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SHANGHAI, CHINA – JULY 17: Chinese President Xi Jinping waves as he arrives at the opening ceremony of the World AI Conference on July 17, 2026 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Ng Han Guanpour/Getty Images)Pool | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesChinese President Xi Jinping on Friday positioned China as the global South’s artificial intelligence partner, saying countries should come together to build AI and help developing countries as well. Speaking at the World AI Conference in Shanghai, President Xi announced that China will provide 5,000 opportunities for AI training and seminar programs to developing countries, as well as develop…

US President Donald Trump gave an unusual prime-time speech in which he claimed the government’s “cover-up” and “weakness” of the country’s election system.But experts were quick to point out that Trump had failed to provide any conclusive evidence that past presidential elections were influenced by fraud.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listIn many ways, President Trump’s speech Thursday revisited themes familiar to Republican leaders.He made broad accusations of a “deep state” conspiracy involving his Democratic predecessors, Barack Obama and Joe Biden, and lashed out at news organizations and close enemies such as China.For years, Trump has promoted baseless claims…

That is the ultimate punishment. But for President Donald Trump, who was once aiming for the Nobel Peace Prize for ending the war, military force has somehow become a casual tool, a kind of background effect for coaxing Iran into diplomacy. The deployment of the largest military machine in history is the most critical mission facing America’s commander-in-chief. The Pentagon may have reduced public information about U.S. military casualties and facility damage, but both are still risks and realities. Dozens of Iranians have been killed since the last attack and counterattack began, and thousands more since February. Normalizing violence itself…

Beijing — When US President Donald Trump accused China of misusing US election data in a televised speech from Washington, China, on the other side of the world, Xi Jinping was sending a very different message. “Beijing is a responsible global leader, keen to shape the future of technology for good,” President Xi told hundreds of technology executives, researchers and industry officials gathered in Shanghai on Friday for the opening of China’s flagship artificial intelligence summit. “As AI advances at breakneck speed, we must ensure that its development is positive, good, and for the benefit of humanity,” Xi said in…

IRS CEO Frank Bisignano, who was tapped to lead the Trump account expansion, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” Thursday that he expects every family will one day be able to have one of the new tax-deferred investment accounts for their children.”We can register people very easily. I think the goal is to get 70 million kids under 18 to have a Trump account,” Bigisnano said. To date, families have enrolled 6.5 million children, according to a July 10 tally from the U.S. Treasury Department.”Every family should sign up for a Trump account,” Bisignano said.Read more CNBC’s personal finance coverageMr. Bisignano, who…

President Donald Trump (left) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.).Reuters | Getty ImagesSen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts said Thursday that the Trump administration’s overhaul of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has cost Americans up to $26.5 billion so far, marking the latest Democratic criticism of sweeping changes to the agency.In a report first shared with CNBC, Warren said the numbers were largely due to moves the CFPB took under Acting Director Russell Vought to roll back rules capping credit card fees and overdraft fees.The report was released as Vought faces a Senate oversight hearing Thursday regarding these and other actions, including…

Canada – 2025/08/07: In this illustrated photo, the SoftBank Group (SoftBank) logo is displayed on the smartphone screen. (Photo illustration: Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket, Getty Images)Sopa Images | Light Rocket | Getty ImagesAsian tech stocks fell on Friday as a fresh selloff in U.S. semiconductor stocks spread across Asia, highlighting growing concerns over AI spending.shares of Softbank Chip equipment makers fell 9.2% Tokyo Electron lost 9%, Advantest It fell 9.4%, marking Wall Street’s steepest losses overnight. Japanese memory chip manufacturer Kioxia The company plunged more than 14% on Thursday after a federal jury in Texas found that the company had infringed…

A live feed shows SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on the day of SpaceX’s initial public offering (IPO) on June 12, 2026, on the Nasdaq Market site in New York City, USA. Gina Moon | ReutersShort sellers are rapidly increasing their stakes space xmaintains a bearish position with nearly a third of the company’s public shares as the struggling stock remains below its IPO offering price.According to S3 Partners, about 185 million SpaceX shares are currently sold short, representing about 29% of the company’s publicly traded shares, and bearish bets amounting to about $25 billion. The position has ballooned from an…

On Monday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were directed to stop most traffic stops after an ICE agent shot and killed a man in Biddeford, Maine.The major shift in tactics also came days after federal agents shot and killed a Mexican immigrant during a traffic stop in Houston.But on Wednesday, President Donald Trump ordered the suspension to be reversed.The man who died in Maine was Joao Sebastian Duran Guerrero, 25, a food delivery driver from Colombia. He was authorized to work in the United States and had been issued a Social Security number, according to the Maine Immigrant Rights Coalition.…

Mr. Sudo will make you a sandwich. The future has arrived! DoorDash has introduced a limited beta of DoorDash CLI, a command-line tool for developers that lets you order DoorDash directly from your AI agent. The company says the tool can be used to locate stores, find deals, and check out. Today, we’re launching the DoorDash CLI in limited beta.With dd-cli, you can search stores, find the best prices, checkout, and order DoorDash directly from an agent.Early access with waiting list for macOS developers in the US/Canada. I can’t wait to see what everyone builds! pic.twitter.com/rSFhjJnvjJ— Andy Fang (@andyfang) July…