Amazon loses court fight against record $812 million Luxembourg privacy fine

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Amazon lost its fight against a record 746 million euro ($812.4 million) fine handed out by Luxembourg’s privacy regulator four years ago as a court sided with the watchdog, according to a statement on the regulator’s website. The Luxembourg National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD) said the country’s…

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Zelenskiy says he had substantive call with Trump discussing partial ceasefire, air defences

(Reuters) – Ukrainian and U.S. teams could meet in Saudi Arabia in the coming days to discuss technicalities of partial ceasefire, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said after what he described as “very substantive” call with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump. “We instructed our teams to resolve technical issues related to implementing and expanding the partial ceasefire. Ukrainian…

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Nvidia CEO says orders for 3.6 million Blackwell GPUs exclude Meta

(Reuters) -Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Wednesday that orders for some 3.6 million of its flagship “Blackwell” chips from four top cloud service providers “under represented” demand, since they did not include orders from key customer Meta. Facebook-owner Meta Platforms is among the largest buyers of Nvidia chips and Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of the…

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GM to use Nvidia AI chips, software to automate vehicles, factories

By Kalea Hall and Abhirup Roy (Reuters) – General Motors will use artificial intelligence chips and software from Nvidia to develop autonomous vehicle technology for its vehicles and improve workflow at its factories, the companies said on Tuesday. Traditional automakers have struggled to commercialize autonomous technology that has been more challenging and expensive than expected…

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Alphabet back in talks to buy cybersecurity startup Wiz for $30 billion, source says

(Reuters) -Google-parent Alphabet is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz for around $30 billion, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday, potentially marking the tech giant’s largest deal to date. The deal hasn’t been signed and could still change, the person said. Alphabet and Wiz did not immediately reply to Reuters…

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China’s Xi may visit US in not-too-distant future, Trump says

By Gram Slattery and Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday suggested that Chinese President Xi Jinping may visit the United States “in the not-too-distant future” for talks as economic tensions escalate between the powers. Trump has slapped 20% levies on all imports from China since taking office in January, faulting Beijing…

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