The Regulatory Review

AMD has agreed to acquire World Labs in a deal valued at $8.2 billion, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The acquisition would be one of the chipmaker's largest, underscoring its push to expand beyond traditional processors into AI-related technologies. Details on timing and regulatory review were not immediately available.

Paramount, alongside state officials, has rejected calls to reopen or deepen the regulatory review of its merger deal. The pushback came after critics urged a closer examination of the agreement's terms and competitive impact. Both Paramount and the states involved maintain the deal has already been sufficiently scrutinized and should proceed as planned.

Four environmental organizations filed a petition Thursday urging the Federal Communications Commission to reverse its approval of a startup's plan to beam on-demand sunlight from space to Earth. The groups argue the agency failed to consider the project's potential impacts on wildlife and astronomy, reopening debate over how the FCC reviews emerging space-based technologies.

The US Food and Drug Administration has issued draft guidance for cardiovascular surgical robots, outlining the agency's current thinking on the development and review of robotic systems used in cardiac and vascular procedures. The document gives manufacturers and clinicians a framework to follow, and a public comment period typically allows stakeholders to give feedback before the guidance is finalized.

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has completed its environmental review for the planned restart of the Crane Clean Energy Center, the former Three Mile Island Unit 1 reactor in Pennsylvania. The review is a key regulatory step toward restarting the plant, which is slated to supply power to Microsoft under an agreement with owner Constellation Energy.

Federal regulators have finalized the environmental impact study for the proposed expansion of the Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas export facility on the Louisiana-Texas coast. The completion of the environmental review is a key step toward a final decision on the expansion, which would boost US LNG export capacity. The project is significant for global energy markets amid ongoing demand for American natural gas.