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U.S.-China AI feud sees ASML on tightrope between sales, geopolitics
This report is from this week's The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here.ASML is performing a balancing act.On the one hand, sales from China still make up a sizable chunk of its revenue. While down…
Tap-to-pay fraud fuels organized retail crime, police say
When a man in a black Air Jordan T-shirt walked up to a self-checkout kiosk at a Louisiana Lowe's last spring, he looked like any other customer.Over the course of about seven minutes, he methodically rang up different gift cards for $95…
Amazon’s Zoox recalls software after robotaxi drove into heavy smoke
A Zoox autonomous robotaxi in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAmazon-owned Zoox recalled software in 105 of its robotaxis over concerns its vehicles failed to detect…
The Trump administration is now dictating access to frontier AI models
President Donald Trump points his finger as he signs an executive order on AI next to Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington,…
Oil tankers face ‘worst case scenario’ in Hormuz, maritime risk CEO says
The security situation in the Strait of Hormuz has returned to a "worse-case scenario" for oil tankers as Iran has repeatedly attacked ships over the past week, the CEO of a maritime risk services firm said. "We see the reduction of the…
Anthropic in early talks with Meta to acquire compute power
Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. Prakash Singh | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAnthropic is in very preliminary talks to lease…
Trump rips Canada as wildfire smoke spreads, says U.S. will add pollution
Smoke from massive wildfires in Canada engulfed the New York City skyline, reducing visibility and casting an orange haze over the New York City, United States on July 16, 2026. Selcuk Acar | Anadolu | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump…
Pipelines around Hormuz won’t end threat Iran poses to Middle East oil
Middle East oil producers plan to build new pipelines to reduce their dependence on the Strait of Hormuz, as Iran disrupts the Gulf states' seaborne crude exports with near daily attacks on tankers. But new pipelines will not end the…
Epstein victims blast Trump nominee Todd Blanche after meeting
Epstein survivors and family members stand behind former Attorney General John Ashcroft and Jeffrey Epstein survivor Dani Bensky as she speaks during the second day of acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche's Senate Judiciary Committee…
Economic outlook is worsening and Trump is getting blamed, CNBC survey
Despite a booming stock market and improving inflation numbers, the public is as depressed about the economy as it has been since the years just after the pandemic and increasingly concerned about the cost of everyday goods, according to…