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A ransomware attack is the cause of a disruption at Marks & Spencer, with hackers using a potent kind of malware to lock down some of the British retailer’s systems and render them inaccessible, according to people familiar with the attack. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Ransomware Hack Said to Be Cause of Marks & Spencer Outages
A ransomware attack is the cause of a disruption at Marks & Spencer Group Plc., with hackers using a potent kind of malware to lock down some of the British retailer’s systems and render them inac...
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April 30, 2025 at 12:38 AM
A ransomware attack is the cause of a disruption at Marks & Spencer, with hackers using a potent kind of malware to lock down some of the British retailer’s systems and render them inaccessible, according to people familiar with the attack. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gautam Adani plans to invest an additional $10 billion to build data centers in India, people familiar with the matter said, as the billionaire looks to ride the boom in demand for artificial intelligence and business process-led services. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Adani to Grow Data Center Investment by $10 Billion on AI Demand
Gautam Adani plans to invest an additional $10 billion to build data centers in India, people familiar with the matter said, as the billionaire looks to ride the boom in demand for artificial intellig...
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April 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Gautam Adani plans to invest an additional $10 billion to build data centers in India, people familiar with the matter said, as the billionaire looks to ride the boom in demand for artificial intelligence and business process-led services. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Nvidia, the dominant player in chips for artificial intelligence models, plans to produce as much as half a trillion dollars’ worth of AI infrastructure in the US over the next four years through manufacturing partnerships. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Nvidia Says It Will Build Up to $500 Billion of AI Gear in US
Nvidia Corp., the dominant player in chips for artificial intelligence models, plans to produce as much as half a trillion dollars’ worth of AI infrastructure in the US over the next four years throug...
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April 15, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Nvidia, the dominant player in chips for artificial intelligence models, plans to produce as much as half a trillion dollars’ worth of AI infrastructure in the US over the next four years through manufacturing partnerships. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The Trump administration exempted smartphones, computers and other electronics from its so-called reciprocal tariffs, potentially cushioning consumers from sticker shock while benefiting electronics giants including Apple and Samsung. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Exempts Phones, Computers, Chips From ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs
President Donald Trump’s administration exempted smartphones, computers and other electronics from its so-called reciprocal tariffs, potentially cushioning consumers from sticker shock while benefitin...
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April 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The Trump administration exempted smartphones, computers and other electronics from its so-called reciprocal tariffs, potentially cushioning consumers from sticker shock while benefiting electronics giants including Apple and Samsung. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Zhang Yiming, the founder of TikTok owner ByteDance, has become China’s wealthiest person for the first time. Zhang's fortune is now estimated at $57.5 billion, making him richer than bottled water tycoon Zhong Shanshan and Tencent co-founder Ma Huateng. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
TikTok Billionaire Zhang Yiming Becomes China’s Richest Person
Zhang Yiming, the founder of TikTok owner ByteDance Ltd., has become China’s wealthiest person for the first time.
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March 27, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Zhang Yiming, the founder of TikTok owner ByteDance, has become China’s wealthiest person for the first time. Zhang's fortune is now estimated at $57.5 billion, making him richer than bottled water tycoon Zhong Shanshan and Tencent co-founder Ma Huateng. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Oracle is weighing a proposal for a sale of TiKTok’s US operations that would have it provide data security assurances and take a small stake in a new American entity while potentially leaving the app’s algorithm in Chinese hands. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Oracle Weighs Security Backstop, Small Stake to Land TikTok Deal
Oracle Corp. is weighing a proposal for a sale of TiKTok’s US operations that would have it provide security assurances and take a small stake in a new American entity while potentially leaving the ap...
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March 19, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Oracle is weighing a proposal for a sale of TiKTok’s US operations that would have it provide data security assurances and take a small stake in a new American entity while potentially leaving the app’s algorithm in Chinese hands. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The US Federal Trade Commission is moving ahead with a sprawling antitrust probe of Microsoft that was opened in the waning days of the Biden Administration, signaling that Donald Trump’s new FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson will prioritize scrutiny of tech giants. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump’s FTC Moves Ahead With Broad Microsoft Antitrust Probe
The US Federal Trade Commission is moving ahead with a sprawling antitrust probe of Microsoft Corp. that was opened in the waning days of the Biden Administration, signaling that Donald Trump’s new FT...
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March 13, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The US Federal Trade Commission is moving ahead with a sprawling antitrust probe of Microsoft that was opened in the waning days of the Biden Administration, signaling that Donald Trump’s new FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson will prioritize scrutiny of tech giants. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Chinese startup Manus claims to have vaulted ahead of leading artificial intelligence developers in the US. It launched a preview version of what it called a general AI agent that it claims performs better on some fronts than OpenAI’s Deep Research. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
China’s Manus Follows DeepSeek in Posing Challenge to US AI Lead
Some early users were enthusiastic about the product’s capabilities; others complained it took too long and crashed.
