Tesla lifts Nasdaq to record-high close, S&P 500 dips
June 23 - The Nasdaq climbed to a record-high close on Wednesday, fueled by a rally in Tesla Inc , while the S&P 500 dipped, even as investors cheered data that showed a record peak for U.S. factory activity in June.Gains in Nvidia Corp and $Facebook$ Inc extended a recent rebound in top-shelf growth stocks that fell out of favor in recent months as investors focused on companies expected to do well as the economy recovers from the pandemic.Data firm IHS $Markit$ said its flash U.S. manufacturi
Google claims it is using A.I. to design chips faster than humans
Google said in a paper in the journal Nature on Wednesday that a chip that would take humans months to design can be dreamed up by its new AI in less than six hours.The AI has already been used to develop the latest iteration of Google’s tensor processing unit chips.The tech giant’s engineers noted in the paper that the breakthrough could have “major implications” for the semiconductor sector.Googleclaims that it has developed artificial intelligence software that can design computer chips faste