Walmart CEO to Step Down
John Furner, the current head of Walmart’s U.S. business, will take over the CEO role.
Weekday mornings
The Information AM
Start your morning with the important global tech news of the day, covered by The Information team across five time zones.
By providing your email, you agree to The Information’s Privacy Policy
Recent Editions
Blue Origin Lands New Glenn Rocket, Deploys Payloads For First Time
Jeff Bezos’ space company achieved major milestones on the second launch of its giant new rocket.
Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab In Talks To Raise Money at $50 Billion Valuation
The talks come just five months after the startup announced its last round at a $10 billion valuation.
Amazon Renames Satellite Internet Effort to Amazon Leo
The effort was previously known as Project Kuiper
Anthropic Says Chinese Spies Used Its AI for Cyberattacks
Anthropic said the hackers succeeded at breaking into targets “in a small number of cases” before the AI startup cut off their access to the tools.
Grayscale IPO Filing Shows Revenue Decline
Crypto asset manager Grayscale seeks to list on NYSE under ticker “GRAY.”
Tesla Working on Support for Apple’s CarPlay in Vehicles
Elon Musk is a frequent public critic of Apple but has also pitched the company on using SpaceX's Starlink.
Google Goes Live With More AI Shopping Features
Shoppers will be able to use AI to call stores and check product availability.
Disney Reports Sharp Slump in Entertainment Profits
Streaming revenues rose 8%, in line with its growth rate of the previous three quarters, but well below where rival Netflix is growing.
Tencent President: Hiring More Top-Notch AI Researchers
In China, Tencent has struggled to compete against Alibaba and ByteDance in AI model development.
Alibaba to Revamp Struggling AI Chatbot App
In China, Alibaba’s Tongyi AI chatbot for consumers has much fewer users than rival apps from ByteDance and Tencent.
OpenAI Appeals to Public in Battle over Evidence with New York Times
ChatGPT maker says newspaper’s demand for 20 million chats in copyright lawsuit violates their uses’ privacy
Circle Drops Over Lower Interest Rates, Rising Costs
Circle says it’s exploring launching a token to incentivize the use of its Arc blockchain.
Anthropic To Build Data Centers in Texas, New York
This would be Anthropic's first foray into building data centers itself, a similar approach to that of its competitor OpenAI.
Skims Boosts Valuation to $5 Billion
The apparel brand will use the new funding to help build more brick-and-mortar stores.
Elon Musk’s xAI Loses Second Top Lawyer in Three Months
Lily Lim joined xAI in December 2024 and was promoted to head of legal affairs after xAI’s previous top lawyer, Robert Keele, left the company this August.
Meta’s Yann LeCun Plans Departure
The AI pioneer plans to leave in the coming months to form a new startup.
Amazon Merges Ad Buying Tools and Launches Agents for Advertising
The advertising giant is combining tools that had been typically for smaller merchants and large brands, separately
Shares of AI Cloud Firm CoreWeave Drop as Data Center Delay Tanks Revenue Growth
Investors are sensitive to potential snags involving the highly leveraged firm.
SoftBank Sells Entire Stake in Nvidia for $5.83 Billion
SoftBank is selling some of its shareholders to help finance its massive investment in OpenAI.
Weekday mornings
The Information AM by The Information Staff
Start your morning with the important global tech news of the day, covered by The Information team across five time zones.
By providing your email, you agree to The Information’s Privacy Policy