Tech Report: Intel bailout, Apple Watch update, Google spam issue, AI antibiotics breakthrough

Intel and the Trump administration are reportedly discussing a potential U.S. government financial stake.

(LILAMAX)- Intel and the Trump administration are reportedly discussing a potential U.S. government financial stake in the troubled chip maker, according to the Wall Street Journal. The move could support the president’s America-first manufacturing agenda while easing political pressure on Intel’s beleaguered CEO. Details of how such a deal would be structured are still being worked out.

In tech news, Apple is rolling out a redesigned blood oxygen feature to some Apple Watch users. The update applies to Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Apple Watch Ultra 2 devices. The feature comes amid a yearslong intellectual property dispute with Masimo over the technology.

The New York Post reports that Google has flagged Republican fundraising emails as “dangerous” spam this summer, preventing them from reaching Gmail users while similar Democratic solicitations were unaffected. Targeted Victory, whose clients include the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rep. Steve Scalise, and Sen. Marsha Blackburn, said the issue persisted as recently as June and July. A Google spokesperson said the company evaluates multiple signals equally for all senders, regardless of political affiliation.

Artificial intelligence is also making headlines in medicine. Researchers at MIT say AI has designed two new potential antibiotics that could kill drug-resistant gonorrhea and MRSA. The compounds were created atom-by-atom and successfully killed the superbugs in lab and animal tests. However, the drugs still require years of refinement and clinical trials before they could be available to patients.