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California law targeting loud streaming ads takes effect on July 1
Streaming ads might be getting a lot quieter this week.
A California law banning streaming services from showing ads “louder than the video content” that they accompany is set to take effect on Wednesday, July 1. (Existing legislation…
How GE Vernova builds the turbines powering the AI data center boom
An exclusive look inside GE Vernova's largest gas turbine plant in Greenville, South Carolina, offers fresh evidence that the artificial intelligence boom is going strong. Inside, engineers are working alongside factory workers to speed…
Alphabet burnishes one of its best weapons in the battle for AI supremacy
Alphabet has squashed concerns that artificial intelligence will destroy its Google tech empire. One of its biggest weapons in the fight: homegrown silicon chips. Google's in-house tensor processing units (TPUs) serve as the engine to…
Indian payments chief thinks AI will be heavily involved in next era of digital payment growth
India’s digital payment share has increased over the years, with the Unified Payment Interface (UPI) growing to over 750 million daily transactions. With an aim to reach over a billion daily transactions, Dilip Asbe, MD and CEO of the…
Memory crunch shaking Apple and Microsoft existential for small guys
Apple CEO Tim Cook looks on during an event with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on Aug. 6, 2025.Win Mcnamee | Getty ImagesEarlier this year, Mono Technologies assembled and shipped nearly 1,000 units of its…
Instagram is testing more ways to customize ‘Your Algorithm’
Instagram users could soon see more ways to tune their content, according to a recent post from Instagram head Adam Mosseri.
Specifically, Mosseri was showing off new ways that users might access Your Algorithm, a feature that allows…
The AI trade cooled and oil sank. A closer look at Wall Street’s volatile week
Wall Street spent the week debating who the biggest winners and losers of the artificial intelligence boom will ultimately be. Memory chipmaker Micron's blockbuster earnings reinforced the fervent demand for computing resources, but it…
Oracle stock ends worst week since 2001 as investors dwell on finances
Oracle CEO Clay Magouyrk, right, speaks on a media tour of the Stargate data center in Abilene, Texas, on Sept. 23, 2025.Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesOracle just wrapped up its worst week on Wall Street in 25 years as concerns…
Trump Admin releases Anthropic Mythos to be used by more than 100 US companies, agencies
Two weeks into the ban that caused Anthropic to pull its powerful cybersecurity-oriented models, Mythos 5 and Fable 5, from the market, the Trump administration is softening its stance.
It is now allowing Anthropic to make Mythos 5…
Anthropic allowed to release Mythos AI to some companies, agencies
CEO of Anthropic Dario Amodei attends a working lunch with G7 leaders, G7 outreach partners and global tech CEOs on innovation and AI, during the G7 Summit on June 17, 2026, in Évian-les-Bains, France.Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images News…
Novak Djokovic has a new job — advisor to private equity firm General Atlantic
General Atlantic has tapped tennis legend Novak Djokovic to serve as a global strategic advisor, where, according to a press release, he “will work closely with the firm’s leadership, portfolio companies, and investors, bringing…
Micron sinks, continuing a whipsaw week of trading
Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesMicron Technology's shares tumbled on Friday, giving back some of the gains from a post-earnings rally, as the memory chipmaker looked to wrap a rocky week of trading that has seen big swings.The…
The White House is asking OpenAI to slow roll the release of its new model over safety concerns
OpenAI’s release of its newest model, GPT 5.6, reportedly won’t be like its previous releases. Instead of distributing it to the public, the company plans to share it only with a select group of close partners because the Trump…
Tumbling AI stocks signal another day of turmoil for tech companies
The logo of Japanese company SoftBank Group at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2025.Kazuhiro Nogi | AFP | Getty ImagesTech stocks sold off on Friday amid mounting concerns over the rising cost of artificial intelligence…
On Semi strikes $7 billion deal for Synaptics in physical AI push
On Semiconductor has agreed to buy Synaptics in a nearly $7 billion all-stock deal to bolster its push into physical artificial intelligence technology.The Arizona-based company said the deal will give its total addressable market a $30…
Notion Mail shuts down amid agent takeover
Productivity company Notion is shutting down its email product, Notion Mail, on September 22. The company said it is discontinuing its email inbox in favor of its AI agent offering. It noted that users were increasingly handing over the…
Apple raises prices on MacBook and iPad, hints at more to come
Apple on Thursday announced price hikes on MacBook and iPad, its first formal move to pass higher memory and storage costs on to consumers after CEO Tim Cook said increases had become unavoidable.Shares sank 5% on Thursday after the…
Europe is pushing back on Washington’s chip war
Dutch Trade Minister Sjoerd Sjoerdsma visited Washington this week to meet with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and members of Congress to oppose the MATCH Act, a bill that would bar Chinese chipmakers from accessing Western…