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Nat Friedman, the former CEO of Microsoft-owned GitHub and a prolific investor in artificial intelligence startups, was asked by an OpenAI board member to take over as the Interim CEO of OpenAI on Sunday but he declined the offer, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.
The refusal shows the challenges facing OpenAI’s board in finding a new leader following the board's Friday firing of OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman, which set off a string of senior resignations. Late Sunday, OpenAI co-fou
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Apple has ordered M5 chips from TSMC as the company begins production development of its next-generation processor for future devices, claims a new Korean-language report by The Elec. The M5 series is expected to feature an enhanced ARM architecture and will reportedly be manufactured using TSMC's advanced 3-nanometer process technology. Apple's decision to forgo TSMC's more advanced 2nm process for the M5 chip is believed to be primarily due to... Read more ›
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The five-bedroom penthouse at the Four Seasons in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, is full of Western art, scenic terraces, and luxury comforts. Read more ›
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Let’s cut to the chase. The chaos of Black Friday sales is here, and for the last week, we’ve been detangling the best deals on some of the best tech. We’ve got guides for specific categories, like cameras, Apple gear, gaming and more, but we’ve also pulled together 50(ish) of the best discounts right here. After so many years of BF sales, mileage varies, but here are some of my... Read more ›
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Fans of "Fast & Furious" movies love most of the cars that take part in all those chase scenes. But a few of them stand out as, well, clunkers. Read more ›
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Apple's annual four-day Black Friday through Cyber Monday shopping event went live today in many countries, including the U.S., Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the U.K., and others. During the event, which lasts until December 2, customers can get an Apple gift card with the purchase of an eligible product. In the UK, for instance, Apple is including gift cards worth between £20 and £160 with the purchase of... Read more ›
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If you've been looking to upgrade your phone, Black Friday is the perfect time to strike with big discounts on top brands. Read more ›
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If you’ve been curious to try Meta's Smart Glasses but their $329 price has put you off from buying a pair, now is a great time to take the plunge; Amazon has discounted a handful of the Wayfarer models by 20 percent and is offering a $90 promotional credit until November 30. Combining the two deals together, it’s possible to buy the glasses for just over $173. Included in the... Read more ›
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Black Friday gaming deals are plentiful this year, including consoles, video games and accessories. If you need more storage space on your Xbox, or want to preemptively pick up more storage for that new Series X you just purchased, there’s a great deal on Seagate’s expansion card you can get right now. The 2TB version is on sale for a record low of $193 right now, or 46 percent off... Read more ›
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We found Black Friday deals on all the suitcases, bags, and noise-canceling headphones for your holiday travel. Read more ›
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Want to invest in a new travel partner? These are the best e-bikes and scooter deals that can help you upgrade at a discount. Read more ›
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You can snag discounted MagSafe wireless chargers, USB-C cables, and iPhone 16 cases from now through December 3. Read more ›
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Chinese firms are on edge and so are some of their US partners. Markets are relatively muted, though the yuan is down. Read more ›
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We found the best Black Friday deals on toys, board games, and Lego sets to entertain and educate your kids this holiday. Read more ›
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Putin called Trump "a smart and experienced person," who can find "a solution" to the Ukraine war. Trump previously vowed to end the war in 24 hours. Read more ›
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The next project from Lies of P developer Round8 Studios will be a sci-fi survival horror, in a marked change from the souslike genre. Read more Read more ›
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Biden's enhanced Affordable Care Act subsides lowered costs for millions. Trump could let the subsides expire in 2025. Read more ›
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For in-ear earbuds with active noise cancellation, the AirPods Pro 2 are a top choice. Read more ›
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Five of the Samsung Galaxy S25's likely colors now appear to have been photographed. Read more ›
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Brightcove, which makes software to help companies create and make money from videos, agreed to be taken private by Italian mobile app operator Bending Spoons for $233 million in cash in a deal expected to close early next year, the companies announced on Monday. The purchase price Bending ... Read more ›
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Last year, the board of now-collapsed fintech startup Synapse Financial Technologies discussed whether to remove the company’s CEO, Sankaet Pathak. At the time, discrepancies in Synapse’s ledgers were piling up, which the board was aware of. Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Angela Strange argued in favor of keeping Pathak in the role based on the belief that founders were best placed to run their companies, according to a person close to... Read more ›
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Gavin Newsom, California’s Democratic governor, announced on Monday that he would reinstate a tax credit for electric vehicle purchases if the incoming Trump Administration removes federal EV tax credits. But the state may not extend the credits to Tesla because of the company’s large market ... Read more ›
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If Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. had its way, the chip manufacturing powerhouse would be a neutral party in the battle between the U.S. and China for technological supremacy—a semiconductor version of Switzerland, one TSMC executive told The Information. Unfortunately, the company may find it increasingly tough to avoid picking a side. Last month, the U.S. Commerce Department launched an investigation into whether TSMC was still producing chips for Chinese tech... Read more ›
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Uber announced a new service on Tuesday to help companies label their data and train artificial intelligence models. Through the new service, Scaled Solutions, Uber will hire data labelers on contract to provide companies with human-written annotations, such as descriptions of images or rankings ... Read more ›
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For several years, a favorite tactic of progressives agitating against social media and conservative news outlets has been pressuring marketers to pull their ads. Advertisers have frequently gone along with those campaigns, fearful of the negative publicity associated with their ads appearing on controversial sites. That’s starting to change. Marketers have begun to distance themselves from industrywide efforts to guard against worrisome content. Some are even reducing spending on brand... Read more ›
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Apple’s desire to make its products thinner could dampen sales in China if its engineers can’t overcome a design hurdle with the slim iPhone planned for release next fall—it can’t fit a physical SIM card tray, which is required in China. Apple plans to release its slim iPhone next year, alongside new versions of its traditional models, aiming to rejuvenate iPhone sales by providing customers with a compelling reason to... Read more ›
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The judge overseeing Google’s search antitrust case warned that he doesn’t want to delay the upcoming trial of remedies to deal with Google’s illegal search monopoly, now scheduled for the spring. At a status conference for the case on Tuesday, the judge said the incoming presidential ... Read more ›
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It’s a bit early to be offering predictions for 2025, but here goes anyway. Chances are very good that sometime next year we’re going to hear a bunch of complaints about newly released Apple iPhones dropping calls more often than previous models did. In other words, we’re in for a repeat of the “Antennagate” brouhaha of 2010, when similar connectivity issues on the new iPhone 4 became a big story.Assuming... Read more ›
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Amazon is investing another $4 billion into Anthropic, bringing the total it’s invested in the artificial intelligence startup to $8 billion, the companies said Friday. Anthropic has also agreed to use Amazon chips to train its AI. Amazon will become Anthropic’s “primary training partner,” ... Read more ›
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