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One question has loomed over OpenAI investors for years: How would they generate a return on their investment? The ChatGPT maker is a nonprofit that capped the potential returns of early backers in its for-profit arm, such as Khosla Ventures and Microsoft, and would prevent the newer investors including Thrive Capital and SoftBank from reaping major gains unless the for-profit arm was restructured.As the chart below shows, the company’s planned restructuring—which Microsoft and two state attorneys general s
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LimeWire has announced that it's acquired the rights to Fyre Festival, the disastrous, influencer-fueled 2017 music festival. The newly revived company — which now acts as a NFT music marketplace rather than a file-sharing service — bought the rights for $245,000 in an eBay auction, The New York Times reports. A separate plan to use the Fyre Festival name to launch a new music streaming service was announced in April... Read more ›
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Robert Redford, who died on Tuesday, left a mark on cinema that will be felt for decades to come. These are some of his most important films. Read more ›
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In a trio of cases, two currently pending before the Supreme Court and one that is likely to land on the justices’ doorstep as soon as Tuesday, President Donald Trump claims new powers that, if he prevails, would give him near-total control over all US fiscal and monetary policy. The first is the ongoing litigation […] Read more ›
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SMIC tests domestically made machinery as Beijing seeks to rival US-made processors Read more ›
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watchOS 26 includes a feature that lets you know if you're using an Apple Watch charger that is not optimized for the fastest charging speeds. According to a new Apple support document, if your Apple Watch detects a charging experience that could be improved, a Slow Charger message will be displayed in the Battery section of the Settings app. Instances of slow charging are shown in orange, while fast charging... Read more ›
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A Supreme Court case called "Humphrey's Executor" has shielded independent agency leaders from political influence. In the Trump era, that's changing. Read more ›
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Sales of physical software accounted for just three percent of PlayStation sales last year, according to Sony's latest corporate report. Read more Read more ›
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This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: President Donald Trump is suing the New York Times for defamation, demanding $15 billion in damages as part of his latest attack on the free […] Read more ›
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In the indictment, prosecutors claim Tyler Robinson planned Kirk’s killing in advance, citing rooftop surveillance, engraved bullets, and a written note as they seek the death penalty. Read more ›
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The problem arose early Tuesday when the spacecraft's main engine shut down earlier than expected. Read more ›
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iOS 26 was finally released on Monday, but the software train never stops, and the first developer beta of iOS 26.1 will likely be released soon. iOS 18.1 was an anomaly, as the first developer beta of that version was released in late July last year, to allow for early testing of Apple Intelligence features. The first betas of iOS 15.1, iOS 16.1, and iOS 17.1 were all released in... Read more ›
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Trump said he is filing a $15 billion defamation and libel lawsuit against The Times in Florida. Read more ›
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The AirPods Pro 3 use an Acoustic Seal Test to check the fit of ear tips, according to a new Apple support document. Apple says that the Acoustic Seal Test will ensure that you're using the proper ear tip size for the best sound quality and noise cancellation. The AirPods Pro 1 and the AirPods Pro 2 have an Ear Tip Fit Test, but Apple updated the process for the... Read more ›
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Robert Redford's publicist told BBC News he died at home "at Sundance in the mountains of Utah — the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved." Read more ›
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The Washington Post fired columnist Karen Attiah, citing two social media posts about white men in the wake of Charlie Kirk's killing. Read more ›
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People taking semaglutide report far fewer obsessive thoughts about food, with cravings dropping sharply and mental health improving. This new research hints the drug may offer freedom from the constant distraction of food noise. Read more ›
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Microsoft and Nvidia unveiled plans to invest up to $45 billion in the UK during US President Donald Trump’s state visit. Read more ›
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OpenAI is rolling out stricter safety measures for ChatGPT after lawsuits linked the chatbot to multiple suicides. "ChatGPT will now attempt to guess a user's age, and in some cases might require users to share an ID in order to verify that they are at least 18 years old," reports 404 Media. "We know this is a privacy compromise for adults but believe it is a worthy tradeoff," the company... Read more ›
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WhatsApp's former security head sued Meta, alleging ignored privacy risks and problems with the performance review system. Read more ›
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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff was upset. Last fall, one of his technical teams told large Salesforce customers that using Agentforce, the software firm’s new artificial intelligence for automating customer service and other functions, would require extensive planning. The product information the Salesforce team shared with those customers acknowledged the complexity of making the AI perform well. That message contradicted Benioff, a charismatic salesman who had been telling customers that using... Read more ›
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As OpenAI irons out new terms of a partnership with Microsoft, it has told some shareholders that the percentage of revenue it will hand over to Microsoft will drop considerably in the coming years. As part of their original partnership agreement, Microsoft is entitled to 20% of the startup’s revenue through 2030. But OpenAI has projected to share roughly 8% of its revenue with commercial partners—namely, Microsoft—by the end of... Read more ›
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Nvidia is stepping back from its nascent cloud computing business, which had put it in quasi-competition with Amazon Web Services. It has lessened its efforts to attract businesses to the cloud service, dubbed DGX Cloud, said a person with direct knowledge of the situation. Instead, Nvidia plans to primarily use the service, which consists of servers powered by its AI chips, for its own researchers, this person said. Employees use... Read more ›
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Perplexity, which runs an artificial intelligence-powered search engine, has secured commitments from investors for $200 million in new funding at a $20 billion valuation, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The new capital comes less than two months after the three-year-old ... Read more ›
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On paper, Informatica, a Redwood City-based cloud software firm with 5,000 white collar employees, is exactly the type of company that should be gung-ho to pay up and buy Office 365 Copilot, the version of Microsoft’s flagship software that comes with artificial intelligence features. And more than a year ago, Informatica did test out Office 365 Copilot for a handful of its employees, according to CIO Graeme Thompson. But Thompson... Read more ›
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Physical Intelligence, a startup developing large artificial intelligence models to power robots, is in talks with investors to raise additional venture capital at a valuation of about $5 billion, according to two people who have recently spoken to the company. A financing at that valuation would more than double the price investors awarded the San Francisco startup in November. The company, founded in early 2024, is one of several startups... Read more ›
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Earlier this summer, chatter in AI communities went into overdrive after OpenAI and Google revealed that their models had achieved gold medal-level performance on the prestigious International Mathematical Olympiad. In the past, this competition had proved difficult for AI models, which struggled to verify whether their generated math proofs were correct without special software.This time around, though, researchers from OpenAI and Google hinted that the techniques they had used to... Read more ›
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Chinese tech giants Alibaba Group and Baidu have begun using their own internally designed chips to train their artificial intelligence models, partly replacing AI chips made by Nvidia, according to four people with direct knowledge of the moves. The move is the latest sign that a decoupling of Chinese AI development from the Western semiconductor ecosystem is underway. Until recently Chinese firms were entirely dependent on Nvidia chips for most... Read more ›
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Perplexity has drawn plenty of its headlines for its relentless fundraising—which recently valued the artificial intelligence search firm at $20 billion—and its penchant for declaring big-ticket acquisition targets like TikTok. But its efforts to build businesses in online shopping and advertising, which would put Perplexity’s revenue growth on more sustainable footing, have moved much more slowly. Nearly a year after the company began selling ad space and letting users buy... Read more ›
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We got big news this afternoon from the folks at OpenAI and Microsoft: They are close to a peace deal. Yes, after nearly a year of talks over changes to their partnership, the companies announced they had signed a “non-binding memorandum of understanding for the next phase of our partnership.” Contractual terms now have to be finalized. Hmmm. That sounds like a deal you have when you don’t really have... Read more ›
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