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Frank McCourt’s TikTok Venture Secures $20B in ‘Informal Commitments’: Report

Billionaire Frank McCourt has reportedly secured $20 billion in investor commitments toward a potential acquisition of China-owned TikTok – an effort that could gain steam...

Federal Appeals Court Upholds TikTok Sale-or-Ban Law

A law requiring TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance to sell the app by Jan. 19 or face a total US...

Investors Worry the AI Revolution Could Encounter a ‘Napster’ Dilemma

It seems like the sky’s the limit for artificial intelligence. AI chipmaker Nvidia is one of the market’s hottest...

xAI Secures $6 Billion in Equity Financing Amid Intensifying AI Competition

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI has raised another $6 billion from investors as it ramps up competition with...

Trump appoints David Sacks as the White House’s AI and Cryptocurrency Czar

President-elect Trump named former PayPal Chief Operating Officer David Sacks to be his White House artificial intelligence (AI) and...

Mark Zuckerberg Exonerated in Lawsuits Regarding Children’s Harm from Social Media

A federal judge said Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg is not personally liable in 25 lawsuits accusing his company of addicting children to social...

5 Search Terms That Could Compromise Your Security

Googling seems harmless, but what you type may actually put you at risk of falling victim to a hacker. Cybersecurity...

Sam Altman Pursues Investors for AI Chip Startup to Compete with Nvidia: Source

Sam Altman is personally pitching OpenAI investors on backing an upstart challenger to chipmaking giant Nvidia. The OpenAI CEO...

Dogecoin Soars Following Trump’s Announcement of Elon Musk-Led Agency

Elon Musk’s favorite cryptocurrency Dogecoin spiked by as much as 20% Wednesday after the Tesla mogul was tapped by...

Google Parent Company’s Shares Drop After DOJ Calls for Mandatory Sale of Chrome Browser

Shares of Google parent Alphabet plunged more than 6% on Thursday after the Justice Department asked a federal judge...

Apple Bracing for First EU Fine Under Landmark Legislation, Sources Reveal

Apple is facing a fine from the European Union’s antitrust regulators under the bloc’s landmark Digital Markets Act, marking...

The U.S. Should Replace Tanks with Drones

Eric Schmidt, the billionaire investor and former CEO of Google, said it’s time for the US military to do...

AI-Generated Images Show the Typical Appearance of Cheaters

Bald-faced liars are more likely to be adulterers as well. Are you a bald man with a big nose in your 40s? You’re more likely...

AI-Powered ‘Washing Machine’ Designed to Clean Your Body — For Those Who Prefer Not to Shower

Thought the Japanese toilet was advanced? Japanese showerhead firm Science Co. has put the “pod” in “Tide pod” after inventing an AI-powered “washing machine...

AI-Powered Toilet Camera Takes Photos of Waste — Here’s the Reason Why

It’s a literal crap-shoot. A Texas startup named Throne is making waves in scatological circles after devising...

Alphabet Reports 15% Revenue Surge Driven by AI Investments

Google parent Alphabet topped third-quarter revenue and earnings expectations on Tuesday, helped by an AI-driven 35% surge in its cloud business as well as...

Amazon Allocates an Extra $4 Billion to OpenAI Competitor Anthropic

Anthropic said Friday that longtime backer Amazon had pumped an additional $4 billion into the artificial intelligence startup, doubling its investment in the firm...

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy Refutes Claims That In-Office Mandate is a ‘Backdoor Layoff’ Strategy

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy stated at an all-hands meeting that the plan to require employees to be in-office five days per week is not...

Amazon Employees ‘Outraged’ by Executive’s Return-to-Office Comments

More than 500 Amazon employees sent a letter on Wednesday to the CEO of its AWS unit urging reversal of a full return-to-office policy...

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