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In a dramatic escalation of Silicon Valley’s most heated AI rivalry, Elon Musk just announced that he’s leading a $97.4 billion bid to buy OpenAI’s nonprofit arm, according to The Wall Street Journal. The bid was reportedly delivered to the board Monday morning. The offer brings together a powerful coalition of backers, including Musk’s own […]
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The Verge
Elon Musk is leading a group of investors making a $97.4 billion bid for OpenAI. Sam Altman dismissed it and was criticized by Musk. Read more ›
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Google Maps now shows the “Gulf of America” in place of the “Gulf of Mexico” for users on both web and mobile in the United States. It made the change after the Trump administration formally changed the name today of the body of water spanning between the eastern coast of Mexico and the Florida panhandle. […] Read more ›
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Valve has implemented new rules around advertising, explicitly prohibiting games that force players to watch in-game ads. Read more Read more ›
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The administration must immediately restore federal funding, wrote a federal judge in Rhode Island who is overseeing a lawsuit brought by 22 states. Read more ›
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Trump slapped tariffs on steel and aluminum in his first term, but with exemptions. Now, he's escalating and implementing 25% tariffs on all partners. Read more ›
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Elon Musk has launched a $97.4 billion bid to take control of OpenAI. The Wall Street Journal reports a group of investors led by Musk's xAI submitted an unsolicited offer to the company's board of directors on Monday. The group wants to buy the nonprofit that controls OpenAI's for-profit arm. When asked for comment, an OpenAI spokesperson pointed Engadget to an X post from CEO Sam Altman. "No thank you... Read more ›
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The billionaire oligarch says he wants OpenAI to become a "safety-focused force for good." Read more ›
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For most of Super Bowl LIX, Taylor Swift was seen wearing a white tank top and denim shorts. Her expensive outfit, however, also included diamonds. Read more ›
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is turning down Elon Musk's offer to acquire OpenAI for $97 billion. Read more ›
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Meta job cuts shock employees as even those with strong performance records face layoffs. Read more ›
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Richard Cordray, the first director of the CFPB, told BI that Elon Musk's call to dismantle the agency is a 'direct conflict of interest.' Read more ›
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The Starlink Satellite access that iPhone users see on iOS 18.3 is because of a new deal with T-Mobile. Read more ›
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Instead of a classic greatest hits medley, Kendrick Lamar opted to perform songs from his latest album and two Drake diss tracks at the Super Bowl. Read more ›
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Rurouni Kenshin is anime's exhibit A of separating the art from the artist. Read more ›
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The third film in the beloved bear franchise opens this Friday. Read more ›
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Bid complicates CEO Sam Altman’s plans to turn artificial intelligence group into for-profit company Read more ›
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Researchers from Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University warn that the more you use AI, the more your cognitive abilities deteriorate. Read more ›
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The Lenovo Legion Go S is an extraordinarily comfortable handheld that seems poised to best compete against the cheaper Steam Deck OLED. Read more ›
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The Verge
Google is joining Meta, Amazon, and other big tech companies in winding down its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. In a Wednesday memo to employees that I obtained (and you can read below), Googleâs head of HR, Fiona Cicconi, said there will no longer be DEI hiring targets due the companyâs status as a […] Read more ›
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Some Google Calendar users are angrily calling the company out after noticing that certain events like Pride month are no longer highlighted by default. Black History Month, Indigenous People Month, Jewish Heritage, Holocaust Remembrance Day, and Hispanic Heritage have also been removed, according to a Google product expert. One user called the move “shameful” and said that the […] Read more ›
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Reddit has seen an increase in rule-breaking posts across “several communities,” and it has issued a temporary ban on one that featured users calling for violence against people who work for the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). That community, r/WhitePeopleTwitter, was given a 72-hour ban on Tuesday, as reported by Engadget. Screenshots shared […] Read more ›
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Marko Elez â the 25-year-old Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffer who has reportedly been combing through the Treasury Departmentâs payment systems â resigned from his position after the Wall Street Journal uncovered an old social media account linked to him with numerous posts promoting racism and eugenics. â99% of Indian H1Bs will be replaced […] Read more ›
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The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), a child safety nonprofit that works closely with the government and major tech platforms, has recently removed publications that reference queer and transgender children from its website. The removals come amid reports that NCMEC was ordered to cull mentions of LGBTQ+ issues under threat of losing […] Read more ›
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What was once ridiculous is now possible. Elon Musk, the richest person in the history of the world, has become President Donald Trumpâs attack dog. Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have unprecedented access to the governmentâs data and computer system. Earlier this week, that came to include systems in the Department of […] Read more ›
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The long block outside of the US Treasury Department on Tuesday was lined with protesters. They flooded across the street with signs bearing slogans: âNobody elected Muskâ; “This is illegal”; âStop the coup.â It was one of multiple DC protests targeting billionaire Elon Musk’s reported access to core government payment systems, attended by Democratic members […] Read more ›
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Apple has reportedly been ordered by the UK government to create a backdoor that would give security officials access to users’ encrypted iCloud backups. If implemented, British security services would have access to the backups of any user worldwide, not just Brits, and Apple would not be permitted to alert users that their encryption was […] Read more ›
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Things at Sonos are getting worse before they get better — if they’re going to get better. Today the company laid off approximately 200 employees, The Verge has learned. The news was announced at around 4PM ET. It’s an even more substantial wave of job cuts than Sonos made back in August, when it let […] Read more ›
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PlayStation Network (PSN) is experiencing some major problems as of Friday evening. According to Sony’s PSN status page, account management, gaming and social, PlayStation Video, PlayStation Store, and the PlayStation Direct website are all dealing with issues. For gaming specifically, Sony says that “you might have difficulty launching games, apps, or network features.” A colleague […] Read more ›
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