TikTok Owner Faces European Fine For Data Privacy Violation
The regulatory challenge in Europe comes as TikTok tries to avoid a ban in the U.S.
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Tech Stocks Take a Beating From Tariffs
The tech sector took one of its biggest beatings since the Covid-19 pandemic.
Apple Shares Fall the Most Since March 2020 on New Tariffs
Apple is facing steep tariffs not just in China, but also in India and Vietnam, where it has gradually shifted some of its production to in recent years.
Zuckerberg Lobbies Trump to Settle Antitrust Lawsuit
The lawsuit, filed in 2020 by the Federal Trade Commission under Trump’s first administration, is scheduled to go to trial on April 14.
White House Says It’s Again Closing E-commerce Tariff ‘Loophole’
The parcels will be subject to a duty of either 30% of their value or a flat fee of $25 per package, which will increase to $50 in June.
Google Replaces Head of Gemini Chatbot
Josh Woodward, currently the head of product incubator Google Labs, will now also lead the Gemini chatbot group, known internally as Bard.
Tesla Has Worst Quarter for Deliveries Since 2022
Analysts blame Musk's role in Washington for turning off potential buyers
Google in Advanced Talks to Rent Nvidia Chips from CoreWeave
Major Nvidia customers like Google are struggling to get enough chips to meet rising demand.
Amazon Submits Last-Minute TikTok Bid
Parties involved in the TikTok sale talks do not appear to be taking Amazon’s bid seriously.
Accused Corporate Spy Details Surveillance Campaign Against Rippling
In a new court filing, Keith O’Brien describes how he passed information on Rippling to Deel, a chief rival.
Arm Pursues Acquisition of Alphawave for AI Chip Tech
Alphawave could provide Arm with a vital technology for AI chip design that Arm is missing.
Alibaba Prepares to Launch New Flagship AI Models
The upcoming launch will come amid intensifying competition from other Chinese AI leaders like DeepSeek.
Circle Files for IPO Publicly
The stablecoin issuer seeks to list on New York Stock Exchange.
Meta’s Head of AI Research Resigns
Joelle Pineau, the head of Meta's Fundamental AI Research lab, will leave the company in May.
Andreessen Horowitz In Talks With Oracle-Led TikTok Bid
Andreessen Horowitz is in talks to invest in TikTok as part of a bid led by Oracle and other U.S. investors.
Trump Sets Up New Office to Oversee CHIPS Act
The CHIPS Act, signed into law by Biden, is intended to boost semiconductor production in the U.S.
OpenAI Confirms It’s Raising $40 Billion at $260 Billion Valuation
The ChatGPT maker also confirmed that SoftBank Group's involvement.
OpenAI Plans to Release Free, Open-Weight Reasoning Model
The last open-weight language model OpenAI released was GPT-2, which came out in February 2019, the same year OpenAI started a for-profit subsidiary.
Isomorphic Labs Raises $600 Million
Isomorphic Labs, Alphabet's AI drug discovery subsidiary, has signed billion-dollar deals with the pharmaceutical giants Eli Lilly and Novartis.
Circle Aims to Publicly File for IPO in April
The stablecoin issuer is working with JPMorgan and Citi, Fortune says.
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