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Take that, Sundar Pichai! Three months after we scooped news that Meta Platforms was in talks to spend billions on Google AI chips—known as tensor processing units—for its data centers, Meta and Nvidia unveiled an expanded “multiyear, multigenerational strategic partnership.” Meta is a longtime Nvidia customer, of course, but it is recommitting to using “millions” of Nvidia’s AI chips as well as other Nvidia processors and gear. It’s not clear whether this deal precludes Meta also buying Google TPUs. Given.
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Perplexity, a San Francisco-based AI startup, emphasizes subscriptions and business sales, diverging from OpenAI's ad-centric approach. Read more ›
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Without a tax on the wealthy or big corporations, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani may have to hike property taxes instead. Read more ›
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YouTube is experiencing an outage across the United States, with users in other countries like India and the Philippines also having problems with accessing the website. The issue seems to have started at around 8AM Eastern time and reached 35,000 reports before starting to taper down. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/youtube-is-down-for-thousands-of-users-in-the-us-020718165.html?src=rss Read more ›
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According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman (paywalled), Apple is reportedly developing AI-powered smart glasses, a wearable pendant, and camera-equipped AirPods that connect to the iPhone and use "visual context" to let Siri perform real-world actions. The Verge reports: Apple is reportedly aiming to start production of its smart glasses in December, ahead of a 2027 launch. The new device will compete directly with Meta's lineup of smart glasses and is rumored... Read more ›
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Peter Steinberger, creator of OpenClaw, is moving to OpenAI in the US, citing Europe's strict regulations as a hurdle for tech growth. Read more ›
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More than a million people around the world reported the popular video site had gone dark. Just in time for Olympics coverage! Read more ›
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Nevada officials sued Kalshi, calling it an illegal betting website. The same day, a top Trump finance regulator said states should butt out. Read more ›
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Looser regulation and new investment are helping groups such as NeuroXess accelerate trials of ‘brain-computer interfaces’ Read more ›
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The incidents bring the robotaxi service to a total of 14 crashes since launching last summer. Read more ›
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Who knew being able to bet on everything would lead to people acting irresponsibly? Read more ›
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Thousands of people — from India to US and Canada — reported that YouTube, the popular video site, went dark on Tuesday (February 17). The company later explained that ‘an issue with our recommendations system’ caused the outage, and that the ‘homepage is back’ Read more ›
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"The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert said CBS blocked an interview over FCC concerns. It highlights tension between broadcasters and their talent. Read more ›
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An IT employee reportedly attempted to destroy sensitive company data by drilling a hole through a SATA SSD before disposing of it. Read more ›
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A proposal within the Fedora Linux community suggests improving the kernel's DRM Panic screen to a more user-friendly, BSOD-style experience. Phoronix reports: Open-source developer Jose Exposito proposed today a nicer experience for DRM Panic integration on Fedora. Rather than using DRM Panic with just the kernel log contents being encoded in the QR code displayed when a kernel panic occurs, the proposal is to have a customized Fedora web-page with... Read more ›
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The Samsung Galaxy S26 lineup may or may not include Qi2 magnets, but these dbrand cases certainly do. Read more ›
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YouTube says a problem with its recommendations system is causing disruptions across the platform, but a full fix is coming. Read more ›
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EssilorLuxottica and Meta Platforms sold more than 7 million smart glasses in 2025, Essilor reported on Wednesday, a huge improvement on 2024. Essilor had reported a year ago that only 2 million smart glasses had been sold since the product was launched in 2023. EssilorLuxottica’s disclosure was ... Read more ›
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Elon Musk has overhauled xAI’s leadership structure following its merger with SpaceX and as he pressures the AI firm to accelerate progress on Grok AI models, The Information’s latest org chart for the combined company shows. The changes coincide with an exodus of senior leaders. The xAI reorg has elevated a handful of technical leaders who now report directly to Musk, including co-founder Guodong Zhang, who leads teams working on... Read more ›
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Alibaba Group on Monday unveiled Qwen3.5, the new generation of its large language models, adding to the recent flood of new AI model releases from Chinese companies ahead of the Lunar New Year, China’s biggest holiday. Alibaba, a major global competitor in open-source AI models, said ... Read more ›
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Even as Anthropic and OpenAI unnerve stock market investors with business-focused AI products that could undermine existing enterprise software firms, the software incumbents are trying to catch up. Companies ranging from Microsoft to ServiceNow and Snowflake have come out with products designed to help customers develop AI agents, sometimes called digital co-workers, that can use a variety of enterprise apps just as humans do. But that’s not all. As the... Read more ›
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The Department of Homeland Security has begun ramping up its use of administrative subpoenas to obtain identifying information from major tech companies on anonymous social-media accounts that criticize or track Immigration and Customs Enforcement or post about ICE agents’ locations. The New ... Read more ›
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Meta Platforms plans to add a facial recognition feature called “Name Tag” to its smart glasses as early as this year, The New York Times reported. The article confirms a report in The Information from last May that said Meta had revived plans to include the feature in its smart glasses. As The ... Read more ›
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Defense tech startup Anduril is in talks to raise billions in new funding at a valuation of at least $60 billion including the new investment, according to a person with knowledge of the plans. The valuation would be roughly double the figure from its last private funding round in June. The funding would give the company more leeway to fund its first major weapons manufacturing facility and the development of... Read more ›
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X recently hit $1 billion in annualized recurring revenue from selling subscriptions, head of product Nikita Bier said in an xAI all-hands meeting on Tuesday. The subscriptions X sells include Basic, Premium and Premium+ plans that range from $3 to $40 per month. The social media site, formerly ... Read more ›
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Anthropic said Thursday it had raised $30 billion in funding led by Singapore wealth fund GIC and Coatue Management, giving it a new valuation of $380 billion valuation, including the funding. Other large investors writing checks into the round included Dragoneer Investment Group, Founders Fund, ... Read more ›
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The Federal Trade Commission sent a letter to Apple on Wednesday warning the company to not suppress conservative news outlets on its Apple News app, the company’s news aggregation app that comes preinstalled on iPhones and Macs. In the letter, FTC chair Andrew Ferguson cited research from ... Read more ›
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