Penske Media, the publisher of Rolling Stone and other entertainment brands, sued Google on Tuesday, alleging that Penske and its subsidiary SheMedia have lost money as a result of what a federal judge ruled last year was Google’s illegal monopoly over the market for advertising technology. ... Read more ›
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AI chip startup Cerebras Systems is in talks to raise about $1 billion, valuing the company at $22 billion before the new investment, as the chipmaker prepares to go public this year, according to people with knowledge of the discussions. That’s a big jump from its last private valuation of $8.1 billion in September 2025, when it raised $1.1 billion from investors such as Fidelity Management and Atreides Management. Read more ›
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Salesforce’s Slack unit has officially launched an overhauled version of Slackbot, a digital assistant that has long handled basic tasks like sending alerts to users, in the latest sign of the software provider’s growing focus on using AI to improve products. The new version of Slackbot lets ... Read more ›
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Google’s latest AI pitch to retailers is simple: Google isn’t planning to take a cut of purchases made through its Gemini AI chatbot and search results. Instead, it plans to make money from its AI shopping push by selling a new type of ads to retailers. That approach is opposite that of OpenAI, which announced checkouts inside ChatGPT in September and says it will take a cut of sales but... Read more ›
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Websites created through coding tools from OpenAI, Anthropic, Cursor, Replit and Devin have security flaws, new research shows. These AI-generated websites can be tricked into leaking sensitive data or mistakenly sending money to hackers, AI security startup Tenzai told The Information.“Our initial goal was to compare these different AI coding tools and see which one was best for security,” Tenzai researcher Ori David said. “Our conclusion was that we don’t... Read more ›
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The Chinese government this week told some tech companies it would only approve their purchases of Nvidia’s H200 AI chips under special circumstances, such as for university research and development labs, according to two people with direct knowledge of the situation. The latest communication signals Beijing is hardening its position against reopening the China market to the U.S. chip giant. Last week, The Information reported that Chinese officials had asked... Read more ›
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Meta Platforms and EssilorLuxottica have discussed the possibility of doubling production of their AI-powered smart glasses this year, as demand grows and more competitors enter the market. According to Bloomberg, Meta has floated the idea of increasing production capacity to 20 million units, ... Read more ›
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In another AI win for Google lately, Apple announced on Monday that it will use Google’s Gemini models to power its artificial intelligence features, including an upcoming updated version of its Siri voice assistant.With Gemini powering its answers, Siri will have the ability to answer factual questions, tell stories, provide emotional support or help people accomplish tasks such as booking travel, said a person who has been involved in the... Read more ›
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Microsoft president Brad Smith on Tuesday promised that the company will pay more for electricity and will subsidize the expansion of the electrical grid in an attempt to head off higher costs for individual households. The company’s promise follows growing concern about new data centers driving ... Read more ›
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One month before Google paid $4.8 billion for Intersect Power, the tech giant had a message for federal energy regulators: They should fast-track approvals for data centers that supply some of their own power. Intersect does just that, producing power for data centers to allow them to operate without relying entirely on the grid. Google’s purchase of Intersect is the first step by a major tech company to acquire a... Read more ›
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The Trump administration is close to reaching a trade deal with Taiwan that involves significantly more investments from the island’s largest company, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, according to The New York Times, citing people familiar with the matter. The potential deal will cut ... Read more ›
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The House of Representatives on Monday passed a bipartisan bill that expands U.S. export controls to restrict Chinese companies’ ability to remotely access advanced American AI chips at data centers outside China. The bill, the Remote Access Security Act, is the latest step in Washington’s ... Read more ›
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President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post that his administration is working with technology companies, including Microsoft, to prevent data centers from driving up household electricity bills. Trump blamed rising utility costs on former President Joe Biden and said Americans should not ... Read more ›
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Monday laid out the startup’s vision for how AI could solve problems in healthcare and the life sciences, from speeding up drug approvals by streamlining clinical trial paperwork to treating or even eradicating tropical diseases. AI could play a “central role in ... Read more ›
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Google might be running away with the AI market right now—as demonstrated by today’s Apple deal—but Meta Platforms can’t be counted out. Meta’s hiring today of former Trump administration official and longtime Goldman Sachs partner Dina Powell McCormick as president and vice chair was a savvy move by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. It strengthens the company’s political and financial world connections, which are vital for AI development. When was the... Read more ›
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OpenAI has agreed to buy Torch, a one-year-old AI healthcare app, for about $100 million in equity, The Information reported Monday. Torch enables customers to view and analyze their health data from health systems such as Kaiser Permanente, medical scanning firms like Prenuvo, and apps ... Read more ›
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CoreWeave hit its first chip delivery milestone at a data center in Denton, Texas, that it’s building for OpenAI, according to an internal Slack message from executives. Late last year, it warned investors that its fourth quarter revenue would take a hit because of delays with one of its data ... Read more ›
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BitGo, a crypto custody firm, said Monday it’s launching its initial public offering, seeking to raise as much as $201 million at a valuation of up to $1.96 billion. The company began pitching the shares to investors today, meaning they will likely start trading within the next two weeks. BitGo ... Read more ›
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Meta Platforms plans to cut about 10% of its Reality Labs employees, the New York Times reported, with the cuts coming as soon as Tuesday. The report follows a Business Insider report late last week that said Reality Labs chief Andrew Bosworth had called an all-hands meeting for Tuesday, and ... Read more ›
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OpenAI has agreed to buy Torch, a one-year-old AI healthcare app, for about $100 million in equity, according to a person with direct knowledge of the acquisition. Torch enables customers to view and analyze their health data from health systems such as Kaiser Permanente, medical scanning firms like Prenuvo, and apps that track physical activities such as Apple Health. The deal value includes $60 million now and the rest in... Read more ›
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