Amid US antitrust pressure on Google parent company Alphabet, Perplexity AI has offered $34.5 billion in cash deal to purchase the Google Chrome browser. This would instantly give Perplexity reach to more than three billion people. The bid still faces uncertain funding sources but could take off if a court rules soon on a US lawsuit claiming Google abuses its market power.
The founder of Terraform Labs, Do Kwon, has pleaded guilty to a number of fraud charges linked with the collapse of 2022 and as result TerraUSD—and Luna. The crash wiped $40 billion off the value, sparked global market tumult, and resulted in one of the high-profile prosecutions in cryptocurrency history.
Elon Musk says Apple is unfairly excluding his X platform and Grok AI chatbot from top App Store recommendations. He claims this violates antitrust laws and plans to take legal action. Apple denies bias, insisting its ranking system is fair and objective.
President Donald Trump has changed his mind about Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan. A week after telling him he should resign, Trump called Tan a "winner" and talked about steps to bolster US technology industry leadership. The meeting also follows an outpouring of a tug-of-war against Nvidia and China that has been triggered by Intel.
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Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan under pressure as President Donald Trump demanded his resignation for dealing with China. Tan will go to the White House for dinner, where he plans to defend his record and talk about future collaboration with Trump. The spat is happening against a backdrop of Intel dialing back U.S. factory expansion plans, which has stoked tensions over local manufacturing and national security.
The Chinese state-affiliated media platform Xinhua has published a scathing critique of Nvidia's H20 AI chips, accusing them of creating backdoor security risks, having limited technological utility, and performing poorly environmentally.
It has been a long wait for the release of GPT-5 by OpenAI in place of old versions like GPT-4o, ChatGPT.
Dr. Yumeng Wu's pioneering work in advanced inkjet 3D printing control is not just an academic pursuit; it's actively shaping the future of manufacturing.
Apple CEO Tim Cook met President Donald Trump and pledged to invest an additional $100 billion in the US
Google DeepMind launches Genie 3, a Text-to-world model that could help create advanced interactive 3D world with the help a single prompt.
Sanjay Poddar's contributions ensure enterprises remain agile as cyber threats evolve, supporting the industry's shift toward proactive resilience. Retail clerks like Maria focus on customers, not crashes.
John Komarthi believes the development of web security lies in smarter systems that learn from context rather than react to stereotypes.
Andrew Tulloch, a high-profile AI researcher and co-founder of Thinking Machine Lab has reportedly refused to join Meta's MSl even after receiving a 1 billion compensation offer. Tulloch has previously worked with Goldman Sachs, OpenAI and Meta before launching Thinking Machine Lab with Mira Maruti, the former CTO of OpenaAI
meta has hired 24-year-old AI prodigy Matt Dietke after he refused $125 million compensation, as he wanted to continue working with Vercept. Dietke is the latest addition in MSL after several other high-profile AI talents were included in MSL dream team.