Meta shares sink as $16 bn US tax charge tanks profit
San Francisco (United States) (AFP) - Meta shares dove more than eight percent in after-hours trading Wednesday after the tech ...
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
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Uber plans San Francisco robotaxis in Waymo challenge
San Francisco (United States) (AFP) - Uber said Wednesday it will launch its own robotaxi service in San Francisco late ...
Stocks extend record run as trade, AI dominates
London (AFP) - Stock markets hit record highs Wednesday thanks to optimism over US trade deals, the AI sector and ...
AI chip giant Nvidia becomes world’s first $5 trillion company
New York (AFP) - AI chip juggernaut Nvidia became the world's first $5 trillion company on Wednesday, as investors remain ...
Microsoft holds 27% of OpenAI in revamped partnership
San Francisco (United States) (AFP) - Microsoft and OpenAI announced Tuesday a sweeping overhaul of their landmark artificial intelligence (AI) ...
Uber partners with Nvidia to deploy 100,000 robotaxis
San Francisco (United States) (AFP) - Uber and Nvidia on Tuesday announced an alliance to deploy 100,000 robotaxis starting in ...
Amazon to cut 30,000 office jobs: media reports
San Francisco (United States) (AFP) - Amazon will lay off tens of thousands of office workers as the e-commerce and ...
Anthropic announces massive AI chip deal with Google
San Francisco (United States) (AFP) - Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic said Thursday it was expanding its use of Google cloud ...
Online search a battleground for AI titans
New York (AFP) - Tech firms battling for supremacy in artificial intelligence are out to transform how people search the ...
Amazon uses AI to make robots better warehouse workers
Milpitas (United States) (AFP) - Amazon on Wednesday said it is speeding up the automation of its warehouses with the ...
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