ​hefty fine. Meta's move came after the European Commission, which acts as the EU competition enforcer, indicated last month that it was inclined to order the company to provide rival AI chatbots access to WhatsApp. The company introduced a policy on January 15 allowing ‌only its Meta AI assistant ⁠on WhatsApp, before subsequently amending it in March and saying rivals could use the social messaging app for a fee.

By Eduardo Baptista and Laurie Chen BEIJING, May 12 (Reuters) - From Meta to Tesla and BlackRock, the U.S. business delegation for President Donald Trump's summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping this

Bytedance's social media platform TikTok on Tuesday made a last- ditch attempt at Europe's top court to scrap its ‌designation as a "gatekeeper" under EU rules, which require it to meet tougher standards ‌as regulators seek to curb the power of Big Tech. The case--the first EU Digital Markets Act "gatekeeper" challenge heard by ​the EU Court of Justice--could bolster or weaken Europe's attempt to rein in Big Tech to ensure competition and more choice for users.

(Bloomberg) -- The US and Chinese economies may still be on their way to decoupling but both are drawing strength from the same source.Most Read from BloombergIran Makes New Offer on Uranium in Response to US, WSJ SaysInside a Year of Chaos and Conflict at Kevin Hart’s Media CompanyEpstein's Black Card: How He Moved Women With His AmexModi Asks Indians to Stop Buying Gold, Hitting Jewelry StocksJust as an AI-driven boom in business investment bolstered US economic growth at the start of this yea

Meta Platforms on Tuesday lost its fight ‌against an Italian regulatory order that it ‌should compensate publishers for using snippets of their news ​articles after Europe's top court sided with the Italian telecoms watchdog. The case underscores the ongoing copyright battle between publishers and creators and tech companies ‌over the use ⁠of newspaper articles or authors' work for AI training that have triggered ⁠litigation against companies including Meta, OpenAI and Anthropic for infringement.

(Bloomberg) -- Meta Platforms Inc. was sued by Santa Clara County, California, over allegations that the company “knowingly facilitates and profits from billions of scam advertisements” on its social networks, including Facebook and Instagram. Most Read from BloombergIran Makes New Offer on Uranium in Response to US, WSJ SaysInside a Year of Chaos and Conflict at Kevin Hart’s Media CompanyTrump Rejects New Iran Peace Offer as ‘Totally Unacceptable’Modi Asks Indians to Stop Buying Gold, Hitting J

(Bloomberg) -- The White House is inviting Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk, Apple Inc.’s Tim Cook, Boeing Co.’s Kelly Ortberg and executives from other large companies to accompany President Donald Trump on his trip to China this week, according to an official. Most Read from BloombergIran Makes New Offer on Uranium in Response to US, WSJ SaysInside a Year of Chaos and Conflict at Kevin Hart’s Media CompanyTrump Rejects New Iran Peace Offer as ‘Totally Unacceptable’Modi Asks Indians to Stop Buying Gold,

More than a dozen top U.S. business leaders will travel to China for President Trump’s visit this week with Chinese President Xi Jinping, representing various American industries from finance to manufacturing.

Apple (AAPL) is spending much of the artificial intelligence boom looking like the company that missed the memo. Apple took a more cautious approach as Microsoft (MSFT), Alphabet (GOOGL), Amazon (AMZN), and Meta Platforms (META) rushed to construct larger data centers, purchase more CPUs, and ...

California's Santa Clara County has sued Meta Platforms, alleging it has profited from Facebook and Instagram ads promoting scams in violation of California's false advertising and unfair business ‌practices laws. The lawsuit – filed Monday in Santa Clara County Superior Court on behalf of all California residents – ‌accuses the social media giant of tolerating fraudulent advertising on a global basis. The suit seeks restitution, civil damages and an order prohibiting ​Meta from engaging in unfair business practices.

