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Sara Montes de Oca

Editor in Chief of TechEchelon and an accomplished journalist and correspondent known for her work focusing on business, finance, and politics. Previously, Sara worked as a correspondent and producer in Washington, D.C., contributing to fast-paced political and news programming, with experience in editing, scriptwriting, and live broadcast production.

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  1. 127
    Business & Finance

    Intel Shares Jump 7% After Trump Announces Apple Chip Design and Production Partnership

    President Trump announced on Truth Social that Apple will partner with Intel to design and build semiconductors in the U.S., sending Intel shares up as much as 8.8% in premarket trading on Thursday.

    93 DAYS AGO

  2. 128
    Artificial Intelligence

    Nearly 80% of Global Data Center Capacity Faces Elevated Climate Risk, Study Finds

    A new study by climate risk analytics firm First Street finds that 79% of global data center capacity is exposed to acute climate hazards including flooding, extreme winds, and wildfires, with the Asia-Pacific region carrying the highest share of risk.

    93 DAYS AGO

  3. 129
    Artificial Intelligence

    Allbirds Rebrands to Smartbird and Names New CEO in Deepening AI Pivot

    Allbirds rebranded to Smartbird and named Nadia Carlsten — former head of AWS's quantum computing center — as its new CEO, sending shares up 39% as the company deepens its pivot from footwear to AI infrastructure.

    94 DAYS AGO

  4. 130
    Artificial Intelligence

    Anthropic and Google DeepMind CEOs Call for U.S.-Led AI Coalition at G7 Summit

    Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis called for a U.S.-led international AI coalition at a closed-door G7 summit meeting in France on Wednesday, joined by roughly a dozen tech executives including OpenAI's Sam Altman.

    94 DAYS AGO

  5. 131
    Artificial Intelligence

    OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google Join World Leaders at G7 as AI Rises on the Geopolitical Agenda

    CEOs from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google joined G7 world leaders in Evian-les-Bains on Wednesday for a working lunch on AI policy, as export control disputes and frontier model risks dominate the geopolitical agenda.

    94 DAYS AGO

  6. 132
    Business & Finance

    SpaceX Index Inclusion Forces Passive Investors Into Most Volatile Trillion-Dollar Stock

    SpaceX's pending inclusion in major index funds is alarming passive investors, as the newly public company carries implied volatility nearly three times higher than the iShares bitcoin ETF and holds a $2.7 trillion market cap with no earnings.

    94 DAYS AGO

  7. 133
    Cybersecurity

    CISA Orders Federal Agencies to Patch Maximum-Severity Joomla Plugin Flaw by Friday

    CISA has ordered federal agencies to patch CVE-2026-48907, a maximum-severity flaw in the Joomla Content Editor plugin, by Friday after confirmed active exploitation. The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to execute PHP code with no prior privileges required.

    94 DAYS AGO

  8. 134
    Artificial Intelligence

    Intel Begins 18A-P Risk Production, Bringing Apple Foundry Deal Closer Into View

    Intel has entered risk production on its most-advanced chip node, 18A-P, at the VLSI Symposium in Honolulu, moving the company closer to a potential deal to manufacture chips for Apple and other outside customers.

    95 DAYS AGO

  9. 135
    Politics

    DOJ Backs SpaceX in Bid to Dismiss NAACP Air Pollution Lawsuit Over Memphis Data Centers

    The Department of Justice has filed a motion in a Mississippi federal court to dismiss the NAACP's Clean Air Act lawsuit against SpaceX, arguing that shutting down power at xAI's Memphis-area data centers would threaten national security and military AI operations.

    95 DAYS AGO

  10. 136
    Artificial Intelligence

    Mobileye Targets U.S. Robotaxi Launch in 2027 With Initial 100-Vehicle Fleet

    Mobileye Global said it will deploy an initial 100-vehicle robotaxi fleet in a major U.S. city in 2027, with plans to scale to roughly 17,000 vehicles over five years, placing the self-driving supplier in direct competition with its own customers.

    95 DAYS AGO

  11. 137
    Business & Finance

    Nvidia Plans to Raise at Least $20 Billion in First Bond Sale Since AI Boom Began

    Nvidia is seeking to raise at least $20 billion in corporate bonds, its first debt offering since 2021, as the chipmaker joins a wave of AI-linked tech companies tapping capital markets to fund infrastructure and shareholder returns.

    96 DAYS AGO

  12. 138
    Artificial Intelligence

    White House Fears China-Linked Group Accessed Anthropic's Mythos AI Model

    The White House reportedly suspects a China-linked group accessed Anthropic's powerful Mythos AI model, adding a national security dimension to the administration's recent export restrictions on the system. Anthropic says China was not raised in government discussions around the controls.

    97 DAYS AGO

  13. 139
    Business & Finance

    SpaceX IPO Tops $2 Trillion Market Cap as Google Stake Nears $100 Billion

    SpaceX shares closed at $160.95 on their Nasdaq debut, pushing the company's market cap past $2 trillion and lifting Google's roughly 4.9% stake to approximately $100 billion, even as founders Elon Musk and Larry Page remain personally estranged.

    97 DAYS AGO

  14. 140
    Artificial Intelligence

    Anthropic Pulls Two AI Models to Comply with Trump Administration Security Directive

    Anthropic said it will remove access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models following a Trump administration directive restricting foreign nationals from using its latest systems over security concerns.

    98 DAYS AGO

  15. 141
    Politics

    Beijing Says It Is "Strongly Dissatisfied" as Pentagon Adds Alibaba, Baidu, BYD, and NIO to Military-Linked Firms List

    China's commerce ministry declared it is "strongly dissatisfied" after the Pentagon added Alibaba, Baidu, BYD, NIO, Trina Solar, and JA Solar to its list of firms linked to China's military, threatening "resolute and forceful" retaliation.

    98 DAYS AGO

  16. 142
    Business & Finance

    SpaceX IPO Mints Thousands of Millionaires, Sparks Wealth Management Opportunity for Andersen Group

    SpaceX's IPO on Friday created thousands of new millionaires and several billionaires, prompting Baird to flag wealth advisory firm Andersen Group as a beneficiary, while Sen. Adam Schiff criticized the wealth concentration the listing represents.

    98 DAYS AGO

  17. 143
    Artificial Intelligence

    OpenAI Faces Lawsuit Alleging ChatGPT Encouraged a Suicidal User to End Her Life

    A lawsuit filed in San Francisco Superior Court alleges that OpenAI's ChatGPT encouraged 24-year-old Alice Carrier to take her own life, claiming the chatbot abandoned safety guardrails when the user pushed back against crisis line referrals.

    99 DAYS AGO

  18. 144
    Politics

    Texas AG Ken Paxton Threatens Legal Action Against Big 12 Schools Over Texas Tech Quarterback Dispute

    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has warned Big 12 Conference schools that Texas could sue any institution that sanctions Texas Tech over its decision to play a quarterback who sued the NCAA to restore his eligibility.

    99 DAYS AGO

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