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Congressional Committee Calls for Tougher Export Controls In Light of DeepSeek

Apr 17, 2025 · 1:06am PDT
The Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party also sent a letter to Nvidia demanding answers to how some advanced AI chips ended up powering DeepSeek’s models
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Rippling Lines Up Goldman Sachs, GIC as New Investors Amid Spy Lawsuit

Apr 16, 2025 · 2:20pm PDT
The new valuation, about $16 billion, would be up from $13 billion a year ago.
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OpenAI Releases New Reasoning Models, Open-Source Coding Assistant

Apr 16, 2025 · 12:37pm PDT
These new reasoning models have helped scientists come up with hypotheses to test and designs for experiments.
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Lyft Agrees to Buy European Taxi App Freenow for $197 Million

Apr 16, 2025 · 12:05pm PDT
The ridehailing company is also fighting off a proxy challenge
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OpenAI in Talks To Buy AI Coding Assistant Windsurf for $3 Billion

Apr 16, 2025 · 11:51am PDT
If the deal closes, it would be the largest in OpenAI's history.
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Meta’s Share of Time Spent Has Declined, Zuckerberg Testifies

Apr 16, 2025 · 11:03am PDT
Zuckerberg said that a "lot of the interaction" people have with friends has shifted to messaging apps.
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Zuckerberg Says TikTok and YouTube Are Major Rivals to Meta

Apr 16, 2025 · 10:25am PDT
The Meta CEO's testimony reflects the company's effort to rebut the Federal Trade Commission's claim that YouTube and TikTok don't compete with Meta.
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California Considers Bill to Allow Nuclear Power Plants

Apr 16, 2025 · 10:02am PDT
Proponents have said the technology is necessary to satisfy the growing power demands of AI. 
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Tesla’s Market Share in California Falls Below 50%

Apr 16, 2025 · 10:00am PDT
The California New Car Dealers Association attributed the downturn to Tesla’s “aging product lineup and backlash against Elon Musk’s political initiatives.”
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Crypto Exchange OKX Launches in U.S. After DOJ Settlement

Apr 16, 2025 · 8:33am PDT
OKX, a global crypto giant founded by Star Xu, will compete with Coinbase in the U.S. market.
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U.S. Startup Funding Hits Highest Level Since 2021

Apr 15, 2025 · 5:41pm PDT
For the second straight quarter, investments in artificial intelligence startups made up more than half of total funding.
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Meta Attempted Negotiations to Settle Antitrust Lawsuit

Apr 15, 2025 · 4:55pm PDT
Mark Zuckerberg last month offered to pay $450 million to settle an antitrust case brought by the FTC—far less than the $30 billion demanded by the agency.
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Design Software Maker Figma Files Confidentially for IPO 

Apr 15, 2025 · 3:48pm PDT
Even after its $20 billion sale to Adobe fell apart in late 2023, Figma's business has continued to thrive and its products remain popular with designers.
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Nvidia to Take a $5.5 Billion Charge After U.S. Restricts Its Chip Sales to China

Apr 15, 2025 · 3:11pm PDT
Nvidia’s disclosure comes after a week of whiplash for the firm in D.C.
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Shein and Temu Announce Plans To Increase Prices

Apr 15, 2025 · 2:13pm PDT
The China-founded online bargain sellers are the latest merchants to warn of price hikes in response to U.S. trade changes.
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Musk Rejected Senior Executives’ Analysis That Robotaxi Would Be a Bust

Apr 15, 2025 · 11:58am PDT
Inside Tesla, Musk's lieutenants wanted to build the Model 2 which their analysis said would be a hit. Musk said no.
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Activist Investor Elliott Takes $1.5 Billion Stake in HPE

Apr 15, 2025 · 11:31am PDT
HPE shares traded more than 4% higher Tuesday.
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Temu Slashes Google, Meta Ad Spending as Tariffs Bite

Apr 15, 2025 · 9:27am PDT
Heavy ad spending from Temu and its fellow China-founded rival, Shein, has buoyed digital ad revenue for Meta and Google and driven up costs for other advertisers.
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OpenAI Develops X-Like Social Feature in ChatGPT

Apr 15, 2025 · 9:19am PDT
The feature could help people discover what they can do with the chatbot.
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Chinese AI Startup Zhipu Targets IPO as Soon as This Year

Apr 14, 2025 · 10:02pm PDT
Backed by Alibaba and Tencent, the company could become the first Chinese AI model developer to go public.