Elon Musk, Apple's Tim Cook, GE Aerospace's Larry Culp and ‌Boeing's Kelly Ortberg will join U.S. President Donald Trump on his visit ‌to China this week, a White House official told Reuters. Others taking part include Meta's Dina ​Powell McCormick, Blackrock's Larry Fink, Blackstone's Stephen Schwarzman, Cisco's Chuck Robbins, Micron's Sanjay Mehrota, Mastercard'ss Michael Miebach, Qualcomm's Christiano Amon and Visa's Ryan McInerney, the official said.

It’s business lesson number one: “You’ve got to spend money to make money.” Now that we have details of a full century of detailed U.S. stock returns, investors who study it for an edge can confidently say that asset-light companies did much better. “We know from this 100 years of data that capex is bad,” says Gregg Fisher, a pioneer of factor-based investing and portfolio manager at Quent Capital.

Microsoft Meta Platforms Alphabet and Amazon.com collectively plan capital spending of $725 billion this year, much of it on artificial-intelligence chips. But that is another good reason for TSMC to spend.

By Aditya Kalra and Vibhuti Sharma MUMBAI, May 11 (Reuters) - Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio Platforms has pivoted to a pure fundraising for its planned Mumbai listing, selling a 2.5% stake in the

Broadcom (AVGO) is a semiconductor giant with a vast product portfolio spanning wired infrastructure, wireless communications, enterprise storage, and industrial end markets. The company positioned itself as a major player in enterprise infrastructure software following its 2023 acquisition of ...

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B) CEO Greg Abel isn’t chasing the AI trade just because everyone else is. In his first annual meeting as Berkshire’s top honcho and Warren Buffett’s successor, he said that the company isn’t treating tech spending or tech stocks as a momentum game. That’s ...

For years, investors in the biggest technology companies could count on one reliable outcome: the cash would come back to them. Profits piled up, balance sheets swelled, and buyback programs grew year after year, quietly supporting stock prices even when markets turned volatile. That dynamic is ...

Investing.com -- A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has declined to "rubber-stamp" a $1.5 million settlement between Elon Musk and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to a Friday ruling reported by Reuters.

(Bloomberg) -- Apollo Global Management Inc. and Blackstone Inc. are among private credit lenders involved in talks with chipmaker Broadcom Inc. over a roughly $35 billion financing, the latest indication that companies are mobilizing all sources of capital to fund the AI build-out. Most Read from BloombergBillionaire Duke of Westminster to Sell £700 Million of US Real Estate AssetsSony to Pay Almost $4 Billion for Bieber, Neil Young CatalogUS Fires on Iranian Targets as Trump Demands Deal From

Memory-chip stocks rallied on Friday amid heightened spending on AI data centers. Micron stock and Sandisk both hit record highs.

Meta gave investors something important in its latest earnings: Early proof that its AI investments are starting to pay off.

Here’s one way of sizing up the resurgence of the tech trade: The combined market cap of the Magnificent Seven is up $3 trillion since the start of the Iran war, according to Dow Jones Market Data. The seven tech titans—Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia, Meta, and Tesla—are, for the most part, riding high on excitement over artificial intelligence.

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(Bloomberg) -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. posted its slowest pace of monthly revenue expansion since October, highlighting the potential challenges of sustaining a torrid AI-fueled pace of growth.Most Read from BloombergBillionaire Duke of Westminster to Sell £700 Million of US Real Estate AssetsUS Fires on Iranian Targets as Trump Demands Deal From TehranSony to Pay Almost $4 Billion for Bieber, Neil Young CatalogDOJ Plans Intervention in Trump Supreme Court Carroll AppealUS Has Ope

Big Tech’s record $725bn AI investment strategy is beginning to strain the resources of America’s largest companies, leaving them with less cash...

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Facebook and Instagram owner Meta is ‌bringing a legal challenge ‌against Britain's media regulator Ofcom over ​how fees and penalties are set under the government's Online Safety Act, Ofcom said on Thursday. "We will ​robustly ‌defend our reasoning and decisions."

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A multibillion-dollar tax benefit made the social media giant's first-quarter bottom line look much stronger than it really was.