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March 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Chinese startup Manus claims to have vaulted ahead of leading artificial intelligence developers in the US. It launched a preview version of what it called a general AI agent that it claims performs better on some fronts than OpenAI’s Deep Research. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Philippine authorities have uncovered a network of hundreds of alleged Chinese spies, a senior official said, a much more extensive operation than previously disclosed that adds to tensions between the countries. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Philippines Probing Network of Hundreds of Alleged Chinese Spies
Philippine authorities have uncovered a network of hundreds of alleged Chinese spies, a senior official said, a much more extensive operation than previously disclosed that adds to tensions between th...
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March 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Philippine authorities have uncovered a network of hundreds of alleged Chinese spies, a senior official said, a much more extensive operation than previously disclosed that adds to tensions between the countries. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
US prosecutors charged ten Chinese citizens and two government agents for computer hacks that targeted dissidents, religious groups, news outlets and American government agencies. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
US Says China Paid Hackers to Target Critics, Steal Data
US prosecutors charged ten Chinese citizens and two government agents for computer hacks that targeted dissidents, religious groups, news outlets and American government agencies.
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March 6, 2025 at 3:11 AM
US prosecutors charged ten Chinese citizens and two government agents for computer hacks that targeted dissidents, religious groups, news outlets and American government agencies. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Microsoft says Chinese hacking group Silk Typhoon is targeting remote management tools and cloud applications to spy on companies and organizations in the US and abroad. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Microsoft Warns of Chinese Hackers Spying on Cloud Technology
Microsoft Corp. warned that an advanced Chinese hacking group is waging a campaign of supply-chain attacks.
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March 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Microsoft says Chinese hacking group Silk Typhoon is targeting remote management tools and cloud applications to spy on companies and organizations in the US and abroad. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
China banned the import of Illumina gene-sequencing machines as part of a wave of retaliatory measures against fresh US tariffs on all Chinese goods, deepening the US company’s woes in one of its key markets. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
China Bans Imports of Illumina DNA Machines in US Retaliation
China banned the import of Illumina Inc. gene-sequencing machines as part of a wave of retaliatory measures against fresh US tariffs on all Chinese goods, deepening the US company’s woes in one of its...
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March 4, 2025 at 7:55 AM
China banned the import of Illumina gene-sequencing machines as part of a wave of retaliatory measures against fresh US tariffs on all Chinese goods, deepening the US company’s woes in one of its key markets. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Singapore is investigating whether Dell and Super Micro servers shipped to Malaysia housed Nvidia chips barred from China, outlining a case that’s highlighted the role of middlemen in funneling high-end semiconductors. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Singapore Probes Potential Fraud in Nvidia AI Chip Shipments
Singapore is investigating whether Dell Technologies Inc. and Super Micro Computer Inc. servers shipped to Malaysia housed Nvidia Corp. chips barred from China, outlining a case that’s highlighted the...
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March 3, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Singapore is investigating whether Dell and Super Micro servers shipped to Malaysia housed Nvidia chips barred from China, outlining a case that’s highlighted the role of middlemen in funneling high-end semiconductors. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Chinese startup Zhipu raised more than $140 million in a financing round led by local government-backed firms, underscoring the growing interest in domestic AI following DeepSeek’s ascent. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Alibaba-Backed Zhipu Raises $140 Million as DeepSeek Heats Up AI
Chinese startup Zhipu raised more than 1 billion yuan ($140 million) in a financing round led by local government-backed firms, underscoring the growing interest in domestic AI following DeepSeek’s as...
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March 3, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Chinese startup Zhipu raised more than $140 million in a financing round led by local government-backed firms, underscoring the growing interest in domestic AI following DeepSeek’s ascent. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Apple has signed an agreement with Indonesia to invest in the country, paving the way for sales of the iPhone 16 to resume in Southeast Asia’s largest nation. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Indonesia Reaches Pact With Apple, Signaling End for iPhone Ban
Apple Inc. has signed an agreement with Indonesia to invest in the country, paving the way for sales of the iPhone 16 to resume in Southeast Asia’s largest nation.
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February 26, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Apple has signed an agreement with Indonesia to invest in the country, paving the way for sales of the iPhone 16 to resume in Southeast Asia’s largest nation. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Donald Trump’s administration is sketching out tougher versions of US semiconductor curbs and pressing allies to raise restrictions on China’s chip industry, an early indication the new US president plans to expand efforts to limit Beijing’s technological prowess. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Team Seeks to Toughen Biden’s Chip Controls Over China
Donald Trump’s administration is sketching out tougher versions of US semiconductor curbs and pressuring key allies to escalate their restrictions on China’s chip industry, an early indication the new...
