Adobe in recent months held talks with Synthesia, a London-based maker of artificial intelligence software that generates video avatars of people, to buy the startup for about $3 billion, a premium from the startupâs $2.1 billion valuation in a January financing, according to a person with knowledge of the discussions. Synthesia and Adobe walked away without reaching a deal after disagreeing about the price, this person and two others said.... Read more âș
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President Donald Trump has called on Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan to resign from his position, claiming he has conflicts of interest and âthere is no other solution to this problem.â Trump did not provide any evidence to support his claim. Tan was appointed as CEO of Intel in March. The presidentâs ... Read more âș
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Warner Bros. Discoveryâs second quarter earnings, released on Thursday, demonstrated why the film and TV company is breaking in two. Its streaming and studios division reported 13% higher revenues of $5.2 billion, while its âglobal linear networksâ segmentâcable channelsâreported a 9% drop in ... Read more âș
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Before we get to todayâs column, OpenAI is set to release its latest flagship model, GPT-5, later Thursday morning.We may have taken some of the wind out of the launchâs sails thanks to our reporting in recent weeks on how GPT-5 came together and what you can expect from the model (sorry OpenAI!), but thereâs still lots to look forward to with the release later today. Specifically, Iâm interested in... Read more âș
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President Donald Trumpâs plan to impose 100% import tariffs on semiconductors is unlikely to affect the advanced chips designed by Nvidia and big U.S. tech firms for artificial intelligence. But depending on how the tariffs are applied, they could raise the cost of older chips which power a wide range of consumer goods, from home appliances and automobiles to consumer electronics and industrial tools. Trump said the 100% chip tariffs... Read more âș
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David Ellisonâs Skydance Media has taken control of Paramount Global, ending the Redstone familyâs decades-long run with the aging entertainment company and thrusting the family of Oracle founder Larry Ellison more deeply into Hollywood. The renamed Paramount Skydance will be controlled by ... Read more âș
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At Replit, a maker of artificial intelligenceâpowered programming tools, the launch of a new coding agent last September put its sales into overdrive. Annualized revenue at the startup surged to more than $32 million in February from a measly $2 million last August. In July 2025, it hit $144 million, according to a person close to the company. But its potential to become profitable is another story. As revenue has... Read more âș
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Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and South Koreaâs Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix closed higher on Thursday, as all the companies appear to emerge unscathed in President Donald Trumpâs proposed 100% tariffs on all imported semiconductors. TSMC, the worldâs largest chipmaker ... Read more âș
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For just a minute, can we put aside relentless fundraising from artificial intelligence startups? Letâs give some airtime to the gig economy firms of an older generation of startups that are now minting the kind of money these newer firms can only dream about. Yes, weâre talking about the second-quarter numbers out Wednesday from Uber, DoorDash, Lyft and Airbnb, which between them generated $4.2 billion in free cash flow in... Read more âș
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Mobile ad tech firm AppLovin continued to report gangbusters growth in the second quarter, posting 77% higher revenue of $1.26 billion, above the upper end of the companyâs guidance. AppLovin has been on a growth tear lately, so much so that it even started getting under the skin of Google, the ... Read more âș
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Elon Muskâs X is using parent company xAIâs Grok artificial intelligence tools to handle more of the social media siteâs advertising business, Musk and other xAI executives said Wednesday. X is using Grok to improve targeting based on user data, Musk and xAIâs head of ads engineering Roman ... Read more âș
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DoorDashâs revenue growth accelerated to 25% in the second quarter, the food-delivery firm reported on Wednesday, as gross-order volume growth also picked up. Meanwhile, DoorDash reported an operating profit of $163 million, compared with an operating loss of $201 million a year earlier. ... Read more âș
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President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will impose tariffs of about 100% on chips imported into the country, although the charge will not apply to companies who are âbuildingâ in the United States including Apple. âWeâre going to be putting a very large tariff on chips and semiconductors, ... Read more âș
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Airbnb posted 13% higher revenue for the second quarter, more than double the growth rate of the first quarter and the fastest the travel bookings firm has grown since the start of last year. Airbnbâs free cash flow was $1 billion, in line with a year earlier. The revenue lift was despite a ... Read more âș
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When Pepsi acquired probiotic soda maker Poppi in May for nearly $2 billion, influencer Alix Earle also won big. The TikTok star, who promoted the brand on social media and appeared in the companyâs Super Bowl commercial, got equity in the company rather than just the typical cash payment. Curate Capital, a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage consumer goods companies founded by women, sees an opportunity for more... Read more âș
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In an interview with The Informationâs TITV, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said that the company is growing quickly by leveraging its unique position as both a ride and delivery platform. And he laid out a fresh prediction around when autonomous drivers could match the number of human drivers on ... Read more âș
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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is having a good year. Despite growing competition and the looming rise of autonomous vehicles, the company announced another quarter of solid growth and a $20 billion share buyback. And, as he shared with me in an interview on The Informationâs TITV on Wednesday, itâs all a pretty simple strategy: âWe are both in ride hailing and in delivery, and weâre able to bring consumers onto... Read more âș
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Apollo Global Management is acquiring a majority stake in Stream Data Centers, as the asset manager looks to capitalize on a boom in data centers and artificial intelligence. Founded in 1999, Stream Data Centers develops and operates data centers and has delivered more than 20 campuses across ... Read more âș
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President Donald Trump plans to announce that Apple will invest an additional $100 billion into U.S. manufacturing at an event later on Wednesday, according to Bloomberg. With the pledge, the iPhone maker is likely hoping to avoid costly tariffs by helping Trump with his goal of bringing ... Read more âș
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Big checks, cheap energy and the prospect of fast growth lured artificial intelligence companies to the Middle East. Now they are facing a reality of tough deal terms and delays that raise questions about their own growth trajectories. Saudi Arabia and the neighboring United Arab Emirates have made big pushes to invest in domestic AI projects with the goal of diversifying their economies away from energy. Saudi and UAE state... Read more âș
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Shopify stock jumped 19% after the ecommerce software firm reported 31% revenue growth and said it wasnât seeing any impact on shopper behavior from President Trumpâs tariffs so far. The report was the latest sign that business was strong in the quarter after doubts flared in April when ... Read more âș
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