WhatsApp Gets Legal Victory Against Pegasus Spyware Maker
The U.S. government had blacklisted the spyware's creator, NSO Group, after a 2019 hack.
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Google Offers to Tweak Apple Search Contract Following Loss in Monopoly Trial
This proposal is a far lighter punishment than the remedy put forward by the Department of Justice, which wants the search giant to be broken up.
Jury Sides With Qualcomm in Dispute With Arm Holdings
Arm, which licenses its chip designs, largely lost a two-year legal battle with Qualcomm, one of its largest customers.
Tether Invests $775 Million in Video Platform Rumble
Rumble shares jumped over 40% post-market after announcement on Tether’s strategic investment.
Google DeepMind Partners with Humanoid Robotics Maker Apptronik
The partnership is the latest example of how AI is breathing new life into robotics.
CoinDesk Owner Fires Top Editors After Article Removal Controversy
The publication removed an article about crypto billionaire Justin Sun after his team complained about its tone, Fortune reported.
UK Regulator Slams Google for Ad Tracking Policy Change
Google will allow advertisers to use a technique called fingerprinting, which regulators say undermines user choice
OpenAI Announces New Reasoning Model, ‘o3’
The announcement comes three months after the company announced its o1 model.
OpenAI Search Leader Departs After Less Than a Year
The departure comes days after OpenAI made web search in its ChatGPT chatbot available to all users
CFPB Sues Zelle, JPMorgan, BofA, Wells Fargo For $870m Fraud Spree
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued payments network Zelle and three of the banks that operate and own it.
Amazon Has No New ‘James Bond’ Film Due to Clash With Family
A feature Bond film has not been released since 2021’s “No Time to Die.”
Netflix to Stream Next Two FIFA Women’s Soccer World Cups
Netflix has bought out all of the rights to the 2027 and 2031 FIFA Women's World Cups, a major expansion in its live sports strategy.
OpenAI Preps ‘o3’ Reasoning Model
Due to a potential copyright or trademark conflict with British telecommunications firm O2, OpenAI has considered calling the next update "o3" and skipping "o2."
Ōura Ring Raises $200 Million at $5.2 Billion Valuation
The round includes a strategic investment from glucose monitoring company Dexcom.
Google Releases AI Reasoning, Preps Chatbot in Search
Google on Tuesday released a new artificial intelligence model that aims to automate more complex tasks by spending a longer time processing a person’s instructions, known as reasoning.
Elon Musk Unexpectedly Joined Donald Trump-Jeff Bezos Dinner
It’s not the first time Musk has unexpectedly joined one of Trump’s meetings with a competitor.
Senior OpenAI Researcher Radford Departs
Radford had gained legendary status for being the lead author on the company’s seminal research paper on generative pretrained models, GPT.
Apple Criticizes Meta Over Interoperability Requests Under DMA
Apple warned that granting these requests ‘could enable Meta to read on a user's device all of their messages and emails.’
Chime Files Confidential Paperwork For IPO
Fintech banking startup Chime Financial has filed confidential paperwork for an initial public offering.
Apple in Talks With Tencent, ByteDance For AI Models in China iPhones
The talks come amid China’s tight rules over AI, which makes it challenging for foreign companies to operate their AI models without regulatory approval.
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