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Uber bets on loyalty program to drive growth, unveils $20 billion buyback plan
(Reuters) -Uber unveiled a $20 billion stock buyback program and forecast its third-quarter bookings above Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, as the ride-hailing and delivery services company benefit...
Aug 06, 2025
Walt Disney's ESPN to launch new streaming service on August 21
(Reuters) - Walt Disney's ESPN said on Wednesday it would launch the new ESPN's direct-to-consumer streaming service on August 21, priced at $29.99 per month. ESPN will also become the exclusive home ...
Aug 06, 2025
OpenAI’s long-awaited GPT-5 model nears release
By Anna Tong SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -OpenAI's GPT-5, the latest installment of the AI technology that powered the ChatGPT juggernaut in 2022, is set for an imminent release, and users will scrutinize...
Aug 06, 2025
AMD, Super Micro shares slide as AI bets falter on data center results miss
By Rashika Singh (Reuters) -Shares of chip company Advanced Micro Devices and server maker Super Micro Computer tumbled in premarket trading on Wednesday after the companies posted underwhelming resul...
Aug 06, 2025
Snap sinks as ad glitch, fierce competition stall growth
(Reuters) -Snap shares plummeted nearly 17% in premarket trading on Wednesday as a weak quarter and mounting competition underscored the company's struggle to keep pace with AI-driven peers. Advertise...
Aug 06, 2025
Exclusive-US lawmaker questions Intel CEO's ties to China in letter to company board chair
By Max A. Cherney SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -U.S. Republican Senator Tom Cotton sent a letter to Intel's board chair on Wednesday with questions about the chipmaker's new CEO Lip-Bu Tan's ties to Chines...
Aug 06, 2025
Musk says xAI will open source Grok 2 chatbot
(Reuters) -Billionaire Elon Musk said on Wednesday that his artificial intelligence startup xAI will open source its chatbot Grok 2 next week. (Reporting by Gursimran Kaur in Bengaluru; Editing by Niv...
Aug 06, 2025
Musk vs. Modi: Inside the battle over India's internet censorship
By Munsif Vengattil, Arpan Chaturvedi and Aditya Kalra BENGALURU/NEW DELHI (Reuters) -In January, an old post on Elon Musk's social media platform, X, became a concern for police in the Indian city of...
Aug 06, 2025
Nvidia reiterates its chips have no backdoors, urges US against location verification
BEIJING (Reuters) -Nvidia has published a blog post reiterating that its chips did not have backdoors or kill switches and appealed to U.S. policymakers to forgo such ideas saying it would be a "gift"...
Aug 05, 2025
OpenAI eyes $500 billion valuation in potential employee share sale, source says
(Reuters) -ChatGPT maker OpenAI is in early talks for a potential secondary stock sale that would allow current and former employees to sell shares, valuing the company at around $500 billion, a sourc...
Aug 05, 2025
