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Marvell Technology (MRVL) was rising early Monday on a report it is in talks with Google about developing artificial-intelligence chips. That’s worrying for the search company’s primary processor partner Broadcom (AVGO).

Uber on Friday agreed to purchase an additional 4.5% of shares of German food delivery firm Delivery Hero from the company’s biggest shareholder Prosus.

The European Commission has proposed that Google allow third-party ​search engines to access its search data, including that of artificial ‌intelligence chatbots with search functionalities, to comply with the Digital Markets Act, the commission said on Thursday.

Snap’s shares jumped on Wednesday after the company announced plans to slash up to 16% of its global workforce, citing AI-driven efficiencies.

Meta and Broadcom on Tuesday announced a sweeping deal that extends an existing partnership between the two companies for the design of Meta’s custom in-house AI accelerators through 2029.

Specs, the Snap smart glasses unit formed early this year, will use Qualcomm ​chips for its upcoming devices under a ‌multi-year deal announced on Friday, marking its first major move.

CoreWeave (CRWV) stock rose sharply Thursday after the cloud infrastructure provider unveiled an expanded deal with Meta Platforms (META) worth roughly $21 billion.

Broadcom said Monday that it’s agreed to produce future versions of artificial intelligence chips for Google, and signed an expanded deal with Anthropic that will give the AI startup access to about 3.5 gigawatts worth of computing capacity drawing on Google’s AI processors.

Meta Platforms launched two new Ray-Ban prescription smart ​glasses on Tuesday, expanding ‌its offerings in an area that has become one of ​the few breakthrough ​successes in the race for ⁠artificial intelligence-powered gadgets.

Jurors in the first two trials in the U.S. from a growing wave of lawsuits targeting social media firms over harm to children ​have found Meta, and Alphabet’s, potentially teeing up an appeals fight that could reshape how U.S. law shields tech companies from lawsuits.

Google’s latest research which claims to make AI models more efficient is putting pressure on memory stocks, with investors concerned the breakthrough could see a slowdown in chip demand.

Gap is partnering with Google’s Gemini to allow shoppers to check out directly within the AI platform, making it the first major fashion company to work directly with the tech company to fuel agentic commerce.

Uber Technologies plans to invest up to $1.25 billion in electric vehicle maker Rivian Automotive as part of a deal to deploy up to 50,000 robotaxis in several countries through 2031, the companies announced Thursday.

Meta stock was up in pre-market trading on Monday, following what it called “speculative” reports that the company is planning to lay off over 20% of its workforce to balance its big AI spending plans this year.

Meta has signed a new long-term agreement to spend up to $27 billion on Dutch cloud provider Nebius’ AI infrastructure, the company announced on Monday.

Amazon’s Zoox is making its toaster-shaped self-driving vehicles available through the Uber app in Las Vegas starting this summer, the latest sign of momentum in the nascent but fast-growing robotaxi market.

Robo-taxi competitors Alphabet (GOOGL) and Tesla (TSLA) have teamed up to help lower electricity costs.

AI data center startup Nscale has raised $2 billion at a $14.6 billion valuation, the company announced on Monday, as the AI infrastructure boom continues.

Meta Platforms (META) has signed a multi-billion dollar deal to rent artificial intelligence chips from Google (GOOGL), to develop new AI models, The Information reported on Thursday, citing a person involved in the talks.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)stock surged 14% in premarket trading Tuesday after the chip maker agreed to a long-term deal with Meta Platforms (META).