Alphabet acquires NYC-based cybersecurity startup Wiz for $32B cash, its largest acquisition yet, pending approval; antitrust fears stalled a $23B deal in 2024
The acquisition is Alphabet's biggest yet, after a $23 billion takeover attempt stalled last year.
President Trump names Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana, and Cardano as assets to be included in a strategic US crypto reserve, causing significant price surges
Crypto Braced For Another Trump Shock After Bitcoin, XRP, Solana And Cardano Price Boom CoinDesk : Here Is What Crypto Leaders Are Saying About Trump's Crypto Reserve Plans Matthew...
Sources: Apple canceled a project to build AR glasses that would require a connection with a Mac; the company is still working on successors to the Vision Pro
- Headset group struggles to find path forward after Vision Pro — Canceled device would have rivaled Meta's future AR glasses
Sources: OpenAI faces obstacles to becoming a for-profit company, including struggling to value Microsoft's stake; its new charitable arm could be worth $30B
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Donald Trump says he will sign an EO on Monday to delay enforcing the TikTok ban and argues for a TikTok JV with 50% US ownership
President-elect Trump said he will sign an executive order Monday to delay enforcing the U.S. ban on TikTok, just hours after the popular app went dark,
Source: Perplexity AI made a TikTok US bid to ByteDance, proposing a merger that brings video to Perplexity, with ByteDance investors retaining their stakes
Elon Musk, Kevin O'Leary And More—Could Buy TikTok As Ban Starts Taipei Times : Perplexity AI submits bid to merge with TikTok US Fortune : Perplexity said to submit bid to merge w...
US export controls may have slowed China's AI progress but they also spurred DeepSeek to innovate and release DeepSeek-V3, a top LLM, without the latest chips
A promising new model shows that innovations in artificial intelligence don't necessarily depend on the latest chips.
A look at Google's pressure-filled 2024 under Sundar Pichai, notching some AI wins with new Gemini models and navigating product mishaps, layoffs, and more
Google's blowout earnings report in April, which sparked the biggest rally in Alphabet shares since 2015 and pushed …
Letter: Meta urges California's AG to stop OpenAI's for-profit transition, says Musk is “qualified” to “represent the interests of Californians in this matter”
Meta Urges California Attorney General to Stop OpenAI From Becoming For-Profit Mark Zuckerberg's company …