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February 25, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Donald Trump’s administration is sketching out tougher versions of US semiconductor curbs and pressing allies to raise restrictions on China’s chip industry, an early indication the new US president plans to expand efforts to limit Beijing’s technological prowess. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is seeking to deploy Starlink satellite internet terminals to help accelerate an upgrade of the networks that support the US Federal Aviation Administration’s national airspace system, according to people familiar with the matter. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Musk Seeks to Install Starlink Terminals in US Airspace Network
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is seeking to deploy Starlink satellite internet terminals to help accelerate an upgrade of the information technology networks that support the US Federal Aviation Administration’s...
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February 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is seeking to deploy Starlink satellite internet terminals to help accelerate an upgrade of the networks that support the US Federal Aviation Administration’s national airspace system, according to people familiar with the matter. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Microsoft has begun canceling leases for a substantial amount of datacenter capacity in the US, a move that may reflect concerns about whether it’s building more AI computing than it will need over the long term, TD Cowen said in a report. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Microsoft Cancels Leases for AI Data Centers, Analyst Says
Microsoft Corp. has begun canceling leases for a substantial amount of datacenter capacity in the US, a move that may reflect concerns about whether it’s building more AI computing than it will need o...
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February 24, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Microsoft has begun canceling leases for a substantial amount of datacenter capacity in the US, a move that may reflect concerns about whether it’s building more AI computing than it will need over the long term, TD Cowen said in a report. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Chinese scientists have discovered a new bat-borne coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, which can enter human cells using the same receptor as Covid-19. The virus has not yet infected humans, but lab experiments suggest it may be capable of cross-species transmission. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Why a New Bat Coronavirus in China Is Raising Concern
Scientists at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology recently reported the discovery of another bat-borne coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, which is capable of entering cells using human ACE2 — the same receptor ...
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February 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Chinese scientists have discovered a new bat-borne coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, which can enter human cells using the same receptor as Covid-19. The virus has not yet infected humans, but lab experiments suggest it may be capable of cross-species transmission. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Russia state-aligned hackers have compromised accounts on the Signal messaging service by exploiting the app’s device-linking feature, according to Google’s Threat Intelligence Group. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Russia Targets Ukrainian Signal Users With Simple Hack
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February 24, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Russia state-aligned hackers have compromised accounts on the Signal messaging service by exploiting the app’s device-linking feature, according to Google’s Threat Intelligence Group. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Alibaba has pledged to invest more than $53 billion on AI infrastructure such as data centers over the next three years, a major commitment that underscores the e-commerce pioneer’s ambitions of becoming a leader in artificial intelligence. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Alibaba to Spend $53 Billion on AI Infrastructure in Big Pivot
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has pledged to invest more than 380 billion yuan ($53 billion) on AI infrastructure such as data centers over the next three years, a major commitment that underscores the e...
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February 24, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Alibaba has pledged to invest more than $53 billion on AI infrastructure such as data centers over the next three years, a major commitment that underscores the e-commerce pioneer’s ambitions of becoming a leader in artificial intelligence. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Three Chinese warships have been spotted in international waters off the coast of Sydney, in a rare show of military might that will likely test diplomatic ties between Canberra and Beijing. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Chinese Warships Sail Off Coast of Sydney, Testing Australia
Three Chinese warships have been spotted in international waters off the coast of Australia’s largest city, Sydney, in a rare show of military might that will likely test diplomatic ties between Canbe...
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February 20, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Three Chinese warships have been spotted in international waters off the coast of Sydney, in a rare show of military might that will likely test diplomatic ties between Canberra and Beijing. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Resonac is studying deal structures for a possible acquisition of government-owned chip linchpin JSR, a key step in the chemicals maker’s ambition to corner the Japanese AI semiconductor materials market. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Resonac Explores Deal Structures for Possible JSR Takeover
Resonac Holdings Corp. is studying deal structures for a possible acquisition of government-owned chip linchpin JSR Corp., a key step in the chemicals maker’s ambition to corner the Japanese AI semico...
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February 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Resonac is studying deal structures for a possible acquisition of government-owned chip linchpin JSR, a key step in the chemicals maker’s ambition to corner the Japanese AI semiconductor materials market. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Mira Murati, the former chief technology officer at OpenAI, has joined forces with several executives who worked at the ChatGPT maker to launch Thinking Machines Lab, a new artificial intelligence startup. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Former OpenAI CTO Murati Unveils Plans for New AI Startup
Thinking Machines Lab has more than a dozen employees who previously worked at the ChatGPT maker.
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February 19, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Mira Murati, the former chief technology officer at OpenAI, has joined forces with several executives who worked at the ChatGPT maker to launch Thinking Machines Lab, a new artificial intelligence startup. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
How Temu's Online Dollar Store Became a Trade War Target www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
How Temu’s Online Dollar Store Became a Trade War Target
Millions of people love the Chinese shopping app. Trump doesn’t appear to be one of them.
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February 19, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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