Technology
Meta removes 10 million Facebook profiles in effort to combat spam
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg looks on before the luncheon on the inauguration day of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second presidential term in Washington on Jan. 20, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Meta on Monday said it has removed about 10 million profiles for impersonating large content producers through the first half of 2025 as part […]
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Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and xAI granted up to $200 million for AI work from Defense Department
A view of the Pentagon on December 13, 2024, in Washington, DC. Home to the US Defense Department, the Pentagon is one of the world’s largest office buildings. Daniel Slim | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. Department of Defense on Monday said it’s granting contract awards of up to $200 million for artificial intelligence […]
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Cognition to buy AI startup Windsurf days after Google poached CEO in $2.4 billion licensing deal
In this photo illustration, a man seen holding a smartphone with the logo of US artificial intelligence company Cognition AI Inc. in front of website. Timon Schneider | SOPA Images | Sipa USA | AP Artificial intelligence startup Cognition announced it’s acquiring Windsurf, the AI coding company that lost its CEO and several other senior […]
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Musk’s xAI faces European scrutiny over Grok’s ‘horrific’ antisemitic posts
The Grok logo is being displayed on a smartphone with Xai visible in the background in this photo illustration on April 1, 2024. Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images The European Union on Monday called in representatives from Elon Musk’s xAI after the company’s social network X, and chatbot Grok, generated and spread anti-semitic […]
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Rocket Lab stock jumps 8%, building on strong two-month rally
An Electron rocket launches the Baby Come Back mission from New Zealand on July 17, 2023. Rocket Lab Rocket Lab stock soared 8% Monday, building on a strong run fueled by space innovation. Shares of the space infrastructure company have nearly doubled over the last two months following a slew of successful launches and a […]
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Meta CEO Zuckerberg says first AI data supercluster will come online in 2026
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears at the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday said he plans to invest “hundreds of billions of dollars” into artificial intelligence compute infrastructure, and that Meta plans to bring its first […]
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Musk says he does not support a merger between Tesla and xAI but backs investment
Elon musk and the xAI logo. Vincent Feuray | Afp | Getty Images Elon Musk on Monday said he does not support a merger between xAI and Tesla, as questions swirl over the future relationship of the electric automaker and artificial intelligence company. X account @BullStreetBets_ posted an open question to Tesla investors on the […]
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Nvidia CEO downplays U.S. fears that China’s military will use his firm’s chips
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has downplayed U.S. fears that his firm’s chips will aid the Chinese military, days ahead of another trip to the country as he attempts to walk a tightrope between Washington and Beijing. In an interview with CNN aired Sunday, Huang said “we don’t have to worry about” China’s military using U.S.-made […]
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Rocket maker Firefly Aerospace files to go public under ticker FLY
Firefly Aerospace CEO Jason Kim sits for an interview at the Firefly Aerospace mission operations center in Leander, Texas, on July 9, 2025. Sergio Flores | Reuters Rocket maker Firefly Aerospace filed for an initial public offering on Friday, with plans to trade under the ticker symbol “FLY” on the Nasdaq. Firefly’s planned offering comes […]
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Robinhood is up 160% this year, but several obstacles are ahead
Robinhood stock hit an all-time high Friday as the financial services platform continued to rip higher this year, along with bitcoin and other crypto stocks. Robinhood, up more than 160% in 2025, hit an intraday high above $101 before pulling back and closing slightly lower. The reversal came after a Bloomberg report that JPMorgan plans […]
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