Nvidia Is First Company to Top $5 Trillion in Market Value Amid AI Boom
The A.I. chip maker has become a linchpin in the Trump administration’s trade negotiations in Asia.
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Alphabet Revenue Up 16% With Strong Cloud Sales
The internet company said profit for the quarter was up 33 percent, to just under $35 billion.
Meta Raises Its Spending Forecast on A.I. to Above $70 Billion
The Silicon Valley company projected more spending this year and said it would continue in 2026 as it hires A.I. researchers and builds data centers to power the technology.
G.M. Will Cut 1,750 Jobs in Electric Vehicle Business
The layoffs at factories in Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee follow the elimination of a $7,500 federal tax credit for electric cars.
48 Hours Without A.I. – The New York Times
new video loaded: 48 Hours Without A.I. A.J. Jacobs went 48 hours without interacting with artificial intelligence. That meant more than just avoiding generative A.I. tools like ChatGPT – he did his best to not interact with any products that used any kind of machine-learning algorithms in their production, marketing or distribution. This was more … Read more
Android developers can defend against malicious attacks
Mobile app security firm Guardsquare analyses ways to mitigate risks and says yes Recently, I wrote about Pixnapping, an Android vulnerability that allows malicious apps to extract sensitive visual data from other applications — such as one-time passwords and authentication codes — without needing special permissions. Now, a firm known as Guardsquare which specialises in … Read more
Can a Start-Up Make Computer Chips Cheaper Than the Industry’s Giants?
Substrate, a San Francisco company, is trying to take on powerhouses like the Dutch company ASML.
Musk-backed xAI launches Grokipedia to challenge Wikipedia
Grokipedia’s content is generated by a generative-AI assistant called Grok, developed by xAI Technology entrepreneur Elon Musk’s company xAI has introduced Grokipedia, a new AI-driven online encyclopedia intended as a direct competitor to Wikipedia, which Musk and several US conservative figures have long accused of ideological bias. The site, labeled version 0.1, reportedly contained more … Read more
Pakistan, Meta partner on AI, E-commerce, digital skills
Meta AI logo is seen in this illustration taken May 20, 2024. PHOTO:REUTERS Jam Kamal Khan, Minister for Commerce, appreciated Meta’s collaboration in strengthening Pakistan’s digital economy. He stated that Pakistan is among South Asia’s fastest-growing digital economies, noting that over 75,000 IT graduates enter the market annually. Kamal noted that exports of IT and … Read more
OpenAI Restructures as For-Profit Company
The artificial intelligence company said that the nonprofit that controlled the organization would receive a $130 billion stake in the new company.