Former Yandex chief Volozh returns with AI infrastructure venture after Russia split By Alexander Marrow July 16 (Reuters) - Freed from its ties to Russia, newly unveiled Dutch firm Nebius hopes to help lead the great drive to build the infrastructure underpinning artificial intelligence, founder Arkady Volozh, who previously set up Russian tech giant Yandex, told Reuters.

UPDATE 1-Investors are optimistic but wary of geopolitics, BofA says Updates throughout By Amanda Cooper LONDON, July 16 (Reuters) - Expectations U.S. interest rates will fall, preventing a hard landing for the economy, has kept investors bullish, although geopolitics pose the biggest risk to that scenario, the Bank of America's global fund manager survey showed on Tuesday.

PREVIEW-ASML's order book expected to benefit from AI chip boom By Toby Sterling and Nathan Vifflin AMSTERDAM, July 16 (Reuters) - ASML ASML.AS , the top equipment supplier to computer chip makers, is expected to report an influx of new orders when its new boss delivers second-quarter results on Wednesday, as customers expand capacity to meet booming demand for AI chips.

FACTBOX-European regulators crack down on Big Tech Updates with latest on France's investigation in Nvidia July 15 (Reuters) - European regulators have launched a series of probes into Big Tech. In the latest move, the French antitrust regulator confirmed it was investigating Nvidia NVDA.O for allegedly anti-competitive practices. Here are some of the actions taken by European watchdogs against big technology companies: EUROPEAN UNION Apple AAPL.O will open its tap-and-go mobile payments system

French competition authority confirms investigation into Nvidia PARIS, July 15 (Reuters) - The French competition authority confirmed on Monday that an investigation is underway into chipmaker Nvidia NVDA.O over alleged anti-competitive practices. Benoit Coeure, president of the agency, told Reuters on the sidelines of a press briefing that the company would be charged "if the investigation is fruitful".