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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision Monday to scrap a planned delegation to Washington — a trip President Joe Biden personally requested a week ago, hoping to offer a constructive approach — amounts to a low point in the ever-deepening rift between the two men.

TOKYO, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Japan's NEC received multiple buyout offers from global private equity funds for iPhone supplier Japan Aviation Electronics Industry (6807.T), opens new tab before agreeing to sell back much of its 51% stake to the Japanese company at a discount, five people said.
At least three global funds all made offers to both NEC and its listed subsidiary JAE, indicating they were willing to pay substantial premiums to buy out the maker of electronics components, the people said, all of whom declined to be identified because the talks were private.

BENGALURU, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Israel's Tower Semiconductor (TSEM.TA), opens new tab has submitted a proposal to India's government to build an $8 billion chipmaking facility in the South Asian nation, national daily Indian Express reported on Sunday.
Tower, seeking government incentives for its plan, is looking to manufacture 65 nanometre and 40 nanometre chips in India, the report said.
The company and India's IT ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

White House touts $11 billion US semiconductor R&D program
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The White House on Friday touted the U.S. government's plan to spend $11 billion on semiconductor-related research and development and said it was launching the $5 billion National Semiconductor Technology Center.

Uber expects strong core profit as ride share, food delivery demand accelerates
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Uber Technologies forecast quarterly core profit and gross bookings above estimates and reported market-beating results for the holiday quarter on Wednesday, fueled by higher demand in its ride sharing and food delivery businesses.

Vision Pro headset is Apple's next Mac and TV combined
ANALYSIS · February 3, 2024
Apple's Vision Pro could upend how people watch television at home and how they use computers at work, potentially positioning the headset to be a successor to both traditional television and the Mac.

Feb 2 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms added $196 billion in stock market value on Friday, marking the biggest one-day gain by any company in Wall Street history after the Facebook parent declared its first dividend and posted robust results.
Meta's (META.O), opens new tab stock surged 20.3% for the session, also recording its biggest one-day percentage increase in a year and its third biggest since its 2012 Wall Street debut. Its stock market value now stands at more than $1.22 trillion.

Samsung sees tech devices demand recovering in 2024 after record chip loss
Technologycategory · January 31, 2024 · 6:31 AM GMT+3
Samsung Electronics flagged a continued recovery in memory chips and tech demand in 2024, after reporting a 34% drop in fourth-quarter profit despite a memory price rebound as consumer demand remained weak in many businesses.

Elon Musk's Neuralink implants brain chip in first human

The first human patient has received an implant from brain-chip startup Neuralink on Sunday and is recovering well, the company's billionaire founder Elon Musk said.
"Initial results show promising neuron spike detection," Musk said in a post on the social media platform X on Monday.
Spikes are activity by neurons, which the National Institute of Health describes as cells that use electrical and chemical signals to send information around the brain and to the body.
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Investors see Microsoft's stock market value leaving Apple behind
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Microsoft's early lead in artificial intelligence has the software heavyweight's stock market value poised to pull decisively ahead of Apple's over the next five years.