The U.S. government has approved the export of advanced AI chips to a Microsoft-operated facility in the UAE as part of the company's highly-scrutinized partnership with Emirati AI firm G42, two sources familiar with the deal told Axios.
Why it matters: The agreement between the tech giants is part of a U.S. effort to elbow China out of the UAE's rapidly expanding tech industry and disperse U.S.-developed AI technology around the world to counter China's Digital Silk Road.
Hobbies like knitting, sewing and quilting are helping people connect, and in some instances, bring in a little extra cash.
The big picture:Gardening and homesteading, needlepoint, crochet — all of these activities typically enjoyed by boomers are taking off with younger generations now, according to TikTok.
Old equipment and years of mergers and acquisitions are likely impeding the ability of telecommunications providers to toss Beijing out of their networks.
Why it matters: Until telecom networks fully secure their networks, China will keep finding ways to come back in, officials have warned.
Retired Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, the former head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, is joining the board of WitnessAI.
Why it matters: This is now the second AI company board that Nakasone has joined since leaving his government role in February. In June, he also joined OpenAI's board.
President-elect Trump on Friday defended his embattled Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth as his path to Senate confirmation appears in jeopardy.
Why it matters: Trump had remained conspicuously silent over the past few weeks as his Pentagon pick became embroiled in mounting scandals that threatened to tank his nomination.
President-elect Trump has assembled an administration of unprecedented, mind-boggling wealth — smashing his own first-term record by billions of dollars.
That's even without counting the ballooning fortunes of his prized outside adviser and the world's richest man: Elon Musk.
Why it matters: It's not hyperbole to call this a government of billionaires. Whether it acts as a government for billionaires — as Democrats argue is inevitable — could test and potentially tarnish Trump's populist legacy.
President-elect Trump's choice of David Sacks as his "White House AI & Crypto Czar" will put a controversial Silicon Valley veteran, ally of Elon Musk and popular podcaster in charge of the White House's emerging-tech policy.
Why it matters: For years, the tech industry's conservative-libertarian wing has complained that Washington's leaders and culture stifle innovation. Now it will be their turn to call the shots.
Elon Musk bank-rolled a PAC that sought to link the now-President elect Trump's views on abortion with those of the late liberal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, according to new campaign filings.
The big picture: Musk, who will co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in the incoming adminstration, spent more than $250 million in total in donations to Trump's presidential campaign, per the New York Times.
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