Amazon is reportedly in talks to invest $50B in OpenAI
If a deal materializes, it would mean Amazon is backing competing startups in the race for AI supremacy.
Medium gives employees Friday off to participate in national strike protesting ICE
Activists behind the general strike are calling for “no work, no school, and no shopping” amid a push to defund ICE, which has escalated raids in U.S. cities, killing several people, including two U.S.
Microsoft won’t stop buying AI chips from Nvidia, AMD, even after launching its own, Nadella says
Microsoft says its own chip leapfrogs those made by other cloud providers like Amazon and Google. But it needs more.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX and xAI in talks to merge, report says
This merger would bring the Grok chatbot, Starlink satellites, and SpaceX rockets together under one corporation.
Fintech firm Marquis blames hack at firewall provider SonicWall for its data breach
The fintech giant said it plans to “seek recoupment of any expenses” from its firewall provider SonicWall after a 2025 data breach exposed customer firewall configurations.
Satya Nadella insists people are using Microsoft’s Copilot AI a lot
With Microsoft spending many billions on data centers, and rumors that no one is using its AI, CEO Satya Nadella shared some usage numbers.
Apple buys Israeli startup QAI as the AI race heats up
Apple announced its acquisition of Q.AI for a reported nearly $2 billion, making it the company’s second-largest acquisition to date.
Waymo robotaxis are now giving rides to and from San Francisco International Airport
Waymo’s SFO win comes as the company faces criticism and concerns about safety in some of the cities it operates.
I built marshmallow castles in Google’s new AI world generator
Starting Thursday, Google AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S. can play around with Project Genie, which is powered by a combination of Google’s latest world model Genie 3, its image generation model Nano Banana Pro,
OpenAI’s Sora app is struggling after its stellar launch
Sora’s mobile app downloads fell 45% in January, and consumer spending dropped.