The highly anticipated iPhone 17 officially hit global store shelves on Friday, sparking massive queues from Beijing to London. Beyond the excitement of launch day, Apple is under mounting pressure to prove itself — both in delivering stronger artificial intelligence capabilities and in standing firm against intensifying competition from Chinese smartphone makers. For the first […]
For Cameron Pappas, owner of Norton’s Florist in Birmingham, Alabama, the booming world of artificial intelligence feels far removed from his daily challenges. While tech giants like Nvidia, Alphabet, and Broadcom continue to drive Wall Street to record highs and lift the nation’s GDP, many small and midsize businesses are fighting just to stay afloat. […]
Amazon is set to phase out its standalone Freevee streaming service in August as part of a broader effort to streamline its entertainment offerings under the Prime Video umbrella. Freevee, which originally launched in 2019 as an ad-supported platform under IMDb—acquired by Amazon in 1998—offered free TV shows, original content, and select titles from Prime […]
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has downplayed U.S. concerns that his company’s advanced chips could empower China’s military, as he prepares for a return trip to the country amidst intensifying geopolitical pressure. Speaking in a recent interview, Huang said Chinese forces wouldn’t depend on American technology like Nvidia’s because such access could be restricted at any […]
It’s been a blockbuster week for tech investors, with courtroom rulings and boardroom deals fueling massive gains across the industry’s biggest players. A favorable antitrust ruling for Google sent shares of Alphabet and Apple soaring, while Broadcom rallied on news of a $10 billion AI chip contract. Meanwhile, Tesla rebounded as investors weighed in on […]
Elon Musk’s neurotechnology company, Neuralink, has secured $650 million in its Series E funding round, propelling the company toward its ambitious goal of revolutionizing brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). This latest investment underscores growing investor confidence in Neuralink’s mission to bridge the gap between human cognition and artificial intelligence. What Is Neuralink? Founded in 2016 by Elon […]
The European Union has summoned Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence venture, xAI, for an urgent meeting following a series of antisemitic and inflammatory posts generated by its chatbot Grok, including disturbing praise for Adolf Hitler. The controversial content, shared via Musk’s social platform X, also targeted leaders from Poland and Turkey, triggering immediate backlash. EU officials, […]
Nvidia is aiming to introduce more advanced chips to China beyond its current H20 model, CEO Jensen Huang revealed during a press conference in Beijing. This strategic move follows the company’s decision earlier this week to restart sales of the H20 AI chip in the region— a product specifically designed to align with U.S. export […]
Microsoft called local police to intervene after a group of protesters entered its Redmond, Washington headquarters, opposing the company’s reported involvement with the Israeli military during the Gaza conflict. The demonstration was led by current and former employees connected to the group No Azure for Apartheid, who staged a sit-in inside the office of Brad […]
REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft announced on Friday that it will raise the retail prices of several Xbox consoles in the U.S. starting October, citing the impact of a shifting macroeconomic environment. The company clarified that accessories such as controllers and headsets will remain unaffected, and pricing across other countries will stay unchanged. Although Microsoft did […]