Microsoft turns to Chevron’s gas to power a Texas data centre

The Chevron Microsoft gas deal hands the oil major a 20-year contract to power a giant West Texas data centre. For a company that built its AI plans on renewables and nuclear, that is a sharp turn. Ch [...]

Windscribe VPN CEO warns your favourite Facebook quizzes are actually stealing your bank details

Think those viral social media personality tests are just harmless fun? A top cybersecurity CEO warns that they are actually highly effective phishing traps designed to steal the answers to your bank& [...]

JD.com says robots will replace its 700,000 couriers

JD.com robots will eventually replace the company’s 700,000 couriers, its founder says. It is a rare admission that automation is coming for blue-collar jobs. Most tech bosses hedge when asked wheth [...]

Uber anchors Lime’s IPO as the scooter firm goes public

The Lime IPO has a price and an anchor investor: Uber, the ride-hailing giant that already owns a chunk of the scooter firm and is now backing its market debut. Lime is going public, and an old backer [...]

China hits back at the Pentagon with curbs on 56 US firms

China’s new trade curbs target 56 US companies, from rare-earth miners to drone makers. It is direct retaliation for Washington adding Chinese firms to its military blacklist. China has answered the [...]

Prosper AI raises $30M from a16z to automate the patient journey

Most of what makes American healthcare expensive happens before a doctor is ever in the room, and after. Someone schedules the appointment, confirms the insurance, works out what the patient owes, and [...]

OpenAI’s suspiciously clean balance sheet is about to get a hard look

OpenAI’s books show zero debt and just $46mn of quarterly capital spending. The catch, reported by The Information: around $665bn of commitments sitting just off the balance sheet, now heading for r [...]

SpaceX taps the bond market for the first time to fund AI

Fresh from a record IPO that helped make Elon Musk a trillionaire, SpaceX is raising at least $20bn in its debut bond sale to bankroll a vast AI build-out. SpaceX is about to do something none of Elon [...]

UPS pours $48 million into cold chain facilities as the biologics boom reshapes logistics

UPS has announced a $48 million investment in 27 temperature-controlled freight cross-dock facilities spanning the Americas, Europe, and Asia. The facilities are designed for short-term storage betwee [...]