HelenJewell, CIO of fundamental equities at BlackRock, discusses the potential for dip buying opportunities as the war in the Middle East rattles global markets. Speaking on Bloomberg Television, she also says that investors shouldn't lose focus of macro data. "Couple of weeks ago we were talking about AI and the implications of AI. I think that's where we need to focus because we don't know when Hormuz is going to be reopened," Jewell says. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nscale, a UK developer for artificial intelligence data centers, has raised $2 billion in funding and added a trio of high-profile business leaders as directors, including former Meta Platforms Inc. executives Sheryl Sandberg and Nick Clegg.

Victory Giant Technology (Huizhou) Co., a Chinese maker of printed circuit boards, is preparing for a Hong Kong listing that may raise more than $2 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.

Billionaire Leo KoGuan doubled his stake in Nvidia Corp. to 2 million shares, boosting his investment in the chipmaker at a time when the war in the Middle East has sparked a global selloff of everything from bonds to equities.

On this week's Merryn Talks Money podcast, host Merryn Somerset Webb speaks with financial historian Edward Chancellor about how energy constraints and geopolitical tensions could reshape markets, whether the artificial intelligence boom is a bubble and what it all means for interest rates. Chancellor argues that AI enthusiasm may be overextended, warns of rising long-term rates and sovereign debt risks and makes the case for gold, commodities, Japan and emerging markets over bonds and expensive growth stocks. (Source: Bloomberg)

A Silicon Valley-born AI startup is turning to Japan to prove AI can reshape one of the worlds largest industrial robot supply chains.

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Chinese companies linked to open-source AI agent software OpenClaw advanced after Shenzhen authorities offered measures to support further development of tools using the technology.

Tencent Holdings Ltd. intends to invest several hundred million dollars in Paramount Skydance Corp.s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., according to people familiar with the situation.

A niche TV network for tennis diehards is trying to capitalize on growing interest in the sport

Investors are growing more upbeat about Chinas push to build a smart economy, with AI, semiconductors and a range of frontier technology sectors emerging as beneficiaries of the policy drive.

The company launched its first product, a Game Boy-style handheld device called the Chromatic, in 2024.

AI demand is triggering a historic memory-chip shortage. Meeting exponential demand for chips will be expensive and maybe even impossible.

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AI data center developers are increasingly relying on a style of camp popularized as housing for men working in remote oil fields.

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The Pro-Human Declaration was finalized before last week's Pentagon-Anthropic standoff, but the collision of the two events wasnt lost on anyone involved.

A coalition of telecom operators and device makers is pushing $40 smartphones to bring up to 20 million people online, but rising component costs threaten the plan.

Most of it is tied to performance, including new stock incentives linked to Waymo and Wing, its drone delivery venture.

OpenAI is introducing an AI agent thats meant to help security teams find and patch vulnerabilities in large databases, potentially cutting into demand for legacy cyber firms.

The head of OpenAIs robotics team resigned Saturday, citing the companys deal to deploy its artificial intelligence models within the Pentagons classified network as the cause.

A recently-added feature in Grammarly purports to improve users writing with help from the world's great writers and thinkers and some tech journalists, too.

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Bosch CEO and Chairman of the Management Board Stefan Hartung discusses how the conflict in the Middle East is impacting supply chains and how the worlds largest automotive supplier is dealing with rising energy prices. Hartung speaks with Bloomberg Techs Ed Ludlow. (Source: Bloomberg)

Hardware executive Caitlin Kalinowski announced today that in response to OpenAI's controversial agreement with the Department of Defense, shes resigned from her role leading the company's robotics team.

Oracle is planning to cut thousands of jobs as it looks to manage a cash crunch driven by AI spending, according to sources. It's the latest major tech company to link layoffs to AI in some way. But Martha Gimble, executive director of the Yale Budget Lab, says data showing the tech is replacing human workers hasnt turned up yet. Gimble joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on Bloomberg Tech. (Source: Bloomberg)

South Koreas top power equipment maker, HD Hyundai Electric Co., is accelerating its US expansion, betting that demand for transformers and switchgear will surge as the artificial intelligence supercycle drives a new wave of power consumption.

David Barnett, founder of PopSocket, stops by Equity to talk about scaling the business and what he's learned as a leader.

Polymarket founder and CEO Shayne Coplan said the prediction market industrys war-related contracts face growing risks and acknowledged that rising visibility brings more money, more problems a blunt concession from one of the sectors most prominent figures that its flagship product threatens to become a political liability.