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Blue Origin presented a prototype that converts lunar soil into usable energy at Amazon’s re:Invent 2025 conference in Las Vegas.

Salesforce Inc. is trading at its cheapest level since going public, yet buyers remain scarce as concerns about artificial intelligence cloud its growth outlook.

Microsoft shares recovered Wednesday after the company disputed a report that claimed it had reduced sales quotas for new AI software.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Wednesday he met President Donald Trump to discuss U.S. restrictions on exporting advanced artificial intelligence chips.

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to plozasiran for use with diet to lower triglyceride levels.

Pfizer’s experimental mRNA influenza vaccine will not advance toward approval without new evidence that it protects older adults.

Amazon Web Services said Tuesday it will use a key Nvidia technology in future generations of its artificial intelligence chips as it seeks to draw major AI customers to its cloud platform.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai and former Intel chief Pat Gelsinger issued upbeat projections for quantum computing, suggesting the technology may be nearing a commercial turning point.

The Trump administration has reached a preliminary agreement to take an equity stake in xLight, a startup developing free-electron laser technology.

A Chinese artificial intelligence app that converts text prompts into functional software drew massive interest in its first week, briefly overwhelming one of its core features.

China’s top economic planner issued an unusual alert about growing bubble risks in the country’s humanoid robotics industry.

Runway on Monday introduced Gen 4.5, a new artificial intelligence video model that produces high-definition clips from written prompts.

Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) said Monday it has set up a $1.44 billion US dollar reserve to support dividend payments on its preferred stock and interest on its debt.

MongoDB shares rose 15% in after-hours trading on Monday after the company reported quarterly results that exceeded Wall Street expectations.

Samsung Electronics on Monday introduced its first tri-fold smartphone, expanding its foldable lineup as pressure rises from Chinese competitors and looming moves by Apple.

Lithium prices have reversed a prolonged downturn, rising sharply in the second half of 2025. Chinese lithium carbonate prices increased from about $6,000 per ton to $11,000 per ton.

Amazon and Google launched a jointly built multicloud networking service on Sunday aimed at delivering faster and more reliable links between their cloud platforms.

Eli Lilly became the first health-care company to reach a $1 trillion market value on Friday. The stock gained about 1% on Monday and held above the threshold.

Alibaba released its Quark artificial intelligence glasses in China on Thursday, marking a move by the company to expand into a market long dominated by Meta.

CleanSpark shares surged Wednesday after the Bitcoin miner released full-year fiscal 2025 results showing sharply higher revenue and a return to profitability.

Bitcoin and Ethereum fell sharply on Monday as selling pressure across digital assets intensified at the start of December.

Amazon Web Services announced a plan to invest up to $50 billion to expand cloud infrastructure dedicated to artificial intelligence and high-performance computing for U.S.

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said the company will increase the size of its robotaxi fleet in Austin, Texas, next month.

NASA revised its Commercial Crew Program agreement with Boeing to reduce the number of planned Starliner missions from six to four.

Symbotic shares rose sharply on Tuesday after the company reported higher fourth-quarter revenue and unveiled new business from a major healthcare distributor.

China has begun operating what the South China Morning Post describes as the world’s first commercial power unit based on supercritical carbon dioxide.

Uber Technologies and WeRide have begun offering driverless trips on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, marking their first fully autonomous service in the United Arab Emirates.

Google is gaining momentum in the global artificial intelligence race after years of concerns that it lagged behind rivals.

Bitcoin fell on Thursday to its weakest point in more than half a year, as traders reduced positions in risk assets and assessed the likelihood of another U.S. interest-rate cut in December.

Novo Nordisk shares fell sharply in Copenhagen after a two-year review of the Evoke and Evoke+ Phase 3 trials showed that an oral version of semaglutide did not slow early-stage symptomatic Alzheimer’s.