17 place 142 fresh
You've got to hand it to Elon Musk: He is great at getting attention for his causes. In the latest example, the OpenAI cofounder-turned-rival made a $97.4 billion bid for the assets of OpenAI’s nonprofit—namely, control over the OpenAI for-profit arm that runs ChatGPT. This is all part of Musk’s monthslong effort to stop the for-profit from getting out from under the control of the nonprofit by converting to a public benefit corporation. Musk’s bid argues that the nonprofit won’t be properly valued during t
A newsletter a day!
You may get 10 most important news around midday in daily newsletter. Press the button and we will send you the most important news only, no spam attached.
LIKE us on Facebook so you won't miss the most important news of the day!
The Information
DeepSeek matches ChatGPT at just 10% of typical development costs. Dramatic shift in AI development could democratise the technology but raises security concerns A dramatic shift in open-source AI development is emerging from China, where startup DeepSeek fundamentally challenges how artificial intelligence evolves. By making its technology freely available for anyone to download, modify, and... Read more » Read more ›
13,928 fresh
On Tuesday, Shopify shut down the Yeezy store run by Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) after it listed shirts with swastikas for sale. Ye advertised the site in a commercial shown during the Super Bowl on Sunday. It previously sold things like sneakers and t-shirts, but on Monday, the only item for sale was […] Read more ›
4,626 fresh
Disney told employees in a memo it was shifting DEI efforts to prioritize business goals and company values. Read more ›
4,123 fresh
Google users noticed cultural holidays have been disappearing from their calendars, as the company moves to recognize only public holidays. Read more ›
3,582 fresh
Investigation of a melting RTX 5090 has revealed a new uneven current distribution problem which leads to dangerously high temperatures. Read more ›
1,762 fresh
Compulsion Games' South of Midnight offers a distinctly emotional look at the U.S. deep south through the lens of folk and folklore. Read more ›
1,682 fresh
Podcasts have well and truly gone mainstream, and Netflix wants to host them. Read more ›
1,504 fresh
The Musk minion has been made a "senior advisor" at America's diplomatic agency. Read more ›
1,428 fresh
James Howells has been chasing his lost hard drive for more than a decade now. Read more ›
1,281 fresh
Make sure you're getting enough water daily everywhere you go and save money while you're at it. Read more ›
1,258 fresh
Sam Altman hit back at Elon Musk's bid for OpenAI, saying he's acting from "a position of insecurity" and should focus on "building better products." Read more ›
1,121 fresh
While the chatbot still seems to lean left on many issues, its bias is changing. Read more ›
1,116 fresh
Hurricane Michael caused $5 billion in damage to Florida’s Tyndall Air Force Base in 2018. Read more ›
999 fresh
Google Maps now labels the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America when viewed within the U.S., following President Donald Trump's executive order. Read more ›
883
Plus, a new take on Thomas Ray's Silencer is headed to the big screen. Read more ›
789 fresh
Google Maps now officially shows the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America if you open the app in the US. In a blog post, Google said it rolled out the named change because the government has already updated the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which decides the "federal and national standard for geographic nomenclature." One of the executive orders President Donald Trump signed in January when he took... Read more ›
771 fresh
As of Monday night, when users in the US search for "Gulf of Mexico" in Google Maps, they are presented with a result for "Gulf of America." Read more ›
769
Google maintains its stronghold as AI-powered search engines struggle to shift market dynamics. Read more ›
714 fresh
BuzzFeed plans on launching a new social platform “built specifically to spread joy and enable playful creative expression.” In a blog post published on Tuesday, BuzzFeed co-founder and CEO Jonah Peretti highlights the “growing discontent” with platforms using AI-driven algorithms to keep users glued to their screens, adding that BuzzFeed’s social network would use AI […] Read more ›
