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Pollution from Musk’s unpermitted xAI power project hits hardest in Black communities

Pollution from Musk’s unpermitted xAI power project hits hardest in Black communities

By Disha Raychaudhuri and Valerie Volcovici July 14 (Reuters) - Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI has installed 59 natural…

July 15, 2026

OpenAI's first hardware device will be a speaker, Bloomberg News reports

July 14 (Reuters) - OpenAI will launch a portable, screen-free smart speaker as its first consumer hardware product, Bloomberg News…

July 15, 2026

Australia to establish government AI office to coordinate regulation

SYDNEY, July 14 (Reuters) - Australia will create an office at the heart of government to manage the development of…

July 15, 2026

UK banks' lack of Mythos access a wake-up call, says government AI adviser

By Phoebe Seers LONDON, July 14 (Reuters) - UK banks' inability to access Anthropic's powerful AI model Mythos emphasises the…

July 15, 2026

TYLSemi raises $43 million to create building blocks of custom AI chips

By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO, July 14 (Reuters) - TYLSemi, a startup founded by executives from recent Qualcomm acquisition AlphaWave, on…

July 15, 2026

Apple wins dismissal of lawsuit over child sexual abuse material on iCloud

By Diana Novak Jones July 14 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has dismissed a proposed class action accusing Apple of…

July 14, 2026

US official says Nvidia has begun shipping powerful H200 AI chips to China

By David Shepardson and Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON, July 14 (Reuters) - A top U.S. official told Congress on Tuesday that…

July 14, 2026

US official says shipments of Nvidia H200 chips to China have begun

By David Shepardson and Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON, July 14 (Reuters) - A top U.S. official told Congress on Tuesday that…

July 14, 2026

UK banks' lack of Mythos access a wake-up call, government AI adviser says

By Phoebe Seers LONDON, July 14 (Reuters) - UK banks' inability to access Anthropic's powerful AI model Mythos underscores the…

July 14, 2026

Perpetuals.com ends acquisition talks with Trump-linked crypto firm

By Lawrence Delevingne BOSTON, July 14 (Reuters) - Perpetuals.com, a global fintech company, has discontinued discussions to potentially acquire part…

July 14, 2026