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TikTok down for some in US, thanks to second Oracle outage since sale
Some TikTok users in the U.S. are having trouble using the app, which the company attributes to an issue with…
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Anduril aims at $60 billion valuation in new funding round
Palmer Luckey’s defense-tech company is in the middle of a multibillion-dollar funding round led by Thrive Capital and Andreessen Horowitz,…
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Geopolitical drama reportedly stalls IPO of SoftBank-backed PayPay
PayPay, Japan’s leading mobile payment app, has reportedly postponed its U.S. IPO due to market volatility and recent conflict in…
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OpenAI fires employee for using confidential info on prediction markets
OpenAI has fired an employee over the employee’s activity on prediction markets, including Polymarket, the company confirmed to Wired. The…
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Pentagon moves to designate Anthropic as a supply-chain risk
In a post on Truth Social, President Trump directed federal agencies to cease use of all Anthropic products after the…
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ChatGPT reaches 900M weekly active users
ChatGPT has reached 900 million weekly active users, OpenAI announced Friday, putting the AI chatbot within striking distance of 1…
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PayPal might not be looking to sell itself: Report
PayPal may not be pursuing an acquisition, Semafor reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Earlier this week, Bloomberg reported…
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Uber engineers built an AI version of their boss
Consumers probably think of Uber as a ride-hailing and food delivery company. But in the eyes of CEO Dara Khosrowshahi,…
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Former L3Harris Trenchant boss jailed for selling hacking tools to Russian broker
Peter Williams, a former U.S. defense contractor boss, was sentenced on Tuesday to seven years in prison for stealing and…
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Anthropic-funded group backs candidate attacked by rival AI super PAC
Late last year, New York Assembly member Alex Bores became the target of a campaign by a pro-AI super PAC…
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Tesla loses bid to overturn $243M Autopilot verdict
A judge has denied Tesla’s request to overturn a $243 million jury verdict that held the automaker partially responsible for…
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‘Toy Story 5’ takes aim at creepy AI toys: ‘I’m always listening’
When the first Toy Story movie came out in 1995, Google didn’t exist yet and Apple was on the verge…
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