When selecting the venue for next weekendâs Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles, the NFL went with a traditional choice: New Orleans. Itâll be the 11th time the Big Easy has hosted the Big Game, tying it with Miami for hosting the most Super Bowls ever. Recently, however, the worldâs richest professional sports league has hinted it may be ready to dispense with tradition: A Super... Read more âș
16
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has banned the use of the Chinese AI software Deepseek on government-owned devices to protect the stateâs critical data, intellectual property, and other assets from being accessed by the Chinese government, his office said in a statement. The Texas ... Read more âș
53
Paid subscribers to ChatGPT nearly tripled to 15.5 million last year from 5.8 million a year earlier, OpenAI recently told some shareholders, despite competition from chatbots made by Google, Anthropic and Meta Platforms. Based on what OpenAI charges for the chatbot subscriptions, the increase means ChatGPT was likely generating at least $4 billion in annualized revenue around the end of last year, or $333 million per month, just two years... Read more âș
12
Joan Braddi, who negotiated Googleâs deals to put its search engine on Apple devices beginning more than 20 years ago, left at the end of last year, a company spokesperson said. The initial deal Braddiâone of the companyâs earliest employeesânegotiated did not include a revenue share. But by ... Read more âș
0
Is Mark Zuckerberg auditioning for the role of Elon Muskâs Mini-Me? Weâre kidding, but it is uncanny how much Zuckerberg seems to be following Muskâs lead lately. In the latest example, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that Meta Platforms is considering moving its legal incorporation to Texas, out of Delaware, just as Tesla did last year. This follows Zuckerbergâs recent decision to adopt a âcommunity notesâ feature for... Read more âș
14
This week on More or Less: DeepSeek, memes and Dave quits social media. Apple Spotify YouTube Episode Transcript Read more âș
0
Zyphra, a Palo Alto, Calif., developer of open-source models that can be downloaded to devices like phones or home entertainment devices, is in talks to raise $100 million in Series A funding at a $1 billion valuation, according to a person close to the company. Returning investor Metaplanet, ... Read more âș
0
As Meta Platforms sets about turning its massive investment in artificial intelligence into ways to make money, itâs asking ad agencies for help. Meta has been sending its engineers to work with ad agencies on developing AI tools designed to do everything from tweaking videos and static images in ads to evaluating the effectiveness of such images in ads, ad agency executives said. Read more âș
6
Meta Platforms is considering reincorporating its business outside of Delaware, possibly in Texas or other states, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Such a move would put Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in step with Elon Musk, who has reincorporated several of his companies, including ... Read more âș
0
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees Thursday that Meta sold more than one million of its Ray-Ban smart glasses in 2024, marking the first time the company has disclosed sales figures for the product. Meta has invested heavily in the glasses, designed in partnership with Ray-Ban ... Read more âș
0
Kraken, a crypto exchange, said its revenue last year was $1.5 billion, more than doubled from $671 million in 2023. The company said its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization was $380 million last year. In comparison, Coinbase, the biggest U.S. crypto ... Read more âș
0
Apple filed an emergency motion Thursday evening seeking to pause the U.S. governmentâs antitrust case against Google as the iPhone maker appeals a district court judgeâs decision to block it from intervening. The judge last year ruled that a contract between the companies to make Google Search ... Read more âș
0
In 1862, from a hill in northern Virginia, troops under Confederate General Stonewall Jackson rained artillery fire upon a column of Union soldiers on a dirt road about a thousand feet away, in the opening shots of the Second Battle of Manassas. When I visited a farmhouse on the site on a frigid day earlier this month, I saw the signs of a modern-day conflict unfolding on the same ground.... Read more âș
2
DeepSeek has shaken up Silicon Valley and Wall Street with its stunning advances in artificial intelligence. But its technological success doesnât mean Chinaâs AI industry has figured out how to make money. The rise of DeepSeek contrasts with the struggles of other Chinese competitors, especially the best-known AI unicorns dubbed the âsix little dragons.â The six startupsâMiniMax, Moonshot AI, Zhipu AI, Stepfun, Baichuan and 01.AIâspearheaded Chinaâs AI push in the... Read more âș
0
Blackstone, a major investor in data centers, told investors Thursday that itâs been looking at the potential impact of cheap, powerful artificial intelligence from China on the data center market. The release of DeepSeek R1, a reasoning model developed by a Chinese quant fund, has shaken up ... Read more âș
0
Google on Thursday offered U.S. employees of its Chrome, Android and Pixel teams voluntary buyout package that included severance pay, a Google spokesperson said. The move comes nine months after Google combined the teams under executive Rick Osterloh, giving him oversight of more than 20,000 ... Read more âș
0
Apple had good news and bad news when it reported December-quarter results on Thursday. The bad news was that revenues from ChinaâAppleâs second-biggest marketâshrank 11%, almost certainly a result of Apple losing share in smartphones to local rivals such as Huawei. Indeed, iPhone revenues globally shrank 0.8% in the quarter. The good news is that despite the falloff in China, Appleâs top line expanded 4%, thanks to solid growth in... Read more âș
0
General Catalyst has reached out to several institutions to buy a stake in its management company according to Axios. General Catalyst itself may be the buyer, according to Axios. In 2018, Petershill Partners, an investment firm operated by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, bought a stake in ... Read more âș
0
Intel on Thursday said revenue fell 7% to $14.3 billion in the fourth quarter, but the result meant the chip makerâs performance was in line with the best-case scenario the company had projected three months earlier. Its $126 million net loss in the quarter was also many times lower than what ... Read more âș
0
Hi - Before we get into todayâs column, some breaking news: OpenAI is in talks to raise another giant round, of about $40 billion, led by SoftBank, which would value the ChatGPT maker at $300 billion including the investmentânearly double its valuation late last year in a Thrive Capital-led round. OpenAI will use some of the money to fund its commitment to Stargate, which I reported last week would be... Read more âș
20
Most popular sources
Skift
|
0% |
The Fintech Times
|
0% |
ArcticStartup
|
0% |
ScienceDaily
|
0% |
Sifted
|
0% |
| View sources » | |
LIKE us on Facebook so you won't miss the most important news of the day!
24.03.2026 12:15
Last update: 12:11 EDT.
News rating updated: 18:12.
What is Times42?
Times42 brings you the most popular news from tech news portals in real-time chart.
Read about us in FAQ section.