WASHINGTON — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have shared their views on President Donald Trump’s recent decision to raise the cost of hiring foreign talent under the H-1B visa program. Last week, Trump announced a dramatic fee increase — setting the new H-1B visa cost at $100,000. Under the updated rules, […]
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong joined fellow crypto leaders on Capitol Hill this week in a heated policy battle with the banking industry — a fight that could impact trillions of dollars in deposits. Banking advocacy groups are lobbying lawmakers to ban crypto exchanges from offering stablecoin rewards, arguing that such perks mimic traditional bank interest […]
Meta’s Chief Product Officer Chris Cox believes that smart glasses are the future of personal computing, predicting they will fundamentally change how humans interact with technology. “We’ll talk to them, we’ll see through them, and we’ll use natural gestures — just like we do with each other — to interact with our computers,” Cox explained […]
Google is supercharging its Chrome browser with Gemini AI integration, aiming to stay ahead of rising competition from AI-driven platforms like OpenAI and Perplexity. In an announcement on Thursday, the company revealed that Gemini will roll out across Mac, Windows, and mobile devices in the U.S. Users can now interact directly with Gemini to summarize […]
Bees are vital to global food production, pollinating more than one-third of the crops humans consume. Yet, the population is collapsing at alarming rates — with around 40% of colonies dying off each year, according to data shared by California-based startup Beewise. Climate change, pesticide use, wildfires, and increasingly violent storms are among the biggest […]
Nvidia has invested more than $900 million to bring in Enfabrica CEO Rochan Sankar along with several key employees, while also securing a license for the startup’s cutting-edge technology. The deal, completed last week, combines cash and stock compensation, according to people familiar with the matter. This move mirrors similar AI talent acquisitions made recently […]
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 […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has once again extended the deadline for ByteDance to divest its U.S. TikTok operations, giving more time for a deal involving an investor consortium that includes Oracle, Silver Lake, and Andreessen Horowitz. The new deadline is set for December 16, delaying a potential nationwide ban. The extension, issued through an […]
LONDON — The United Kingdom is set to become a global hub for artificial intelligence as Microsoft, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI, Salesforce, and CoreWeave announced over $40 billion in new AI investments. Microsoft alone pledged $30 billion by 2028, with plans to build the nation’s largest supercomputer powered by 23,000+ advanced GPUs in partnership with British […]
YouTube revealed on Tuesday that it has distributed over $100 billion to creators, artists, and media partners since 2021 — a record milestone that highlights the platform’s role as one of the most profitable digital ecosystems in the world. The surge in earnings has been largely driven by the rise of connected TV viewership. According […]