An Austin-based technology startup whose maritime drones were used by the US military in combat for the first time this week plans to build a $3.2 billion shipyard in South Texas.

Apple Inc. is preparing to introduce its biggest overhaul to the iPad mini in half a decade, giving new life to a product that’s popular with travelers and technology enthusiasts.

Fora, an online platform for travel agents, has raised $60 million in funding at a $1 billion valuation, with the goal of adding artificial intelligence tools to help travel advisers accelerate their businesses.

Manhattan Beach Studios has been the site of filming for projects including Stars Wars: The Mandalorian, a TV series about a heavily armed bounty hunter in a galaxy far, far away.

US stock futures declined on Thursday as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s results failed to boost artificial-intelligence stocks and traders assessed a worsening situation in the Middle East.

Google faces a European Union directive to open up its Android operating system to artificial intelligence rivals for certain features and give search data to competing online engine providers.

Franklin Templeton’s main emerging equity fund has scaled back on memory chipmakers’ shares after their huge rally, instead favoring Chinese internet names such as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and Tencent Holdings Ltd.

The marquee listing of CXMT Corp. ignited a rush among retail investors as China’s homegrown memory giant opened books for an initial public offering to raise $9.8 billion, the second-largest in the nation’s history.

Beijing is shunning virtual lovers, which had grown into a popular social substitute

A three-year-old startup says it has produced a smart ring that can track blood pressure as accurately as a traditional arm cuff and that — eventually — it could be able to make medical diagnoses. If the company, called Vital Signals, can successfully deliver on the promise, it would represent a significant breakthrough in consumer wearables.

AI can make mistakes, and that’s a red line in healthcare.

Digi Spain Telecom SA shares opened higher in their debut in Spain on Thursday, completing a rare initial public offering in the country.

If Lionel Messi leads Argentina to an upset victory against Spain in its World Cup title defense this weekend, it will cap a profitable final stretch of games for US betting firms.

Atlas Copco AB’s orders blew past expectations on growing momentum at its chipmaking-exposed business, cementing the Swedish industrial company’s spot as a key beneficiary of the artificial intelligence boom.

Baidu Inc. plans to pursue a dual primary listing in the US and Hong Kong, a move that will allow it to tap mainland Chinese investors.

Japan is planning to buy 27,500 next-generation Rubin chips from Nvidia Corp. to build a homegrown foundational AI model for robots.

Uber Technologies Inc. has agreed to buy Delivery Hero SE in a deal that values the German food-delivery company at $14.8 billion and expands the US firm’s global operations.

In an industrial park on the outskirts of Beijing, a humanoid arm picks up a bag of Lay’s potato chips and places it neatly along a row of snacks on a shelf. Nearby, a worker films himself grabbing cushions off a sofa and folding sheets on a bed, recording videos that will be used to develop brains for robots.

ASML Holding NV plans to raise prices for its chipmaking equipment, setting up a potential clash with its biggest customer Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., according to a report in the Information citing people familiar with the matter.

Revenue from artificial intelligence has reached a tipping point, showing that the hundreds of billions of dollars tech companies are spending on it may be economically sustainable, according to a report from research firm Exponential View.