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Tesla gains for a fourth day as Musk sets robotaxi date, Trump tensions cool
Tesla CEO Elon Musk walks to board Air Force One with U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured) as they depart for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey, U.S., March 22, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters Tesla rallied for a fourth straight session as the spat between CEO Elon Musk and President […]
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This start-up is lowering the chances of passing on life-threatening diseases to your children—but it will cost you
Biotech start-up Orchid is one of the few companies offering in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) patients the option to screen their embryos for severe genetic diseases before their pregnancy begins. “This technology is going to totally reshape how people have children,” Orchid’s CEO Noor Siddiqui told CNBC’s The Edge in an interview. “I think it’s going to […]
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OpenAI, Oracle and NVIDIA will help build Stargate UAE AI campus launching in 2026
Technology giants OpenAI, Oracle, Nvidia and Cisco are joining forces to help build a sweeping Stargate artificial intelligence campus in the United Arab Emirates. “AI is the most transformative force of our time,” said Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in a release Thursday. “With Stargate UAE, we are building the AI infrastructure to power the country’s […]
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CoreWeave shares soar 19% after $2 billion debt offering
Michael Intrator, Founder & CEO of CoreWeave, Inc., Nvidia-backed cloud services provider, gestures during the company’s IPO at the Nasdaq Market, in New York City, U.S., March 28, 2025. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters CoreWeave shares popped 19% after announcing a $2 billion debt offering. The renter of artificial intelligence data centers powered by Nvidia chips […]
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D-Wave Quantum shares soar 20% as company releases latest computing system
Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images D-Wave Quantum’s latest quantum computing system has hit the market, the company said Tuesday. Shares popped more than 18%. The quantum computer, known as Advantage2, marks its sixth iteration and most advance system, the company said. D-Wave said the computer offers a 40% boost in […]
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CoreWeave CEO defends capex plans, says company is meeting ‘demand signals’ from major hyperscalers
Michael Intrator, founder and CEO of CoreWeave Inc., Nvidia-backed cloud services provider, attends his company’s IPO at the Nasdaq Market in New York City on March 28, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters CoreWeave shares jumped more than 5% Thursday as the renter of artificial intelligence servers posted strong revenues and CEO Michael Intrator reinforced the […]
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Why a Singapore-based team is trying to sequence 100,000 Asian genomes
Data from the U.S. National Library of Medicine suggests that 85% of genomics studies have been conducted in individuals of European descent. Singapore-based project GenomeAsia 100K is working to address this representation disparity. Almost a decade ago, it set the goal to sequence 100,000 Asian human genomes and create a genetic representation of Asian human […]
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AMD CEO Lisa Su calls China a ‘large opportunity’ and warns against strict U.S. chip controls
Advanced Micro Devices CEO Lisa Su said China is a “large opportunity” market for the semiconductor and artificial intelligence industry even as export controls and evolving tariff plans loom over the world’s second-largest economy. “There should be a balance between export controls for national security as well as ensuring that we get the widest possible […]
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Genomics explained: How tech revealed the information inside our DNA
New technological advancements have allowed scientists to look at the entire human genome. But what are genomics, and why is it relevant? New technological advancements have allowed us to look at the entire human genome. The genome is the complete set of genetic information encoded in the DNA. Human DNA has around three billion letters […]
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Boeing’s Starliner losses top $2 billion after spacecraft program reports worst year yet
Boeing spacecraft Starliner is seen from the window of SpaceX’s Dragon capsule “Endeavour” on July 3, 2024, while docked with the International Space Station during the crew flight test. NASA Boeing has lost more than $2 billion and counting on its Starliner spacecraft after a rough year in which the capsule’s first astronaut flight turned […]
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