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Scale AI founder Wang announces exit for Meta part of $14 billion deal
Alexandr Wang, CEO of ScaleAI speaks on CNBC's Squawk Box outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 23, 2025.Gerry Miller | CNBCScale AI founder Alexandr Wang told employees in a memo on Thursday that he's leaving…
After a string of successes, early-stage fund Felicis raises fresh $900M
Felicis founder Aydin Senkut is celebrating his 19th year as an institutional early-stage investor by announcing the firm’s biggest fund yet: a $900 million Fund X.
This follows the $825 million Fund IX raised in 2023 and the $600…
Shaq to pay $1.8 million to settle FTX investor lawsuit
Shaquille O'Neal sits on the bench before the game between the Indiana Pacers and the New York Knicks during Game 2 of the 2025 Eastern Conference Finals at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, on May 23, 2025.Jesse D.…
Google cloud and other internet services are reporting outages
A visitor walks past a Google Cloud sign at the booth of Google during the Hanover technology Fair (Hannover Messe) on April 22, 2024 in Hanover, northern Germany, with Norway as partner country.Ronny Hartmann | AFP | Getty…
Conveyor uses AI to automate the painful process of vendor security reviews and RFPs with AI
Selling software to companies is such a time-consuming process. Even after customers are convinced a product is right for their organization, they still need to ensure the software meets all their security requirements.
Chas Ballew…
This is the decade of robotics and autonomous vehicles
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang attends a round table discussion at the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, June 11, 2025. Sarah Meyssonnier |…
Apple is salvaging Image Playground with a boost from ChatGPT
When Apple unveiled Image Playground last year, the company touted it as a quick and easy way to generate personalized, original images with the help of Apple Intelligence. Upon launch, the app was met with skepticism, as some users…
Databricks says annualized revenue to reach $3.7 billion by next month
Ali Ghodsi, co-founder and CEO of Databricks, speaks at the company's Data and AI Summit in San Francisco on June 11, 2025.Jordan Novet | CNBCDatabricks, a data analytics software vendor, said on Wednesday that it expects to generate…
Disney and Universal sue Midjourney for AI copyright infringement
The Walt Disney logo is displayed on screen during the Walt Disney Studios presentation at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace at CinemaCon 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada, on April 3, 2025. Valerie Macon | AFP | Getty ImagesDisney and Universal…
23andMe says 15% of customers asked to delete their genetic data since bankruptcy
23andMe’s interim chief executive Joseph Selsavage told lawmakers on Tuesday that 1.9 million people, or about 15% of its customer base, have requested their genetic data be deleted from the company’s servers since it filed for…
Nintendo sees record 3.5 million sales of its Switch 2 console
Nintendo Switch 2 controllers are displayed during at the Nintendo New York store on June 4, 2025, for a launch event ahead of the video game hybrid console's midnight release. David Dee Delgado | AFP | Getty ImagesNintendo sold more…
OpenAI’s open model is delayed
The release of OpenAI’s first open model in years will be delayed until later this summer, CEO Sam Altman announced in a post on X on Tuesday. Altman said the open model would be released sometime after June.
“e are going to take a…
Tesla rallies on robotaxi hopes as fear over Musk-Trump feud subsides
Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks alongside U.S. President Donald Trump to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty ImagesIn the three trading days since Elon Musk's war of words…
ChatGPT OpenAI down for some users
Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesChatGPT was down Tuesday for some users on Tuesday, with more than 1,500 outage reports on Downdetector, a site that logs user reports of internet issues.The artificial intelligence chatbot gave some…
WWDC 2025: Everything that Apple ‘Sherlocked’ this time
Apple announced a slew of major design and feature updates for all its operating systems at WWDC 2025, and just like every year, the company has again built in some features that were previously available through third-party apps. In…
Apple WWDC underwhelms on AI, software biggest facelift in decade
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 09, 2025 in Cupertino, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesApple's annual developer conference on Monday lacked the…
Still no AI-powered, ‘more personalized’ Siri from Apple at WWDC 25
At this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 25), Apple announced a slew of updates to its operating systems, services, and software, including a new look it dubbed “Liquid Glass” and a rebranded naming convention. Apple was…
Microsoft enters portable gaming with new ROG Xbox Ally devices
Microsoft ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X Handheld devicesSource: XboxMicrosoft Xbox players will soon be able to take their favorite games anywhere with the launch of the new ROG Xbox Ally handhelds.This is a first for Xbox, which has never…