Tan eyes 14A pivot as Intel rethinks foundry future

Tan eyes 14A pivot as Intel rethinks foundry future

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan. Laure Andrillon/Reuters Intel’s new CEO is exploring a big change to its contract manufacturing business to win major customers, two people familiar with the matter have said, in what is a potentially expensive shift from his predecessor’s plans. If implemented, the new strategy for what Intel calls its “foundry” business would…

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Africa: Chakwera Courts Africa’s Richest Man – Dangote Eyes Investment in Malawi’s Key Sectors

Africa: Chakwera Courts Africa’s Richest Man – Dangote Eyes Investment in Malawi’s Key Sectors

President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has met with Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, in Abuja, Nigeria, where he is attending the 32nd Afrexim Bank Annual Summit. Hot on the heels of another high-level meeting with billionaire Tony Elumelu, Chakwera’s engagement with Dangote marks a deliberate strategy to court heavyweight African investors capable of shifting Malawi’s economic…

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Apple eyes Perplexity AI acquisition

Apple eyes Perplexity AI acquisition

Apple Inc. executives are reportedly in early internal discussions about a potential bid for artificial intelligence start-up Perplexity AI. This move signals Apple’s intent to bolster its AI talent and technology, particularly as its lucrative long-standing agreement with Google faces threats from US antitrust enforcers. That partnership, which makes Google the default search engine on…

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