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Apple says some AI improvements to Siri delayed to 2026

By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – Some artificial intelligence improvements to Apple’s voice assistant Siri will be delayed until 2026, the company said on Friday. In a statement, Apple said it has “been working on a more personalized Siri, giving it more awareness of your personal context, as well as the ability to take action for you within and across your apps. It’s going to take us longer than we thought to deliver on these features … Read more…

Elon Musk’s xAI buys new property in Memphis amid supercomputer expansion

(Reuters) – Elon Musk-owned artificial intelligence firm xAI has bought a 1-million-square-foot property in Southwest Memphis, Tennessee, the Greater Memphis Chamber said on Friday, as the startup looks to expand its AI infrastructure amid intensifying competition in the industry. The new investment builds on the company’s earlier announcement in December, in which it laid out plans to expand its Colossus supercomputer to house at least one million graphics processing units (GPUs) in the state. Colossus … Read more…

Pentagon software buying process shifts towards more access

By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Defense is shifting how it buys software eyeing greater access to commercial and non-traditional software providers as the Pentagon hopes to rapidly modernize its weapons and business systems. In a memo dated March 6, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth directed the Department of Defense (DoD) to prioritize a new software acquisition effort he hopes will enhance the lethality of the U.S. military. The memo will … Read more…

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Trump’s shipbuilding plan could upend ocean cargo industry, companies warn

By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s plan to revitalize the U.S. shipping industry could heap massive costs on ocean transport operators and spawn a new round of supply chain chaos around the world, executives told Reuters. Trump’s administration aims to pay for an American shipbuilding comeback with help from potentially hefty port fees on Chinese-built vessels as well as ships from fleets with China-made vessels, according to a draft executive order … Read more…

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Nasdaq plans 24-hour trading as global appetite for US stocks grows

By Manya Saini (Reuters) -Nasdaq Inc plans to introduce 24-hour trading on its flagship U.S. exchange to capitalize on growing global demand for U.S. equities, a senior executive said in a social media post on Friday. International demand for the lucrative U.S. equity market has surged in recent years, driven by rising retail participation, increasing financial literacy, and easier access to digital trading platforms. The exchange operator has started discussions with regulators and expects to … Read more…

US likely to ban Chinese app DeepSeek from government devices, WSJ reports

(Reuters) – The Trump administration is likely to ban Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek from U.S. government devices over national-security concerns, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing unnamed sources. U.S. officials are worried about DeepSeek’s handling of user data, which the company says it stores in servers located in China, the report said. Administration officials were also considering banning the chatbot from app stores and putting limits on how U.S.-based cloud service providers could … Read more…

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Fed expected to cut rates in June as jobs data raises potential red flags

(Reuters) – The Federal Reserve will head into its March 18-19 policy meeting with the labor market strong overall but showing some potential early signs of weakening, a development that could put the U.S. central bank in a tough spot if inflation remains high and the Trump administration’s tariffs add to price pressures. U.S. job growth picked up in February, the Labor Department reported on Friday, with employers adding 151,000 jobs. That’s well above the monthly … Read more…

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The Tariff Debacle – by Justin Vaughn

(Justin Vaughn, Editor, Options Trading Report) The Nasdaq Composite led the indexes lower for the month of February, off 4% as the late Friday rally was short lived. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500 and the small cap value stock Russell 2000 struggled both losing to end the month. Tariff jockeying by President Trump continued to unsettle investors and traders. President Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky sparred in White House discussions regarding … Read more…

Chinese AI firm iFlyTek eyes Europe expansion as US trade war heats up

BARCELONA (Reuters) – Chinese artificial intelligence firm iFlyTek is planning to expand its European business as trade tensions rise between the United States and China, Vice President Vincent Zhan said. “The U.S. and China trade war has some impact for us,” Zhan said in an interview on the sidelines of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, adding that North America is the company’s largest market outside China in terms of demand. Zhan said … Read more…

US House panel subpoenas Alphabet over content moderation

(Reuters) – The U.S. House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed Alphabet on Thursday seeking its communications with former President Joe Biden’s administration about content moderation policies. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, a Republican, also asked the YouTube parent company for similar communications with companies and groups outside government, according to a copy of the subpoena seen by Reuters. The subpoena seeks communications about limits or bans on content about President Donald Trump, Tesla CEO and close … Read more…

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