Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. will invest an additional $100 billionin U.S. chips production, the company and President Trump announced Monday, adding to its existing$65 billion commitment in Arizona.
Why it matters: TSMC, the world's leading chips manufacturer, wants to diversify its semiconductor manufacturing footprint outside of the political volatility in Taiwan amid tensions with China.
Vermillio, the Chicago-based AI licensing and protection platform, has raised a $16 million Series A co-led by DNS Capital and Sony Music, executives exclusively tell Axios
Why it matters: Sony Music's first investment in AI licensing seeks to protect its artists and support them in responsibly using generative AI tools.
President Trump's Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to suspend offensive cyber and information operations against Russia, according to multiplereports.
A project that's spent six years simulating scenarios of AI's future validates growing alarm among many observers that runaway competition will drive reckless adoption of unsafe technologies.
These simulations aren't running on some massive supercomputer in the cloud — they're powered by people sitting around a table scattered with cards and dice.
A significant storm system that threatens the South, Southeast and Mid-Atlantic with severe weather — and heavy snow in the Midwest — is set to hit less than a week after NOAA saw layoffs that affected about 800 staff.
Why it matters: This will be the first test of whether the loss of expertise from the cuts and early retirements last week will affect forecast and warning accuracy.
The battle over a single state Supreme Court seat in Wisconsin is on track to be among the most expensive judicial races in history, fueled by donations from big fundraising names such as Elon Musk and George Soros.
Why it matters: Democrats and Republicans alike see the Wisconsin race as having outsized importance in politics, stretching far beyond the Dairy State.
