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[ad_1] Elon Musk’s rocket company, SpaceX, is looking to hire engineers for its new AI software engineering team.The company said in a job list published on July 11 that the new team will be “focused on solving complex data problems for our launch vehicles and spacecraft.” SpaceX said the team will also support the company’s satellite internet service, Starlink.The listing said it was considering candidates with majors in computer science, data science, engineering, mathematics, or physics. It said that those without a degree could be considered if they had at least four years of professional experience in building software.”Aerospace experience…

[ad_1] Nvidia announced Monday that it’s filing applications to restart sales of its H20 artificial intelligence chips to China, capping a spasmodic few months that saw the Trump administration impose restrictions, then quickly reverse course after a high-profile dinner meeting. The company expects to receive U.S. government licenses soon and begin deliveries shortly after, according to a blog post. Nvidia is also introducing a new “RTX Pro” chip designed specifically for the Chinese market, calling it “fully compliant” with regulations and ideal for digital manufacturing applications like smart factories and logistics. The H20 chip sits at the center of a…

[ad_1] New York CNN  —  Two research analysts made waves last week when they called for a major shakeup at tech giant Apple. The analysts weren’t suggesting a logo or product redesign. Instead, they called for the replacement of Tim Cook, the CEO who directly succeeded Steve Jobs in 2011 and helped catapult the company to its $3 trillion valuation. Walter Piecyk and Joe Galone of LightShed Partners, a New York-based technology, media and telecommunications research firm, are questioning whether Cook is still the right person to lead one of the world’s most valuable companies amid concerns that it’s fallen…

[ad_1] Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The writer is chief executive of Lloyds Banking Group and a member of the British Infrastructure Taskforce and the Defence & Economic Growth TaskforceThere has been some sobering news on the state of the UK economy over the past week. Weaker than expected data showed a contraction in GDP in May, the second month in a row of decline. That came after a warning by the Office for Budget Responsibility that the country’s ability to respond to future shocks has been severely…

[ad_1] Nvidia said it plans to resume deliveries of its H20 AI chips to China because of assurances from the US government that shipments will be approved.Nvidia, in a blog post dated July 14, said the company “hopes to start deliveries soon” to China, given these assurances.This announcement comes days after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang met with President Donald Trump and policymakers to talk about the US’s domestic AI infrastructure.Huang is in China now and has had meetings with government officials and industry leaders in Beijing, per Nvidia’s blog post.The announcement from Nvidia indicates a sharp reversal from the Trump…

[ad_1] Reuters  —  Nvidia (NVDA) said it plans to resume sales of its H20 artificial intelligence chip to China, days after its CEO, who is visiting Beijing, met US President Donald Trump. Nvidia’s AI chips have been a key focus of US export controls designed to keep the most advanced chips out of Chinese hands amid national security concerns, restrictions that the US-listed company said would cut its revenue by $15 billion. The world’s most valuable firm is filing applications with the US government to resume sales to China of the H20 graphics processing unit (GPU), and expects to get…

[ad_1] Tesla just revealed its new robotaxi geofence, and its shape is raising eyebrows.Rolled out in the morning of July 14, some early users of Tesla’s robotaxi app immediately noticed that the shape of the new geofence in Austin resembles that of the male appendage.It is unclear whether the shape was intentional, but Tesla and its CEO, Elon Musk, don’t seem to oppose that idea.Musk reposted a video by X account Teslaconomics, now viewed over 17 million times, which seems to be the first to notice the shape of the new geofence, adding that it’s “bigger, longer, and uncut.”Tesla’s official robotaxi account…

[ad_1] Top members of Meta’s new Superintelligence Lab discussed pivoting away from the company’s powerful open source AI model, Behemoth, and instead developing a closed model, reports The New York Times.  Sources told The Times that Meta had completed training on Behemoth, but delayed its release due to underwhelming internal performance. When the new Superintelligence Lab launched, testing on the model reportedly halted.  The discussions are just that — discussions. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg would still need to sign off on any changes, and a company spokesperson told TechCrunch that Meta’s position on open source AI is “unchanged.” “We plan…

[ad_1] Today, July 14, is your last chance to file a claim in the 23andMe bankruptcy case.The genetic testing firm, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March, is offering eligible customers the chance to seek damages tied to a 2023 data breach that exposed the sensitive personal information of nearly 7 million users.The breach includes names, ancestry results, relationship data, and shared DNA percentages.Customers have until 11:59 p.m. CT Monday, July 14, to file claims electronically, or until 4:59 p.m. CT if submitting by mail. The deadline was originally set in May by the US Bankruptcy Court for the…

[ad_1] Hong Kong CNN  —  China reported better-than-expected economic growth for the second quarter in the face of an ongoing trade war with the United States, as diversification efforts to non-US markets buoyed exports. Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 5.2% in the second quarter from the same period a year earlier, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) at a press conference on Tuesday. That was higher than the average predictions of 5.1%, based on a poll of 40 economists surveyed by Reuters on Friday. The GDP growth in the second quarter was a slowdown from a 5.4% expansion…