Dell nears deal to sell $5 billion in AI servers to xAI, Bloomberg News reports

(Reuters) -Dell Technologies is nearing a deal worth more than $5 billion to provide Elon Musk’s xAI with servers optimized for artificial intelligence work, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Shares of the company gained 4% after the report, which said Dell would sell servers containing Nvidia’s GB200 semiconductors to…

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Judges to consider barring Musk’s DOGE team from several government agencies

By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – Two federal judges will consider on Friday whether Elon Musk’s government cost-cutting team known as DOGE will have access to Treasury Department payment systems and potentially sensitive data at U.S. health, consumer protection and labor agencies. Musk’s team has swept through government agencies since Republican Donald Trump became…

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Exclusive-Top Elon Musk aide arrives at IRS to scrutinize operations, sources say

By Nathan Layne (Reuters) -Gavin Kliger, one of the top staffers working with Elon Musk in his efforts to overhaul the federal government, arrived at the Internal Revenue Service on Thursday to examine the agency’s operations, according to two people familiar with the matter. Kliger was meeting with senior executives at the tax-collecting agency, marking…

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Exclusive-Trump prepares to change US CHIPS Act conditions, sources say

By Mike Stone, Fanny Potkin and Wen-Yee Lee WASHINGTON/SINGAPORE/TAIPEI (Reuters) -The White House is seeking to renegotiate U.S. CHIPS and Science Act awards and has signaled delays to some upcoming semiconductor disbursements, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The people, along with a third source, said the new administration is reviewing the projects…

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Trump, allies ramp up attacks on judges as Musk calls for impeachments

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – Donald Trump and his supporters on Wednesday continued to ramp up their criticism of judges who they say have stymied the Republican U.S. president’s second-term agenda, with billionaire ally Elon Musk calling for “an immediate wave of judicial impeachments.” Those statements came a day after federal courts forced U.S. agencies…

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Powell says he does not believe Musk or his team have tried to access Fed systems

(Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday said he did not believe that Elon Musk or members of his Department of Government Efficiency team have tried to access the Fed’s secure payment systems. “Will you commit to report to this committee, majority and minority, immediately should you become aware of any such attempt…

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AI chip startup Positron raises $23.5 million seed round to take on Nvidia

By Anna Tong Positron, a startup chip maker that aims to compete with Nvidia, said Tuesday it raised $23.5 million to scale production of its U.S.-made artificial intelligence chips.  Valor Equity Partners, known for backing Elon Musk’s companies, Atreides Management, Flume Ventures and Resilience Reserve were among the investors who participated in the round. Reno-based…

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