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Before we get to today’s column, we wanted to flag OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s major reorg, the company’s new "Spud” model and its decision to shut down the Sora video app and application programming interface, which we scooped on Tuesday. (For what the company’s organizational structure looks like now after the changes, check out our updated OpenAI Org Chart.)The latter decision seems in line with product chief Fidji Simo’s mandate to cut down on costly “side quests.” Sora was a major user of servers, and serv
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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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Samsung raised the prices of several of its smartphones and tablets in the United States overnight, likely due to increasing costs caused by ongoing memory shortages. As shared by PhoneArena, the 512GB Galaxy Z Flip increased by $80 from $1,219.99 to $1,299.99, while the S25 Edge and S25 FE went up $80 and $40, respectively. Samsung did not increase the cost of its current-generation S26 smartphones because those were priced... Read more ›
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You can buy a micro RGB TV for around the same price as Samsung's latest OLEDs. But should you? Read more ›
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The Camaro may currently be discontinued, but odds are Chevy will bring it back eventually. This rumor says it may be even sooner than most people think. Read more ›
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Samsung introduced its RGB Micro LED TV technology at CES 2025. It later released a 115-inch commercial model priced at $29,999.99. At CES 2026, the company also showed a 130-inch R95H in a Timeless Frame design, which received one of Ubergizmo’s Best of Show Awards. Samsung is now launching its 2026 Micro RGB TV lineup in sizes from 55-inch to 115-inch, with the 100-inch model arriving later this year.... Read more ›
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And What It Takes to Finally Get to “Yes” Your social media posts look great and sound interesting.… Read more ›
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Google has introduced a new app for Windows desktops and, unsurprisingly, it puts AI front at center. If you aren't a big fan of Google's Gemini chatbot, then skip on past this download. For those of you who are heavy Gemini users, though, this could mean a simpler and more integrated experience on Windows machines. Once installed, you can pull up the app's search bar with the Alt + Space... Read more ›
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After expanding to free users in the US, Personal Intelligence is taking its next big step. Read more ›
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The NAACP is suing xAI and a subsidiary called MZX Tech for allegedly operating unpermitted methane gas turbines to power its Colossus 2 data center in South Memphis. The association is asking the federal district court of the Northern District of Mississippi to declare that the company has violated the Clean Air Act, force it to stop using its unpermitted turbines and assess financial penalties against xAI for violating federal... Read more ›
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What's the latest word on The Batman Part II? Here's everything we know about The Batman's upcoming sequel, including the release date, plot, and cast. Read more ›
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As a longtime employee, I think the Nespresso Vertuo Next machine and Lego Easter baskets are some of the best things to get at Costco right now. Read more ›
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Find out if your router is banned, when to expect firmware updates and what the latest news on the Federal Communications Commission ban means for your home network. Read more ›
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The early online commotion around rising rock band Geese was not entirely organic, it turns out. Read more ›
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I used CNET's lab test data to calculate the cost-per-megabit for each router generation. The results showed me I was wrong about the value of Wi-Fi 7 routers. Read more ›
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We lab-tested 15 of the top Wi-Fi 7 routers for performance up close, then wheeled them around our 12,500 square-foot lab to gauge their signal strength. Read more ›
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Deutsche Börse, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange operator, said it has made a strategic investment of $200 million in Kraken, representing a 1.5% stake in the crypto exchange. The deal, made through acquiring existing shares, values Kraken at $13.3 billion. That’s lower than Kraken’s valuation of ... Read more ›
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If you want to completely eliminate dead zones in your home, upgrading to a full-fledged mesh system is the best option. We lab-tested these mesh routers to see which had the best range and speeds. Read more ›
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What could stop Anthropic now? The maker of the Claude chatbot said Monday it is generating more than $30 billion in annualized revenue, up from $19 billion about a month ago and more than triple its year-end level. At that pace, the company is on track to surpass its mid-December projection of $32 billion in annualized revenue by the end of this year—and could do so eight months early! In... Read more ›
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The sooner Anthropic and OpenAI go public, the better—at least then we’d have proper financial disclosure. Both companies’ habit of updating the public on their revenue growth by references to either monthly revenue or annualized revenue, which is (loosely speaking) the last month’s revenue multiplied by 12, is getting old. And it’s not exactly what investors need to know.Take Anthropic, which revealed Monday afternoon that it was now generating annualized... Read more ›
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Caylent, a consulting firm that helps Amazon Web Services customers adopt AI, has acquired Pronetx, another consulting firm that focuses on selling Amazon’s AI-powered contact center software, called Connect. The deal reflects the growing importance of Amazon Connect, which launched in 2017 and ... Read more ›
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Polygon Labs, developer of the blockchain that underpins prediction market Polymarket and other crypto platforms, is in early talks with investors to raise as much as $100 million to build a new stablecoin payments business, according to people familiar with the talks. The funding discussions come amid a nasty downturn in crypto. The new venture would be a way for Polygon to diversify out of a market that has stalled. Read more ›
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Alibaba Group senior executive Jingren Zhou, who is in charge of AI model development, will stop serving as Alibaba Cloud’s chief technology officer and concentrate on his AI role, according to an internal memo. In the latest reorganization, Alibaba also appointed Zhou the chief AI architect of ... Read more ›
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Earlier this week, my colleague Jyoti reported on the great lengths Meta Platforms engineers are going to show off their AI prowess. An employee-created leaderboard tracks who burns through the most AI tokens—part of a broader trend known as “tokenmaxxing.” The article has sparked a flurry of armchair analysis on how much this strategy could cost Meta (and potentially benefit Anthropic), such as here and here. The drive by companies... Read more ›
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Meta Platforms has taken down an internal, employee-built leaderboard tracking how many tokens staffers were using. The dashboard, which employees referred to as Claudeonomics, showed total usage over a recent 30-day period across the company amounted to over 60 trillion tokens, The Information ... Read more ›
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Nvidia shares should be worth a lot more than they are now—400% more, to be exact. And most software stocks should be worth less—some a lot less—than they are now. You can find assessments like these all over social media, but in this case, they come from one of the most respected quantitative investing models in finance. UBS HOLT is that model, and it has rarely loved a stock as... Read more ›
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Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced the availability of a new family of AI models on Wednesday. In a Threads post, Zuckerberg said the company is releasing its first model, Spark, as part of a broader suite of models called Muse. Spark will power Meta AI, the company’s internally ... Read more ›
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Perplexity’s annualized revenue run rate has more than doubled since the end of last year to $500 million as of this week, said a person familiar with the situation, as demand for the AI firm’s new agent-based product drives subscription growth. Perplexity’s growth is the latest sign of how use ... Read more ›
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