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Adobe’s Firefly comes to iOS and Android
Adobe has been on a quest to attract users to its platform for their AI needs. The company in April launched a redesigned Firefly web app that lets users use Adobe’s own Firefly image- and video-generation models as well as third-party…
SK Hynix rises to over 2-decade highs as parent group plans data center
Illustration of the SK Hynix company logo seen displayed on a smartphone screen.Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesShares in South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix extended gains to hit a more than 2-decade high on Tuesday, following…
The cracks in the OpenAI-Microsoft relationship are reportedly widening
OpenAI and Microsoft may be reaching an inflection point in their relationship, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.
The report, citing anonymous sources, says OpenAI executives have considered publicly accusing…
OpenAI wins $200 million U.S. defense contract
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the Snowflake Summit in San Francisco on June 2, 2025.Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesOpenAI has been awarded a $200 million contract to provide the U.S. Defense Department with…
Meta is finally bringing ads to WhatsApp
It took 11 years since Facebook acquired it for $19 billion, but Meta is finally bringing ads to WhatsApp, marking a major change for an app whose founders shunned advertising.Meta announced Monday that businesses will now be able to run…
Aspora gets $50M from Sequoia to build remittance and banking solutions for Indian diaspora
India has been one of the top recipients of remittances in the world for more than a decade. Inward remittances jumped from $55.6 billion in 2010-11 to $118.7 billion in 2023-24, according to data from the country’s central bank. The…
Taiwan blacklists China’s Huawei and SMIC, aligning more with U.S. policy
The U.S. has placed major chip export restrictions on Huawei and Chinese firms over the past few years. This has cut off companies' access to critical semiconductors.Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesTaiwan has added China's Huawei…
Spiraling with ChatGPT | TechCrunch
ChatGPT seems to have pushed some users towards delusional or conspiratorial thinking, or at least reinforced that kind of thinking, according to a recent feature in The New York Times.
For example, a 42-year-old accountant named…
How to keep Meta AI from sharing your prompts on Facebook, Instagram
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, and an image of the Meta logo.Drew Angerer | Afp | Getty ImagesArtificial intelligence-generated images of women kissing while mud wrestling and President Donald Trump eating poop are some of the…
How AI is disrupting the advertising industry
An AI assistant on display at Mobile World Congress 2024 in Barcelona.Angel Garcia | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesArtificial intelligence is shaking up the advertising business and "unnerving" investors, one industry leader told CNBC."I think…
How to delete your 23andMe data
DNA testing service 23andMe has undergone serious upheaval in recent months, creating concerns for the 15 million customers who entrusted the company with their personal biological information. After filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy…
Oracle’s stock closes out best week since 2001 on cloud momentum
Oracle CEO Safra Catz speaks at the FII PRIORITY Summit in Miami Beach, Florida, on Feb. 20, 2025.Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesOracle shares enjoyed their best week since 2001 as Wall Street cheered a strong earnings report and bullish…
Google reportedly plans to cut ties with Scale AI
Meta’s big investment in Scale AI may be giving some of the startup’s customers pause.
Reuters reports that Google had planned to pay Scale $200 million this year but is now having conversations with its competitors and planning to cut…
Tesla faces protests in Austin over Musk’s robotaxi plans
Blythe Christopher attends a demonstration to protest Tesla robotaxis on June 12, 2025 in Austin, Texas.Todd WisemanWith Elon Musk looking to June 22 as his tentative start date for Tesla's pilot robotaxi service in Austin, Texas,…
What I learned following Jensen Huang around Europe
Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., left, and Emmanuel Macron, France's president at the 2025 VivaTech conference in Paris, France, on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. Nathan Laine | Bloomberg | Getty…
New York passes a bill to prevent AI-fueled disasters
New York state lawmakers passed a bill on Thursday that aims to prevent frontier AI models from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic from contributing to disaster scenarios, including the death or injury of more than 100 people, or more than…
Anne Wojcicki to buy back 23andMe and its data for $305 million
23andMe founder Anne Wojcicki speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing in Washington, D.C., on June 10, 2025.Andrew Harnik | Getty ImagesAnne Wojcicki, the co-founder and former CEO of 23andMe, has…
Google tests Audio Overviews for Search queries
Google Search is experimenting with Audio Overviews for certain Search queries, the company announced on Friday. The feature was first introduced to NotebookLM, Google’s AI-based note-taking and research assistant.
The tech giant says…