TikTok Prepares for Immediate Shut-Off in the U.S. on Sunday
Jan 15, 2025 · TikTok plans to shut off its app for U.S. users on Sunday, the day a federal law will ban the app, unless the Supreme Court intervenes to block the ban, according to two people familiar with TikTok’s plans. Abruptly switching off the app, rather than allowing people who have already downloaded ...
Microsoft CEO Nadella Met with Trump and Musk on AI Data …
Jan 16, 2025 · Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and President Brad Smith met with president-elect Donald Trump and vice-president elect J.D. Vance at Mar-a-Lago in Florida on Wednesday, Microsoft said in a statement. Elon Musk, who has been tapped by Trump to lead a government efficiency initiative and recently sued Microsoft over its deal with OpenAI, also joined the meeting.
TikTok's Powerful New Friends — The Information
6 days ago · While it’s too early to predict what’s going to happen with TikTok, it’s beginning to look like ByteDance has successfully called the U.S.’s bluff. For months, ByteDance has refused to contemplate selling TikTok to avoid a ban. And now, days before the ban is due to take effect, politicians are ...
How Apple Developed an Nvidia Allergy — The Information
Like most big tech companies with artificial intelligence ambitions, Apple has little choice but to use chips from Nvidia, whose graphics processing units are practically a de facto standard in the development and running of AI software. But Apple is working on …
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Jan 14, 2025 · Exclusive TikTok Prepares for Immediate Shut-Off in the U.S. on Sunday. TikTok plans to shut off its app for U.S. users on Sunday, the day a federal law will ban the app, unless the Supreme Court intervenes to block the ban, according to …
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Launches New Rocket to Orbit
Jan 16, 2025 · Blue Origin launched its New Glenn rocket into orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in a major milestone for the quarter-century old space company owned by Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos. The 320-foot rocket reached orbit and deployed its payload, a prototype of a space vehicle called Blue Ring that Blue Origin has developed to move satellites and other objects into …
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Predictions 2025: Amazon Will Buy Lyft — The Information
Robotaxis are quickly gaining ground, largely thanks to Alphabet-backed Waymo, which announced in October that it was completing more than 100,000 paid rides for passengers per week. Waymo plans to enter new regions next year. And everything in the market is sure to intensify further as Tesla ...
Why Biden’s Final AI Chip Move Caused an Uproar
Jan 14, 2025 · It’s the final week of the Biden presidency, and the administration kicked it off by announcing new export control rules for AI-related technologies, causing quite a stir. The rules aim to limit how many of Nvidia’s artificial intelligence chips other countries or …
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