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Oracle Invokes ‘Force Majeure’ on Troubled ‘Project Jupiter’ AI Data Center

Oracle Corp. has sent a force majeure notice to a unit of Blue Owl Capital over Project Jupiter, the New Mexico data center at the center of the Stargate AI build-out. This contractual clause is invoked when a company believes that unavoidable events will delay completion of the work, which seems to be Oracle’s opinion of its troubled data center project.

Larry Ellison Chairman of Oracle

Oracle Cuts 21,000 Jobs as AI Adoption Accelerates

Software giant Oracle disclosed in a regulatory filing that it has eliminated 21,000 positions over the past year, representing nearly 13 percent of its workforce, as the software giant accelerates AI integration across its operations.

Larry Ellison of Oracle speaks on stage about AI

Report: China’s TikTok Builds U.S. Version of App Ahead of Potential Sale

China’s TikTok is reportedly planning to launch a new app tailored specifically for U.S. users in September as the company seeks to address national security concerns and comply with federal legislation. The move could signal that Tiktok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance is close to selling its American operations to comply with federal legislation.

gay man filming a TikTok video

China’s TikTok Fails to Live Up to Promise on Protecting Data of U.S. Users

China’s TikTok said it has spent $1.5 billion developing an operation meant to convince U.S. lawmakers that it is safe for Americans to use the app. The company’s executives have also promised to wall-off U.S. user data and bring in engineers and third parties to verify the algorithm functions without interference from the Chinese Communist regime. TikTok, however, has so far failed to live up to its promises.

CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 20: The TikTok logo is displayed outside a TikTok offic

Chinese State Media Call TikTok Deal ‘Highway Robbery’

Last week, Chinese Communist state media were hailing a prospective deal between Chinese company ByteDance, Oracle, and Walmart for control of the TikTok social media platform as a huge win for ByteDance and China, and a crushing defeat for President Donald Trump — The terms of the deal, however, changed a little over the ensuing week, prompting Chinese media to denounce it as “highway robbery” on Friday.

President Donald Trump gave TikTok six weeks to sell its US operations