The White House announced “a dedicated, coordinated national effort to unleash a new age of AI‑accelerated innovation and discovery that can solve the most challenging problems of this century,” the Genesis Mission, according to an executive order published on Monday. The mission will train AI agents to test hypotheses, automate research workflows and accelerate innovation…
SoftBank pumps $2B into Intel after Trump’s gripes over CEO’s China ties
A week after the U.S. President publicly urged Intel’s new CEO, Lip‑Bu Tan, to step down over alleged ties to Chinese companies, SoftBank Group threw the embattled U.S. chipmaker a $2 billion lifeline. Intel will issue new shares to SoftBank at $23 each, just under a 2% stake that instantly puts the Japanese conglomerate among…
Trump tags Intel CEO as ‘conflicted’ and wants him gone
Intel Corp.’s board barely had time to hand Lip-Bu Tan the keys to the corner office before President Donald Trump grabbed a megaphone. On August 7, 2025, the president blasted Intel’s CEO as “highly conflicted” and called on the chipmaker’s newly installed leader to step down. Coming from a sitting U.S. president, the public rebuke…
Where Harris and Trump stand on the future of American science
[Adobe Stock] Updated on October 20, 2024 with new details The current Biden-Harris administration and potential Republican approaches offer different visions for the future of American science. While the Biden-Harris team emphasizes investments in climate change mitigation and clean energy, conservative approaches have historically focused on deregulation and achieving energy independence through traditional energy sources.…