Nathan Gomes

1 week ago | timeslive.co.za | Niket Nishant |Nathan Gomes |Gursimran Kaur |Krystal Hu

19 June 2025 - 11:20 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. Microsoft invested $1bn (R18.12bn) in OpenAI in 2019 to support the startup's development of AI technologies on its Azure cloud platform. Since then, however, OpenAI has been looking for ways to reduce its reliance on the tech heavyweight. File photo.

1 week ago | businesslive.co.za | Niket Nishant |Nathan Gomes |Krystal Hu

New York — OpenAI executives have considered accusing Microsoft, the company’s major backer, of anticompetitive behaviour in their partnership, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. OpenAI’s effort could involve seeking a federal regulatory review of the terms of its contract with Microsoft for potential violations of antitrust law, as well as a public campaign, the report said.

2 weeks ago | freep.com | Abhinav Parmar |Nathan Gomes

Abhinav Parmar and Nathan GomesReutersChina granted temporary export licenses to rare-earth suppliers of the top three U.S. automakers, including Ford, earlier this month, according to a Reuters report. Ford Motor Co. is struggling with supplies of rare earth magnets, the automaker's CEO Jim Farley told Bloomberg News in an interview on Friday.

2 weeks ago | gurutrade.com | Abhinav Parmar |Nathan Gomes |Leroy Leo

June 13 (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co is struggling with supplies of rare earth magnets, the automaker's CEO Jim Farley told Bloomberg News in an interview on Friday. China, which controls more than 90% of global rare earth processing capacity, imposed new export licensing rules in April, tightening supply to Western manufacturers of everything from cars and fighter jets to household appliances.

2 weeks ago | cp24.com | David Gaffen |Nathan Gomes |Anil D'Silva

Shares of U.S. Steel dipped after a Nippon Steel executive told the Japanese Nikkei newspaper that its planned acquisition of the company required "a degree of management freedom" to go ahead, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would exercise "total control" over the U.S. steelmaker. The comments signal that last-minute discussions continue regarding the structure of the deal, which was opposed by then-U.S. President Joe Biden and Trump when it was first proposed.