SoftBank Group and Nvidia are in talks to lead an investment of over $1 billion at a $14 billion valuation in Skild AI, a software company building a foundational robotics model, Reuters reported. The nearly three-year-old startup was last valued at $4.7 billion in May when it raised $500 million in a round led by SoftBank along with the participation …

The US Congress is readying votes on a sprawling bill that would restrict US outbound investment to China in sensitive sectors as well as federal government contracting with Chinese biotechnology companies, two controversial measures that were left out of similar legislation last year. The provisions were included in a compromise defence bill released on Sunday after months of negotiation. Votes …

Six months ago, Waymo disclosed it was providing 250,000 robotaxi rides a week across its service areas, an ever-growing list that includes Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and the San Francisco Bay Area. The Alphabet-owned self-driving company has been coy ever since, simply stating it is providing many hundreds of thousands of weekly rides. Now, we have a firmer grasp …

Advanced Nvidia AI chips can head back to China after all. The Department of Commerce will allow Nvidia to ship H200 chips to China, as originally reported by Semafor, to approved customers in the country. The U.S. will take a 25% cut of these sales, CNBC reported. H200 chips are much more advanced than the H20 chips Nvidia developed specifically …

Google announced on Monday that it’s introducing a shoppable discovery feed in Doppl, its experimental app that uses AI to visualize how different outfits might look on you. The tech giant says the idea behind the new feed is to display recommendations so users can discover and virtually try on new items. Nearly everything in the feed is shoppable, with …

The former chief engineer of Lucid Motors, Eric Bach, has sued the company for wrongful termination, discrimination, and retaliation, and claims one of the automaker’s top HR executives referred to him as a “German Nazi.” The federal lawsuit, filed Monday in the Northern District of California, claims Bach was stripped of his responsibilities overseeing the powertrain division in early 2025 …

Zayed Award for Human Fraternity Jury to convene in Cairo, Rome to review nominations from 76 countries Source link

Nasdaq Dubai welcomes $500 million bond listing by Bank of China Dubai Branch Source link

Tiger Global, the investor that spurred the VC bull market of 2020-2021, is reportedly raising a fresh $2.2 billion fund. The firm sent a letter to potential limited partners, according to a copy obtained by CNBC, seeking to raise the cash for a vehicle called Private Investment Partners 17 (PIP 17). The letter also promises a more humble approach than …

As energy demand for data centers soars, environmental groups are calling for a moratorium on the approval and construction of new facilities. More than 230 organizations, including Food & Water Watch, Friends of the Earth, and Greenpeace signed a public letter urging members of Congress to support a national moratorium on the approval and construction of new data centers, citing …

European Council President Antonio Costa has urged Washington to respect its allies despite differing worldviews The US must not threaten to interfere in the EU’s “democratic life,” European Council President Antonio Costa has declared, adding that Brussels and Washington no longer share a common worldview. His comments came in response to the recently unveiled US National Security Strategy, which heavily …

پاکستان تحریکِ انصاف (پی ٹی آئی) نے وزیراعظم کے مشیر برائے سیاسی امور رانا ثنا اللہ کی جانب سے بانی چیئرمین پی ٹی آئی عمران خان اور ان کی اہلیہ بشریٰ بی بی کی جیل سہولیات کے حوالے سے قائم کمیٹی کی پیشکش قبول کرلی ہے۔ پیر کو پاکستان تحریکِ انصاف کی پارلیمانی پارٹی کا مشترکہ اجلاس ہوا، جس میں …

بلوچستان حکومت نے سیکیورٹی خدشات کے پیش نظر ضلع کوئٹہ میں 15 دن کے لیے دفعہ 144 نافذ کر دی، دفعہ 144 کے تحت اسلحے کی نمائش و استعمال اور موٹر سائیکل کی ڈبل سواری پر 22 دسمبر تک پابندی عائد ہوگی۔ اس حوالے سے محکمہ داخلہ بلوچستان نے باضابطہ نوٹیفکیشن جاری کر دیا ہے، جس کے مطابق سیکیورٹی خدشات …

Anthropic is launching Claude Code in Slack, allowing developers to delegate coding tasks directly from chat threads. The beta feature, available Monday as a research preview, builds on Anthropic’s existing Slack integration by adding full workflow automation. The rollout signals the next frontier in coding assistants isn’t the model; it’s the workflow.  Previously, developers could only get lightweight coding help …

پاکستان کو معاشی محاذ پر ایک اہم کامیابی ملی ہے، بین الاقوامی مالیاتی فنڈ (آئی ایم ایف) کے ایگزیکٹو بورڈ نے واشنگٹن میں ایکسٹینڈڈ فنڈ فیسلیٹی (ای ایف ایف) اور ریزیلینس اینڈ سسٹین ایبلٹی فیسلیٹی (آر ایس ایف) کے تحت مجموعی طور پر 1 ارب 30 کروڑ ڈالر کی قسط کی منظوری دے دی۔ عالمی مالیاتی ادارے (آئی ایم ایف) …