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SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk has taken his feud against OpenAI to the App Store, accusing Apple of favoring ChatGPT in the digital shop and vowing legal action. “Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App …

Photo Credit: bssnews.net WASHINGTON, D.C. United States President Donald Trump on Monday said he had a “very interesting” meeting with the chief of US chipmaker Intel, just days after calling for his resignation. Trump said on his Truth Social platform that he met with Lip-Bu Tan along with Secretary of …

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — Ford plans to start rolling out its new family of affordable electric vehicles (EVs) in 2027, including a midsize pickup truck with a target starting price of $30,000, the company said on Monday, as it aspires to the cost efficiency of Chinese rivals. The new midsize four-door …

HUNG YEN — Vietnamese farmer Nguyen Thi Huong has slept poorly since authorities told her to vacate her farm for a Trump family-backed golf resort, offering just $3,200 and rice provisions in return. The golf resort, for which construction is scheduled to begin next month, is offering thousands of villagers …

This combination image of two pictures shows US President Donald Trump in Miami, Florida, and China’s President Xi Jinping in Beijing. The trade truce between Washington and Beijing has reportedly been extended for 90 days.— Photo by Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, D.C. — US President Donald Trump on Monday ordered a …

SEOUL/SAN FRANCISCO — South Korea’s SK Hynix forecasts that the market for a specialized form of memory chip designed for artificial intelligence (AI) will grow 30 percent a year until 2030, a senior executive said in an interview with Reuters. A highest-capacity, high-bandwidth 16-High HBM3E memory chip from SK Hynix …

BEIJING — Nvidia’s H20 chips pose security concerns for China, a social media account affiliated with China’s state media said on Sunday, after Beijing raised concerns over backdoor access in those chips. Nvidia logo is seen in this illustration created on Jan. 27, 2025. REUTERS  The H20 chips are also …

(UPDATE) BELEM, Brazil — When US President Donald Trump imposed tariffs of 50 percent on Brazilian exports in July, acai producer Ailson Ferreira Moreira felt immediately concerned. A worker holds acai berries for sale on Combu Island, Belem, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Paulo Santos)  After all, who was …

Bao Fan was a key player in the emergence of some of China’s biggest tech giants. (Reuters pic) BEIJING — Chinese tech financier Bao Fan has been released by Chinese authorities after vanishing from public view over two years ago while “cooperating” with an investigation, a former colleague told Agence …

The South Commuter Railway – a section of the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) – is among the foreign-assisted projects with the biggest funding allocation in the DOTr budget.  MANILA, Philippines — The budget of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) recorded the largest percentage jump in the 2026 National Expenditure Program …