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Trump’s handprints on the U.S. economy
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during an announcement regarding his administration's policies against cartels and human trafficking, from the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Oct. 23, 2025. Jonathan…
Big tech is paying for Trump’s White House ballroom
While the U.S. government remains in limbo during a shutdown, the White House grounds have been busy this week. Construction workers have begun demolition on the White House’s East Wing, which will be replaced by a 90,000-square-foot…
Meta replacing humans with AI for FTC-mandated privacy reviews
Priscilla Chan, left, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Lauren Sanchez are among guests attending Donald Trump's inauguration as the 47th U.S. president in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2025.Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty…
Amazon launches revamped Luna game streaming service
Amazon on Thursday unveiled its revamped game streaming service, Amazon Luna, which now includes new beginner-friendly multiplayer games that can be controlled with your phone. Amazon Luna is available at no extra cost for Prime…
Quantum stocks surge on report Trump eyeing stakes in the group like Intel, rare earth companies
Parts of the IBM Quantum System Two are displayed at IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York on June 6, 2025.Angela Weiss | Afp | Getty ImagesThe Trump administration is in talks with several quantum-computing…
Musk says Tesla ‘not about to replace Nvidia’ as EV maker builds chips
Tesla CEO Elon Musk listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty ImagesTesla's forthcoming artificial intelligence chip that…
Elon Musk frets over controlling Tesla’s ‘robot army’ as car biz rebounds slightly
Tesla’s record sales quarter has offered the company a reprieve after a terrible start to 2025. But CEO Elon Musk is focused on building a “robot army” and making good on his years-long, unfulfilled promise of self-driving cars — tasks…
Trump White House ballroom project boosted by YouTube
Demolition of a section of the East Wing of the White House, during construction on the new ballroom extension of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. Aaron Schartz | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesTech giant…
Life360 ventures into pet tech with the launch of a new GPS tracker
The family safety app Life360 is venturing into pet tech with the launch of its new tracking device, the Pet GPS. Designed to attach to a collar or harness, this new device aims to offer pet owners peace of mind by delivering real-time…
China’s Baidu to test robotaxis in Switzerland in race for Europe
Chinese tech company Baidu announced Wednesday its Apollo Go robotaxi arm has entered a strategic partnership with PostBus in Switzerland.BaiduBEIJING — Chinese tech giant Baidu announced Wednesday that its robotaxi unit will start test…
Meta, Blue Owl Capital partner on $27 billion AI data center project
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesMeta said Tuesday that it formed a…
Netflix goes ‘all in’ on generative AI as entertainment industry remains divided
As the entertainment industry reckons with when and how to use generative AI in filmmaking, Netflix is leaning in. In its quarterly earnings report released on Tuesday afternoon, Netflix wrote in its letter to investors that it is “very…
Anthropic CEO disputes David Sacks’ claims that company is ‘woke’
Dario Amodei, co-founder and CEO of artificial intelligence startup Anthropic.Chesnot | Getty ImagesAnthropic CEO Dario Amodei addressed "inaccurate claims" about the artificial intelligence startup's policy stances on Tuesday after…
Spiro raises $100M, the largest-ever investment in Africa’s e-mobility
Africa’s electric mobility story has often been one of promise over progress. Infrastructure is scarce, power grids are unreliable, and most markets still run on cheap imported motorcycles. But Dubai-headquartered Spiro has spent the…
More people want the new iPhone — and Apple shares
Apple CEO Tim Cook holds new iPhones during an Apple special event at Apple headquarters on Sept. 9, 2025 in Cupertino, California.Justin Sullivan | Getty Images
Critics may sneer at the iPhone 17 Pro's fluorescent orange finish, but…
Trump calls for National Guard deployment loom over SF AI resurgence
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press after disembarking from Air Force One upon arrival at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, Oct. 17, 2025, as he travels to Mar-a-Lago for the weekend. Saul Loeb | AFP…
Top OpenAI, Google Brain researchers set off a $300M VC frenzy for their startup Periodic Labs
Periodic Labs, a new startup by one of OpenAI’s most respected researchers, Liam Fedus, and his former Google Brain colleague, Ekin Dogus Cubuk, came out of stealth last month with an enormous $300 million seed round. It was led by…
What we know as recovery begins
Amazon Web Services Inc. signage at the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference in San Jose, California, on March 20, 2025.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAmazon Web Services, a leader in the cloud infrastructure market, reported a…