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Apple Ordered to Pay $502M in 4G Patent Dispute with Optis

May 01, 2025 12:24 pm UTC| Business Law

Apple has been ordered to pay $502 million to Texas-based Optis Cellular Technology LLC for using 4G-related patents in its iPhones and iPads, following a ruling by Londons Court of Appeal on Thursday. The decision marks...

Roblox Lifts Forecast as Bookings Surge Amid Growing User Engagement

May 01, 2025 12:14 pm UTC| Business

Roblox raised its annual bookings forecast after surpassing Wall Street expectations in Q1 2025, signaling strong user spending despite U.S. tariff-related economic uncertainty. Shares of the gaming platform rose 5.3% in...

Romania to Appeal Petrochemical Holding GmbH Arbitration Award

May 01, 2025 09:18 am UTC| Business

Romania is set to appeal against the payment of an award to Petrochemical Holding GmbH at the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes. An ICSID tribunal found in favour of Petrochemical Holding GmbH...

The EU has banned BPAs: here’s what you need to know about this common, toxic compound

May 01, 2025 09:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Business

The European Union has banned the use of bisphenol A (BPA). This came into effect with Regulation 2024/3190 in late 2024, but it took over 20 years of scientific study to cut out this silent toxin. BPA slowly enters our...

Rio Tinto Faces Renewed Criticism Over Aboriginal Land Agreement Delays

May 01, 2025 05:04 am UTC| Business

Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) is under fire for failing to update a key land-use agreement with the Robe River Kuruma Aboriginal group, despite promising reforms after destroying the 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge heritage site in...

Ford Scraps Key Vehicle Software Project Amid Mounting Costs and Delays

May 01, 2025 02:23 am UTC| Business

Ford Motor has discontinued its ambitious FNV4 programan advanced vehicle electrical architecture designed to rival Teslas integrated systemsdue to rising costs and repeated delays, according to sources familiar with the...

Microsoft Stock Soars on Strong Azure Growth and AI Momentum

May 01, 2025 02:08 am UTC| Business Technology

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) surged 7% in after-hours trading after reporting stronger-than-expected Q3 results, driven by robust growth in its Azure cloud business and rising demand for AI services. Azure revenue grew 33% in...

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Economy

Federal Reserve Probes Big Banks Over Private Credit Exposure Amid Growing Systemic Risk Concerns

The Federal Reserve has launched a formal inquiry into major U.S. banks and their financial ties to the private credit sector, raising fresh concerns about systemic risk across the $1.8 trillion industry. The move comes as...

Middle East Conflict Threatens Global Economic Stability, World Bank Warns

The ongoing Middle East war is sending shockwaves through the global economy, and even a fragile ceasefire brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump may not be enough to prevent lasting damage, World Bank President Ajay...

U.S. Markets Post Strong Weekly Gains Despite Middle East Tensions and Rising Energy Prices

U.S. stock markets closed mixed on Friday as investors weighed a fragile Middle East ceasefire against an inflation report that came in better than feared. Despite Fridays uneven session, major indexes logged their...

Colombia and Ecuador Trade War Escalates With Retaliatory Tariffs

Tensions between Colombia and Ecuador have reached a breaking point after Colombia announced 100% retaliatory tariffs on Ecuadorian imports, intensifying an ongoing trade dispute between two ideologically divided...

Asia FX Weekly Gains Hold Amid U.S. Inflation Data and Iran Ceasefire Uncertainty

Most Asian currencies slipped slightly on Friday but remained on track to close the week in positive territory, as traders adopted a cautious stance ahead of the U.S. March Consumer Price Index (CPI) release and monitored...

Politics

MATCH Act: How New U.S. Chip Legislation Could Freeze China's Semiconductor Ambitions

American lawmakers are advancing one of the most aggressive semiconductor export control bills ever proposed. The Multilateral Alignment of Technology Controls on Hardware Act, widely known as the MATCH Act, has drawn...

FAA and Pentagon Approve Laser Counter-Drone System Along U.S.-Mexico Border

The Federal Aviation Administration and the Pentagon have reached a landmark agreement authorizing the deployment of a high-energy laser counter-drone system along the southern U.S. border. This milestone follows extensive...

Eric Swalwell Faces Sexual Assault Allegations Amid California Governor's Race

California Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell is facing serious sexual assault allegations from a former district office staffer, throwing his prominent gubernatorial campaign into turmoil. The accusations, first...

Iran's Missile Arsenal Poses Ongoing Risk Despite U.S. Claims of Destruction

Recent U.S. intelligence assessments reveal that Iran still maintains thousands of operational ballistic missiles, directly contradicting the White Houses assertion that the regimes military capabilities have been...

Gaza Airstrike Kills Six at Bureij Camp Police Checkpoint

An Israeli airstrike struck a police checkpoint in the Bureij refugee camp, located in the central Gaza Strip, in the early hours of Saturday morning, killing at least six people and wounding several others, according to...

Science

China vs. NASA: The New Moon Race and What's at Stake by 2030

The space race is back and this time, its a direct competition between the United States and China for dominance on the lunar surface. NASAs Artemis II mission recently made history when four astronauts flew farther into...

NASA Artemis II: First Crewed Moon Mission Since Apollo Takes Four Astronauts on 10-Day Lunar Journey

NASAs Artemis II mission launched Wednesday, marking humanitys return to crewed lunar exploration for the first time since the Apollo era. Carrying four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft, this historic 10-day mission...

NASA's Artemis II Mission: First Crewed Lunar Journey Since Apollo

NASA's Artemis II Crew Arrives in Florida for Historic Moon Mission

The four astronauts chosen for NASAs Artemis II mission have touched down at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking the beginning of final launch preparations for the first crewed lunar journey in over 50 years. NASA...

SpaceX Pivots Toward Moon City as Musk Reframes Long-Term Space Vision

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has revealed a significant shift in the companys near-term space exploration strategy, announcing that SpaceX is now prioritizing the development of a self-growing city on the Moon rather than focusing...

Technology

San Francisco Suspect Arrested After Molotov Cocktail Attack on OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's Home

San Francisco police arrested a 20-year-old suspect Friday following a pre-dawn attack on OpenAI CEO Sam Altmans residence in the citys North Beach neighborhood. According to the San Francisco Police Department, an...

SanDisk Joins Nasdaq-100, Replacing Atlassian on April 20

Nasdaq Inc. confirmed late Friday that SanDisk Corporation will enter the Nasdaq-100 Index, taking the spot previously held by Atlassian Corp Plc when markets open on Monday, April 20, 2026. The change signals a broader...

TSMC Posts Strong Q1 2025 Revenue, Riding AI Chip Demand Wave

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the worlds leading contract chipmaker, has reported first-quarter revenue of T$1.134 trillion (approximately $35.71 billion USD), surpassing analyst expectations and...

Lumentum Holdings Rides AI Wave With Order Book Filled Through 2028

Lumentum Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: LITE) is experiencing a surge in demand from the artificial intelligence sector, with its order pipeline now fully booked through 2028, according to a Bloomberg report published Thursday. The...

Anthropic's Mythos AI Model Sparks Emergency Cybersecurity Meeting With Top U.S. Bank CEOs

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell convened an urgent closed-door meeting with the chief executives of Americas largest banks this week, warning them about serious cybersecurity...