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Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries, hits China harder with 125%
The U.S. stock market, which had suffered since President Trump unveiled his tariff plan, rose sharply after he announced a…
Boost team productivity with Amazon Q Business Insights
Employee productivity is a critical factor in maintaining a competitive advantage. Amazon Q Business offers a unique opportunity to enhance…
Trump tariffs spark US government debt sell-off
The cost of borrowing for the US government rose as confidence in the economy waned
European Union approves first set of retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports
The European Union on Wednesday voted to approve its first set of retaliatory measures to counter tariffs imposed by the…
China calls for world to unite against Trump’s ‘trade tyranny’
Manufacturers and exporters are scrambling after 104% levy on China-made goods comes into effect.
China says it will continue to take ‘resolute and forceful’ countermeasures as U.S. tariffs kick in
China’s foreign ministry reiterated Wednesday that it will take “resolute and forceful” measures to protect its own interests.
Trump’s tariffs are a blow for Vietnam’s economic ambitions
The tariffs are a huge blow for countries like Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia that rely on exports.
OpenAI Introduces the Evals API: Streamlined Model Evaluation for Developers
In a significant move to empower developers and teams working with large language models (LLMs), OpenAI has introduced the Evals…
Businesses face a sobering reality: Under Trump’s tariff plan, reducing reliance on China won’t be easy
Donald Trump’s move to impose tariffs on goods from around the world is leaving companies scrambling to decide where and…
Salesforce AI Released APIGen-MT and xLAM-2-fc-r Model Series: Advancing Multi-Turn Agent Training with Verified Data Pipelines and Scalable LLM Architectures
AI agents quickly become core components in handling complex human interactions, particularly in business environments where conversations span multiple turns…
As Trump hikes tariffs again, nervous businesses weigh what comes next
Business owners say the rapid change in US trade policy, including major tariffs on China, has left operations in flux.
Trump’s new reciprocal tariffs take effect on imports from around the world
President Trump brushed off concerns about stock market declines after his tariffs were announced. “America is going to be very…
Huawei Noah’s Ark Lab Released Dream 7B: A Powerful Open Diffusion Reasoning Model with Advanced Planning and Flexible Inference Capabilities
LLMs have revolutionized artificial intelligence, transforming various applications across industries. Autoregressive (AR) models dominate current text generation, with leading systems…
Dominican Republic nightclub collapse kills 79
More than 150 people are injured as rescuers continue search for survivors in Santo Domingo.
Wall Street starts to cut China growth forecasts as trade tensions with U.S. escalate
Citi on Tuesday became one of the first investment firms to lower its China growth forecast on escalating trade tensions…
Iran says it is ready for nuclear deal if US stops military threats
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Iran will “never accept coercion” ahead of Saturday’s talks in Oman.
Elon Musk ratchets up attacks on Navarro as Tesla shares slump for fourth day
With shares of Tesla plummeting on tariff concerns, CEO Elon Musk is taking to social media to slam top Trump…
How iFood built a platform to run hundreds of machine learning models with Amazon SageMaker Inference
Headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, iFood is a national private company and the leader in food-tech in Latin America, processing…
Treasury Secretary Bessent says China’s escalation was ‘big mistake,’ country playing with ‘losing hand’
Japan has been at the forefront of countries eager to negotiate, and the White House expects a multitude of others.
Build an enterprise synthetic data strategy using Amazon Bedrock
The AI landscape is rapidly evolving, and more organizations are recognizing the power of synthetic data to drive innovation. However,…
Sensor-Invariant Tactile Representation for Zero-Shot Transfer Across Vision-Based Tactile Sensors
Tactile sensing is a crucial modality for intelligent systems to perceive and interact with the physical world. The GelSight sensor…
Cambodia hit with highest Trump tariff, but manufacturing ‘absolutely not’ coming back to U.S., trade group says
Retailers rely on Cambodian factories, which were just hit with a 49% tariff rate by Trump. A trade group says…
This AI Paper Introduces an LLM+FOON Framework: A Graph-Validated Approach for Robotic Cooking Task Planning from Video Instructions
Robots are increasingly being developed for home environments, specifically to enable them to perform daily activities like cooking. These tasks…
Emirates President Tim Clark warns of ‘uncharted territory’ as tariffs hit global aviation
“It involves a measure of reset to a level that the global economy probably hasn’t seen since the financial crisis…
China is not backing down from Trump’s tariff war. What next?
The US-China trade war shows no signs of slowing down, leaving the world unsure of what to expect.
