525 place 0
Wall Street is turning to life insurance capital to meet artificial intelligence’s insatiable funding needs, melding the AI boom with a fast growing source of assets for the biggest private equity firms.
Apollo Global Management, one of the largest asset managers, recently bought Texas-based Stream Data Centers, which is targeting the big cloud and AI developers known as hyperscalers. Once the deal is finalized, Apollo executives see an opportunity to invest funds from the firm’s insurance arm Athene into.
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
Senator Elizabeth Warren says Harvard should sever ties with Summers, who teaches economics at the university. Read more ›
2,191 fresh
Zelenskyy said that Kyiv would be allowed to acquire up to 100 Rafale F4s by 2035, marking it as the third pillar of Ukraine's new air force. Read more ›
1,444 fresh
Kevin Hassett said that AI could be causing the the recent softness in the job market as growing productivity lowers the demand for more headcount. Read more ›
851 fresh
Pixel 10 Pro recorded the fastest Wi-Fi download speeds globally, beating Apple's new iPhone 17 family. Read more ›
345 fresh
It's a "violation of foundational ethical principles of human participant research." Read more ›
308 fresh
The pre-installed service is used to recommend third-party apps for users to download. Read more ›
294
In case you needed one more reason to see 'Avatar: Fire and Ash,' Disney's got one last trailer to sell you. Read more ›
271 fresh
A Trump administration pilot program aims for three nuclear startups to reach a key milestone by July 4, 2026. Valar Atomics says it's the first to do so—but it had some help. Read more ›
227 fresh
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: For the first time, scientists are tracking the migration of monarch butterflies across much of North America, actively monitoring individual insects on journeys from as far away as Ontario all the way to their overwintering colonies in central Mexico. This long-sought achievement could provide crucial insights into the poorly understood life cycles of hundreds of species of butterflies, bees... Read more ›
154 fresh
Even after disabling remote control and officially ending support for early Nest Learning Thermostats, Google is still receiving detailed sensor and activity data from these devices, including temperature changes, motion, and ambient light. The Verge reports: After digging into the backend, security researcher Cody Kociemba found that the first- and second-generation Nest Learning Thermostats are still sending Google information about manual temperature changes, whether a person is present in the... Read more ›
152 fresh
Current and former OpenAI employees have grown increasingly frustrated by the fact that the company hasn't allowed them to donate their equity to charity in years. But OpenAI has finally seemed to bow to pressure, sending out an email from the company's equity team stating that current and former employees with eligible shares will be […] Read more ›
139 fresh
'The Legend of Zelda' movie recently went into production, and Nintendo casually revealed the first live-action Zelda and Link. Read more ›
136
Google filed a motion to dismiss a defamation lawsuit brought by anti-corporate diversity activist Robby Starbuck, who claimed Google’s AI falsely associated him with sexual assault allegations and a white nationalist. Starbuck’s claims against Google came after he filed a similar lawsuit against Meta, whose AI he claimed falsely asserted that he’d participated in the […] Read more ›
127 fresh
With Disney ready to accept genAI-made user content for Disney+, Dana Terrace wants 'Owl House' fans to know where she stands. Read more ›
110
OpenAI blocked access for the toymaker following the incidents. Read more ›
109 fresh
Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Nov. 18, No. 421. Read more ›
107 fresh
There's a big crypto pot just waiting for anyone to put money into it. Read more ›
107 fresh
The Information
Andy Rubin, creator of Android and a former Google executive, has launched a new startup focused on humanoid robots, said a person with direct knowledge of the venture. His venture is the latest addition to the red-hot and frothy humanoid space, crowded with companies ranging from Tesla to startups such as Figure AI. Rubin’s startup, Genki Robotics, is based in Tokyo, where he is currently living, according to the person.... Read more ›
69
Apple’s succession plans for its next chief executive have accelerated, with its board and senior executives preparing for current CEO Tim Cook to step down potentially next year, according to the Financial Times. Any announcement of succession likely won’t happen until after late January when ... Read more ›
39
Apple is delaying the release of the second-generation iPhone Air to work on a redesign of the device and make it more appealing to consumers, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. The redesign could include a second camera lens, an attempt to address one of consumers’ main ... Read more ›
37
Walt Disney Co. reported flat revenue and slightly lower operating income in the September quarter, as a sharp slump at most of its TV networks offset growth in its streaming business and theme parks operation. Disney stock was trading down 8% on Thursday. Disney’s entertainment ... Read more ›
31
OpenAI is trying to turn public opinion against The New York Times in their legal battle. As part of the Times’ copyright infringement lawsuit against the ChatGPT creator, the Times has asked for access to 20 million conversations between users and ChatGPT, a request OpenAI said Wednesday was “ ... Read more ›
30
Blue Owl Capital, one of Wall Street’s biggest private lenders, is ramping up its big bet on artificial intelligence with a roughly $3 billion investment in a New Mexico data center that’s part of OpenAI’s Stargate project, said a person with knowledge of the deal. Blue Owl, which has nearly $300 billion in assets, has emerged as a crucial investor in AI infrastructure, taking on the riskiest slices of big... Read more ›
27
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Inside Grindr’s boardroom feud • Plus, our Recommendations: “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” “A Biography of a Mountain” and “Materialists”A bit of housekeeping: The Information’s Weekend section is looking for a reporter for a beat we’re calling “tech wealth and culture.” This person will cover how Silicon Valley’s moguls live large—their pursuits, their pastimes—and how they spend their money. Here’s a... Read more ›
27
TeraWulf was limping along as a publicly traded bitcoin mining business until AI companies suddenly wanted access to its data centers. Now the cloud startup is at the center of one of the hottest meme-stock trades. Shares in TeraWulf and competing crypto miners have soared in recent months after they struck deals with tech companies desperate for data centers and energy resources to power their AI bets. Anthropic, maker of... Read more ›
23
Investors are rushing to back a new generation of research-focused AI startups. In just over a month, they’ve made or discussed $2.5 billion of investments into five of these startups, called neolabs, despite the high costs and risk of failure. The neolab startups’ founders say they hope to exploit new approaches to developing AI models and research they say major developers like OpenAI and Anthropic may have overlooked. Read more ›
12
Anthropic plans to invest $50 billion building its own data centers, the first time it has done so, in Texas and New York, the AI startup announced in a blog post on Wednesday. Anthropic said it would partner with London-based cloud startup Fluidstack on the data centers. Anthropic said that the ... Read more ›
12
Most popular sources
Business Insider
|
20% 14 |
Android Authority
|
16% 14 |
Gizmodo
|
14% 4 |
The Verge
|
8% 5 |
Tom's Hardware
|
6% 9 |
| View sources » | |
LIKE us on Facebook so you won't miss the most important news of the day!
18.11.2025 00:29
Last update: 00:15 EDT.
News rating updated: 07:21.
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
