SoftBank Said to Invest Up To $30 Billion in OpenAI
SoftBank is in talks to invest up to $30 billion in OpenAI, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. An investment of that size would add to its more than $30 billion investment in the ChatGPT m...
C3.AI in Talks to Merge with Startup Automation Anywhere
C3.AI, founded by tech industry veteran Thomas Siebel, is in talks to merge with privately held startup Automation Anywhere, which will effectively go public in the deal, according to people familiar ...
US Shutdown Odds at 75% — How Hard Will Bitcoin Be Hit?
The US federal government is heading toward a partial shutdown, putting bitcoin markets on alert. However, unlike last year’s 43-day full shutdown, the smaller scale of this potential closure sugges...
How Hackers Are Fighting Back Against ICE
ICE has been invading U.S. cities, targeting, surveilling, harassing, assaulting, detaining, and torturing people who are undocumented immigrants. They also have targeted people with work per...
PE Pins Hopes on Cluster of Software IPOs
As I wrote earlier today, private equity firms are sitting on a backlog of software companies they bought during the buyout frenzy of 2021 and 2022 that they hope to take public or sell. One reason t...
UAE’s MBZUAI Launches Fully Sovereign AI Model
A new artificial intelligence (AI) model designed to support the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) technological sovereignty was announced Tuesday (Jan. 27) by G42, Cerebras Systems and the Institute of F...
The best fitness trackers and watches we’ve tested
Fitness trackers have come a long way from the simple bands that tracked steps and little else. Modern trackers can monitor everything from your heart health to how well you’ve recovered from...
Mozilla Recruits Partners to Take on AI Goliaths
Non-profit software company Mozilla reportedly wants to keep the artificial intelligence (AI) industry’s giants in check.
To that end, the company is putting together “a rebel alliance ...
