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Microsoft has announced it will no longer involve engineers based in China in technical support roles for its U.S. defense cloud systems. The move follows a damning ProPublica investigation and mounting pressure from Pentagon officials and lawmakers. The decision, disclosed Friday, marks a swift response to concerns raised over the company's Azure cloud work with the U.S. Department of Defense. Frank Shaw, Microsoft's chief communications officer, said in a post on X, "We've made changes to our support for U.S. Government customers to ensure no China-based engineering teams are assisting with DoD cloud or related services."

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Elon Musk has announced that Tesla shareholders will have the option to invest in his artificial intelligence startup, xAI. Responding to a suggestion on X, the social media platform he recently acquired through xAI, Musk said that while he personally favors Tesla investing in xAI, the decision will be put to a shareholder vote. "If it was up to me, Tesla would have invested in xAI long ago," Musk stated.

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Apple Inc. Has reportedly placed a bid worth at least $150 million per year to secure the exclusive U.S. streaming rights for Formula 1 races starting in 2026, according to Business Insider, citing a source familiar with the negotiations.

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Google stunned observers on Friday by securing Windsurf chief executive Varun Mohan and key engineers in a $2.4 billion licensing‑and‑hiring pact, a maneuver analysts call the biggest "acquihire" since Microsoft's Inflection deal last year.

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Tesla has officially launched in India with the opening of its first showroom in Mumbai on Tuesday. The move comes as the company looks to expand its customer base amid sagging sales in the United States and Europe. The showroom was inaugurated by Maharashtra state's chief minister, Devendra Fadnavis, and opened its doors to selected visitors.

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Nvidia Corporation announced today its intention to restart sales of its H20 general processing units (GPUs) to clients in China, marking a significant turnaround from previous export restrictions imposed by the United States. The company, in a press release, indicated that it is in the process of securing necessary licenses from the US government to facilitate these shipments.

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Tesla shares took a sharp dive Monday, closing down 7.29% at $292.38, as investors reacted to CEO Elon Musk's weekend announcement of a new political party. The decline marks Tesla's worst single-day performance since early June, reigniting long-standing concerns about Musk's distractions from the core business.