As Wall Street’s love affair with artificial intelligence heavyweights cools, ⁠some ⁠investors are pivoting to infrastructure companies they expect to benefit from AI capital ⁠spending, a shift that is spawning a slew of new products. After huge gains in recent years, shares in AI tech giants such ​as Alphabet and Amazon have suffered sharp declines as investors worry returns from their massive investment in developing smarter AI systems won’t justify such lofty valuations. T

A group of parents who said their children were harmed by social media gather outside of a tech addiction trial at California Superior Court of Los Angeles County in Los Angeles, on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, said on Wednesday that users spent a lot of time on Instagram because of its value, as he was grilled about child safety issues in front of a jury. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times) By ELI TAN In a crowded courtroom earlier this w

The S&P 500 ended higher on ⁠Wednesday, ⁠lifted by gains in Nvidia, Amazon ⁠and other technology-related heavyweights following recent jitters about artificial intelligence. Nvidia climbed after the ​world’s most valuable company said it had signed a multi-year deal to sell to Meta Platforms millions of its ‌current and future AI chips.  Sandisk, Western ‌Digital and Seagate Technology Holdings climbed for much of the session, adding to strong gains in recent months ⁠fueled b

Puerto Rico Restaurant Association President Sonia Navarro González and Economic Development Bank President Josué Rivera Castro By THE STAR STAFF The Puerto Rico Restaurant Association (ASORE by its acronym in Spanish) and the Economic Development Bank for Puerto Rico (EDB) signed a collaborative agreement Tuesday to facilitate access to financing options, business guidance, and growth capital for food and beverage businesses on the island. “The restaurant sector is a major d

OnMed’s CareStation, an 8-by-10-foot “clinic-in-a-box,” can be deployed in about 30 days and costs significantly less than traditional facilities. Each unit offers one-on-one virtual consultations supported by staff, real-time diagnostic tools, scans and vital sign monitoring in community-based locations. (X via OnMed) Plans to set up 10 CareStations  across island by end of year By THE STAR STAFF OnMed, a tech-enabled hybrid health care company, is expanding its presence in

An influenza vaccine dose in Mountain Lakes, N.J., Sept. 16, 2025. Distribution of the flu vaccine in the United States is on pace for its lowest level in 12 years. (Laila Stevens/The New York Times) By REBECCA ROBBINS In Massachusetts, Moderna is pulling back on vaccine studies. In Texas, a small company canceled plans to build a factory that would have created new jobs manufacturing a technology used in vaccines. In San Diego, another manufacturing company laid off workers.

What matters in U.S. ⁠and ⁠global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Finance and Markets By ⁠the standards of the year so far, the market-moving news flow has slowed to a trickle, with world ​markets subdued as Wall Street returns from its three-day weekend. Meantime, geopolitical attention shifts to Geneva today as the U.S. and Iran continue nuclear talks. I’ll get into that and more ‌below. But first, check out my latest column ‌on the trade-offs of a ‘global eur

A pedestrian crosses a street in Los Angeles, July 1, 2024. The federal Environmental Protection Agency said that manufacturers would no longer earn a credit for installing engines that automatically turn off when vehicles come to a complete stop and restart when drivers take their feet off the brake pedal. (Stella Kalinina/The New York Times) By AMANDA HOLPUCH The federal Environmental Protection Agency said late last week that manufacturers would no longer earn a credit for