Anthropic launches new version of scaled-down ‘Haiku’ model

Anthropic has released Claude Haiku 4.5, the newest version of its smallest model, billed as offering similar performance to Sonnet 4 “at one-third the cost and more than twice the speed.”

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Cramer: This European company is key to understanding U.S.-China trade tensions

Dutch semiconductor equipment firm ASML makes complex machines that are essential in producing advanced semiconductors.

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Self-driving car companies Pony.ai and WeRide get the OK for Hong Kong listing

The Chinese AV companies are already traded on the Nasdaq.

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Meta partners up with Arm to scale AI efforts

Semiconductor firm Arm is partnering with Meta to enhance the social media company’s AI systems amid an unprecedented infrastructure buildout.

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Cyber giant F5 Networks says government hackers had ‘long-term’ access to its systems, stole code and customer data

The company, which provides cybersecurity defenses to most of the Fortune 500, said the DOJ allowed it to delay notifying the public on national security grounds.

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X plans to show more information about user profiles to help improve trust

X is working on new transparency features to help users identify who they’re interacting with, such as account creation date, location, username change history, and how each account uses the service.

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Walmart deploys millions of new sensors in retail’s first large-scale deployment of IoT tech

Walmart is deploying millions of ambient Internet of Things battery-free sensors throughout its U.S. supply chain to enhance services and add efficiencies.

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Nvidia, Microsoft, xAI and BlackRock part of $40 billion deal for Aligned Data Centers

MGX, BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners and members of Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership will buy the company.

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Apple announces new MacBook Pro, iPad Pro and Vision Pro with updated chip

Apple announced new MacBook Pro, iPad Pro and Vision Pro models on Wednesday with an updated M5 chip that allows them to run faster than their predecessors.

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Apple rival Honor launches AI phone tools that help users get online shopping discounts and more

Honor expects people will turn more to AI assistants rather than smartphone apps directly, President of Products Fei Fang told CNBC in an exclusive interview.

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