Blackstone Profit Drops, but Assets Approach $1 Trillion Goal
Private equity firm nears big asset goal, though profit is hurt by real estate slowdown
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Alphabet Merges Its Two AI Groups, DeepMind and Google Brain
The move signals Google's urgency to catch up to OpenAI and Microsoft
Twitter Purges Legacy Blue Checkmarks
Only users who pay $8 a month for Twitter Blue will keep their checkmarks.
Cloud Startup CoreWeave Raises $221 Million
Nvidia, the maker of these specialized chips, participated the round.
Insider to Lay Off 10% of Staff
Insider is laying off 10% of its staff, company president Barbara Peng said in an email to employees Thursday morning.
BuzzFeed Closes BuzzFeed News As Part of Broader Cost-Cutting
BuzzFeed is grappling with a weak digital ad market and diminishing cash reserves.
SpaceX’s 400-Foot Starship Rocket Exploded During Its Inaugural Launch
Despite exploding, SpaceX still considers the launch a success.
Police Arrested a Leader at Elon Musk’s OpenAI Rival For Domestic Violence
News of the arrest could complicate recruiting efforts for the new company.
Snap CEO Says He Would ‘Love’ a TikTok Ban
Spiegel said he thinks there are “legitimate national concerns” about the app.
Tesla’s Margins Fall Amid Price Drops
The electric vehicle company reported 19.3% gross margins for the first quarter.
Stability AI Unveils Language Model to Compete With OpenAI
Stability AI is best known for open source software that can create original images from simple text descriptions, and now it's getting into conversational AI.
Microsoft Drops Twitter from Social Media Management Tool
Microsoft's advertising business is dropping access to Twitter from its social-media management tool, which lets marketers create, draft and schedule posts.
SeatGeek Files Confidentially to Go Public
Event ticketing company SeatGeek filed confidentially with regulators this month for an initial public offering, The Information exclusively reported.
Morgan Stanley Profit Drops 20% on Dealmaking Slowdown
Under CEO James Gorman, Morgan Stanley has invested heavily in wealth management, which is a more stable income stream than trading or investment banking.
Meta Begins Next Round of Layoffs
The cuts are part of the company's second round of layoffs since November.
Roku Makes New Bid for TV Ad Dollars
Roku is promising advertisers that its platform can reach more U.S. households during primetime hours than the average show on a top-five cable network.
Chipmaker’s Stock Rose 4% on False Speculation It Was Behind Microsoft’s AI Chip
The speculation may have arisen because Google uses Marvell's design for a server chip for AI.
Meta Opens Horizon Worlds VR App to Teens
Meta said the roll out will come with a “robust set of age-appropriate protections and safety defaults.”
Fox News and Dominion Settle Lawsuit
Fox acknowledged the court's rulings that certain claims about Dominion were false.
Netflix Reports Weak Revenue and Subscriber Growth in Q1
The results suggest Netflix's introduction of advertising isn't having a big impact on revenue yet.
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