677 fresh
The Information
Lina Khan is out of the government, but she hasn’t given up her crusade against big tech. The former Federal Trade Commission chair has written an opinion piece for The New York Times suggesting the success of China’s artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek is a sign that “there isn’t enough competition” in the tech industry. Perhaps Lina Khan is living on a different planet. In the U.S., aside from ChatGPT parent... Read more ›
34
How painful would it be for ByteDance to shut down TikTok in the U.S. altogether? Such a question may be moot if you only listened to President Donald Trump, who has frequently weighed in on the likelihood of a deal to sell TikTok’s U.S. operations—perhaps to Oracle, maybe to Elon Musk, or even to the U.S. government itself! But as we’ve reported here and as the Washington Post reminded us... Read more ›
34
JPMorgan Chase’s $917 million investment in a Greek fintech company has gone so wrong that the bank last year offered to sell back half of its stake at a valuation of $175 million. The fintech, Viva Wallet, didn’t take the offer. JPMorgan responded with a lawsuit that accused Viva’s founder of bullying and threatening its representatives. It demanded its full investment back, plus interest. Whoever wins this fight, the deal... Read more ›
30
Hugging Face, a repository for open-source artificial intelligence, has laid off about 10 people from its sales team, according to a person with direct knowledge of the cuts. That’s around 4% of the 250-person company. The cuts impacted Hugging Face’s consulting business, “Expert Support ... Read more ›
28
Amazon’s sales grew 10% year-over-year to $187.8 billion in the fourth quarter, the company said Thursday. Operating income, meanwhile, grew 61% to $21.2 billion, in part as the company kept a lid on logistics costs. Most of Amazon’s business lines reported steady or slightly slowing growth ... Read more ›
24
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: The Thiel protégé set to dispense a dose of abrupt change to the U.S. Health Department• The Top 5: The best high-tech protective gear for skiers and snowboarders• Plus, our Recommendations: A tricky traitor in the Troubles; a deeply researched television set; and Michael Fassbender goes James Bond–ish Oh, bonjour, Monsieur le Vice-Président! Next week, JD Vance will bid adieu to the... Read more ›
18
Republican Senator Bill Hagerty on Tuesday introduced a bill to create a regulatory framework on stablecoins, representing the first push in Congress to pass a crypto legislation under the new Trump administration. Stablecoins—crypto tokens pegged to dollars and backed by U.S. treasuries and ... Read more ›
14
Google doesn’t get the accolades OpenAI, Anthropic and DeepSeek are getting in advancing artificial intelligence, but it’s arguably doing some things right.Case in point: On Wednesday, Google made a trio of new Gemini AI models generally available to app developers, including a reasoning model akin to OpenAI’s o1 and the much-discussed DeepSeek R1. The models themselves are nearly as good as those of Google’s rivals, according to the Chatbot Arena... Read more ›
6
The falling cost of artificial intelligence—underscored by the arrival of DeepSeek—is likely to pressure software firms to stop charging customers for ChatGPT-like features such as summarizing documents and automatically drafting emails, which are fast becoming a commodity, executives from security firm Palo Alto Networks and file storage firm Box told me. The executives didn’t name names, but they’re likely referring to companies such as Microsoft and Salesforce that have been... Read more ›
1
Meta Platforms is merging the teams behind Facebook and Messenger into one unit as the company prepares for layoffs across the business next week. Under the change, the head of Messenger, Loredana Crisan, will move to the company’s generative artificial intelligence group, while Facebook’s chief ... Read more ›
0
Most popular sources
Gizmodo
|
25% 11 |
Business Insider
|
21% 5 |
Tech Wire Asia
|
13% |
The Verge
|
9% 7 |
Mashable
|
7% 1 |
| View sources » | |
LIKE us on Facebook so you won't miss the most important news of the day!
11.02.2025 15:05
Last update: 15:01 EDT.
News rating updated: 22:02.
What is Times42?
Times42 brings you the most popular news from tech news portals in real-time chart.
Read about us in FAQ section.
popular
