semafor.comadded August 2026
Semaforby Kelsey Warner1d ago
“Designed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.” Packaging on a new laptop from HUMAIN bears this statement — in a not-so-subtle nod to Apple — seen in a teaser video posted by Tareq Amin, CEO of the...
Semaforby Ed Clowes1d ago
Cutting Iran off completely from the UAE could deal a serious blow to the Islamic Republic’s economy — but experts say disentangling the pair’s commercial ties could prove difficult.
Semaforby Jeronimo Gonzalez1d ago
The US International Development Finance Corporation is stepping in to fund rare earths production in Africa as private investors remain reluctant to finance the sector, a key battleground in...
Semaforby Jeronimo Gonzalez1d ago
The powerful sister of North Korea’s dictator denied that US President Donald Trump had been in touch with Pyongyang about holding talks this year.
Semaforby Prashant Rao1d ago
The Trump administration sought to lower interest rates with rhetoric and repurchases, as Washington’s debt crossed a significant milestone.
Semaforby Prashant Rao1d ago
More oil than previously thought appears to be making its way out of the Gulf, helping keep elevated oil prices from spiking further.
Semaforby Prashant Rao1d ago
US President Donald Trump threatened to expand his use of economic pressure to end the war in Iran, warning countries that traded with Tehran of severe consequences.
Semaforby Liz Hoffman1d ago
The News When the Carlyle Group decided to get into the madcap data-center dash, it didn’t start by courting hyperscalers or Emirati royals. It called the US Army.
Semaforby Eleanor Mueller1d ago
President Donald Trump’s on-camera openness to US market access for Hyperliquid, a Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange that allows its users to trade anonymously, won’t thrill its domestic...
Semaforby Shelby Talcott1d ago
President Donald Trump’s latest step away from military escalation in Iran comes as the US side sees talks between Iran and Oman — which had appeared to be a rare fruitful negotiation path — as...
Semaforby Brendan Ruberry2d ago
Israel’s military said Wednesday it was launching criminal investigations into attacks that killed a Palestinian child and 15 Palestinian paramedics, the first such probes into troop conduct in...
Semaforby Brendan Ruberry2d ago
China on Wednesday ordered organizations and individuals not to comply with an EU probe of e-commerce giant JD.com’s acquisition of a German electronics retailer, escalating tensions between...
Semaforby Brendan Ruberry2d ago
An experimental vaccine prevented the return and spread of cancer in high-risk melanoma patients, Moderna and Merck announced Wednesday, a milestone in the pursuit of cancer therapies.
Semaforby Brendan Ruberry2d ago
SK Hynix announced it would buy back and cancel more than $28.6 billion of its shares, as the world’s second-biggest memory chipmaker acted to boost investor confidence after its shares sank...
Semaforby J.D. Capelouto2d ago
The Scoop China’s equivalent to YouTube is making a play for the rest of the world and courting non-Chinese creators to boost its appeal.
Semaforby David Weigel2d ago
The News As populist pushback builds against the AI industry and data centers that power it, Republicans who have cheered the AI boom are scrambling to find a new identity as middle-ground...
Semaforby Jake Angelo2d ago
The Cully Hill Boys, a new AI-generated movie starring licensed celebrity likenesses, marks a dramatic shift for the technology.
Semaforby Jake Angelo2d ago
Most AI-generated images trained on large datasets can’t be traced back to the data they were trained on, potentially throwing a curveball in intellectual property theft cases, a new study from...
Semaforby Reed Albergotti2d ago
One way to look at OpenAI slowing down its frontier model work because of safety concerns is that AI models are getting scarily powerful.
Semaforby J.D. Capelouto2d ago
When even US lawyers are comfortable with Chinese AI, it’s a sign that companies’ fears about security and censorship are abating.
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