Crypto firm Ripple to buy primer broker Hidden Road for $1.25 billion
Crypto startup Ripple said Tuesday that it’s agreed to buy prime brokerage firm Hidden Road for $1.25 billion in the…
Vietnam has been a big beneficiary of global trade — Trump’s new tariffs threaten to derail that
Trump’s aggressive tariffs are threatening to derail Vietnam’s ambitious growth target as diplomatic overtures to Washington are unlikely to shift…
Market turbulence will not impact Mediobanca deal, Monte dei Paschi CEO says
Monte dei Paschi di Siena downplayed the potential impact of ongoing market turbulence on its 13-billion-euro offer for Mediobanca, telling…
A Code Implementation to Use Ollama through Google Colab and Building a Local RAG Pipeline on Using DeepSeek-R1 1.5B through Ollama, LangChain, FAISS, and ChromaDB for Q&A
In this tutorial, we’ll build a fully functional Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipeline using open-source tools that run seamlessly on Google…
This AI Paper Introduces Inference-Time Scaling Techniques: Microsoft’s Deep Evaluation of Reasoning Models on Complex Tasks
Large language models are often praised for their linguistic fluency, but a growing area of focus is enhancing their reasoning…
China says it will ‘fight to the end’ after Trump threatens 50% higher tariffs
Trump said he would impose an additional 50% duty on U.S. imports from China on Wednesday, if Beijing does not…
Llama 4 family of models from Meta are now available in SageMaker JumpStart
Today, we’re excited to announce the availability of Llama 4 Scout and Maverick models in Amazon SageMaker JumpStart and coming soon…
Trump threatens new 50% tariffs on China
The US president says he will introduce the additional tax unless Beijing withdraws its own 34% counter-tariff on American goods.
Multi-tenancy in RAG applications in a single Amazon Bedrock knowledge base with metadata filtering
Amazon Bedrock is a fully managed service that offers a choice of high-performing foundation models (FMs) from leading AI companies…
Apple’s 3-day loss in market cap swells to almost $640 billion
Apple is reeling over concerns that President Trump’s tariffs could force the iPhone maker to raise prices or accept lower…
Red Crescent calls for inquiry into Israel’s killing of Gaza paramedics
The organisation says the attack by Israeli troops on a convoy of ambulances constitutes a “fully-fledged war crime”.
Advanced tracing and evaluation of generative AI agents using LangChain and Amazon SageMaker AI MLFlow
Developing generative AI agents that can tackle real-world tasks is complex, and building production-grade agentic applications requires integrating agents with…
RARE (Retrieval-Augmented Reasoning Modeling): A Scalable AI Framework for Domain-Specific Reasoning in Lightweight Language Models
LLMs have demonstrated strong general-purpose performance across various tasks, including mathematical reasoning and automation. However, they struggle in domain-specific applications…
CEOs think the U.S. is ‘probably in a recession right now,’ says BlackRock’s Larry Fink
The asset management executive also said that the he thinks the tariffs of President Donald Trump could put upward pressure…
Trump asks US Supreme Court to block return of wrongly deported man
The administration argues that El Salvador cannot be compelled to return Mr Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the US.
University of Michigan Researchers Introduce OceanSim: A High-Performance GPU-Accelerated Underwater Simulator for Advanced Marine Robotics
Marine robotic platforms support various applications, including marine exploration, underwater infrastructure inspection, and ocean environment monitoring. While reliable perception systems…
Chemical burns, assaults, electric shocks – Gazans tell BBC of torture in Israeli detention
Interviews with five men held in the months after the Hamas attacks reveal allegations of violence and abuse, adding to…
UK loses bid to keep Apple appeal against demand for iPhone ‘backdoor’ a secret
Apple has triumphed over an effort from the U.K. government to keep secret details of its appeal against an order…
Bond yields tank around the world as investors take cover amid equity rout
Bonds are acting as a safe haven amid wider market turmoil — though the rally may not prove sustainable.
Myanmar fighting continues despite post-earthquake ceasefires
The UN received reports that Myanmar’s military had conducted attacks, while the military accused rebels of the same.
Why have Asian markets plunged?
Asian markets from Tokyo to Sydney plunged amid increasing fears of a global economic downturn.
Politicians urge calm in Europe after Trump tariffs drive ‘stock market earthquake’
“The stock market earthquake from Japan through Europe to America must be survived without nervous decisions,” Polish Prime Minister Donald…
Defense stocks plummet as Trump’s tariffs send shockwaves through global markets
European defense giants fell sharply on Monday, extending recent losses as investors grapple with a broad and severe stock market…