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Google’s and Meta Platforms’ unconventional multibillion-dollar deals to obtain artificial intelligence talent have dominated headlines in recent weeks. But large technology companies including Meta, Amazon, Nvidia, Snowflake and cloud provider CoreWeave have gone beyond recruiting talent: Each has recently acquired at least one AI startup for their technology.
A pool of startups hasn’t raised capital in a while and could be primed for a takeover by large acquirers or other startups, while some in particul
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An East Bay apartment complex has been bought at a price that's well below its prior value. Read more ›
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A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more ›
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A fun wink to the controversial 'Star Wars' hotel experience was removed as the theme park shifts gears. Read more ›
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Software updates tend to come with game-changing improvements to the user experience, but iOS 26 includes fresh bugs that have really riled up some Redditors. Read more ›
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Meta’s flailing virtual reality social experience is being discontinued in June. It's part of Meta’s broader moves to slim down the business that became its namesake. Read more ›
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Horizon Worlds, Meta's first pass at a metaverse, will be inaccessible via virtual reality headset after June 15, 2026. The company shared plans to separate Horizon Worlds from Quest VR platform and focus exclusively on the smartphone version of the app in February, and now in a new post on its community forums, Meta detailed when the VR version of Horizon Worlds will be deprecated.By March 31, Meta says individual... Read more ›
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Cybersecurity doesn’t have to drain a startup’s limited resources. Experts across the industry have identified 15 practical, cost-effective… Read more ›
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang shares his predictions for the future, and why AI should be helping all of us be more productive. Read more ›
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AI agents which perform normal office tasks can also autonomously exploit systems, bypass protections, and exfiltrate sensitive data inside simulated networks. Read more ›
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В прошедшие выходные меня посетило непреодолимое желание. Желание наконец повысить свой сисадминский скилл. И перестать расстраиваться при отправке фото, а тем более видео в наш любимый мессенжер. Чудесно, что эта реальность так мотивирует к саморазвитию. Недавно на глаза попалась интересная статья про новый проект TeleMT. И я бы наверно не стал заморачиваться. И тоже настроил бы его за 5 минут. По шагам из статьи. Если бы не пара "но". Во-первых,... Read more ›
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Residents in rural Ohio are pushing a constitutional amendment to ban large data centers over 25 megawatts, citing concerns about energy use, water consumption, and lack of transparency around proposed projects. "My biggest concern is because I love Adams County," Nikki Gerber told Cleveland.com. "What it feels like they are doing is just taking advantage of the unzoned rural areas of Ohio, where they can go ahead and put in... Read more ›
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Can Venezuela stun the USA? Find out as we show you how to stream the World Baseball Classic Final for free from anywhere in the world. Read more ›
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The ripple effects of rising RAM costs mean your next Galaxy A or FE phone might not use a Samsung display. Read more ›
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Is your smart home secretly working for cybercriminals? The FBI warns that these subtle red flags mean your devices have been compromised. Read more ›
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Apple has started providing small security updates to iOS, iPadOS and macOS devices. These are dubbed Background Security Improvements that will offer minor system updates between the larger software updates. According to the company, these are meant to "deliver lightweight security releases for components such as the Safari browser, WebKit framework stack, and other system libraries that benefit from smaller, ongoing security patches between software updates."These updates should download in... Read more ›
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The lawsuit continues a trend of content owners suing AI companies for copyright infringement. Read more ›
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Software giant changes AI scientist Mustafa Suleyman’s role to focus on model research Read more ›
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The animated series 'Stranger Things: Tales From '85' will get a special big-screen preview of its first two episodes. Read more ›
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For the past quarter century, the future of monarch butterflies has looked dire, with these iconic American insects flitting toward extinction. Now, however, there is at least a small reason for hope: New data from WWF Mexico, a large conservation group, offers further evidence that the decline of eastern monarchs — the world’s largest population — has […] Read more ›
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Microsoft on Tuesday backed Anthropic’s federal court request to temporarily block the Pentagon from cutting business ties with the AI firm, arguing that the Pentagon’s action could harm Microsoft’s business and the broader tech sector. In a filing Tuesday, Microsoft told a federal judge it ... Read more ›
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Ravi Gupta, a partner at Sequoia Capital, and John Hegeman, former chief revenue officer at Meta, are raising at least $1 billion for their new venture called Ithaca Holdings, a Berkshire Hathaway-style holding firm that will find acquisition targets and drive growth in part by using artificial ... Read more ›
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Is investing in consumer startups back? Well, it’s back from the dead.When we broke the news of fashion e-tailer Quince’s $10 billion valuation last week, I thought maybe I was back in 2021. It wasn’t long ago that direct-to-consumer brands like Warby Parker and Daily Harvest and more were raking in investment dollars. But following some startups’ disappointing public debuts and low-priced acquisitions, venture funding for consumer startups almost came... Read more ›
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Oracle managed to calm some frayed nerves on Wall Street on Tuesday. The cloud and software firm, which has become a focal point for investors’ anxiety about AI-related spending, reported slightly better than projected revenue for its February quarter. More importantly, for the second time in two quarters, it raised its revenue projection for next fiscal year, which starts in June. Oracle now projects revenue in fiscal 2027 to rise... Read more ›
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Growth equity firm Glade Brook says it has closed over $1 billion in new funds, nearly double the last fund. The firm invests in AI, space, defense tech, internet and fintech startups, including SpaceX, Stripe and Ramp. The new fund raise is the latest by an investor that can point to ... Read more ›
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OpenAI plans to soon launch its Sora AI-generated video capabilities in ChatGPT, according to people with knowledge of the effort. The strategy shift could increase the chatbot’s usage as well as its costs. The move comes about five months after OpenAI released a Sora mobile app, which lets people quickly create videos of themselves and other people or animals doing mesmerizing or humorous acts. The app’s look and feel mimics... Read more ›
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Tencent Holdings is secretly building a new AI agent for its hugely popular WeChat messaging app, in hopes of leapfrogging rivals like Alibaba Group and ByteDance in the race to dominate China’s domestic AI market, The Information reported. The new agent would connect with the millions of ... Read more ›
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A cybersecurity agency in China issued a warning about the security risks of using OpenClaw, the viral AI agent builder that has become wildly popular in the country. OpenClaw’s fragile security configuration could allow attackers to gain full control of the system, said the National Computer ... Read more ›
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With OpenAI suddenly scaling back on chatbot checkouts, its foray into shopping hinges on convincing retailers to set up shop with dedicated apps within ChatGPT—and getting people to buy stuff there. It faces hurdles on both fronts. ChatGPT apps have been around for just a few months—available for around 100 consumer firms, including Uber and Instacart—but shoppers may not know they exist or how to access them. Right now, ChatGPT... Read more ›
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Amazon raised $37 billion in bonds, the company confirmed in a securities filing on Wednesday, buttressing its balance sheet as it ramps up its investment in AI. the bonds range from two year notes to 50 year notes. The debt-raising comes just four months after Amazon raised $15 billion in ... Read more ›
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