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As TikTok faces potential U.S. ban, China’s RedNote tops Apple app store
U.S., Chinese flags, TikTok logo and gavel are seen in this illustration taken Jan. 8, 2025. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Chinese social media app RedNote has skyrocketed to the top of Apple’s app store, underscoring concerns that TikTok will soon be effectively banned in the U.S. RedNote, or Xiaohongshu as it’s known in China, is […]
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Trump Media shares jump more than 21% ahead of presidential inauguration
Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares of Trump Media jumped more than 21% in midday trading Monday, ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next week. The stock, which trades under the DJT ticker, is now on pace for its best day since Nov. 18, when shares surged 16.65% following news that the company […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Nvidia, quantum computing stocks, Moderna and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Quantum stocks — Quantum computing stocks dropped after Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg became the latest high-profile executive to ease expectations for the technology. Rigetti Computing dropped 27%, while D-Wave Quantum shed 32%. The Defiance Quantum ETF lost 2.5%. Nvidia , chip stocks — Popular semiconductor […]
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U.S. tightens its grip on AI chip flows across the globe
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on advancing the safe, secure, and trustworthy development and use of artificial intelligence, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 30, 2023. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images The U.S. government said on Monday it would further restrict artificial intelligence chip and […]
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Britain seeks to build homegrown rival to OpenAI in bid to become world leader in artificial intelligence
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives a media interview while attending the 79th United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, U.S. September 25, 2024. Leon Neal | Via Reuters LONDON — The U.K is looking to build a homegrown challenger to OpenAI and drastically increase national computing infrastructure, as Prime […]
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Ahead of looming ban, TikTok creators ask fans to find them on Instagram or YouTube
Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Before Jack Nader started posting beauty videos on TikTok in 2023, he was working as a Starbucks barista in Chicago and living at home with his parents. But after Nader, who’s now 21, started taking his videos seriously in April of that year, his TikTok account blew up. […]
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Nvidia’s tiny $3,000 computer steals the show at CES
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks about Project Digits personal AI supercomputer for researchers and students during a keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 6, 2025. Gadgets, robots and vehicles imbued with artificial intelligence will once again vie for attention at the Consumer Electronics Show, as vendors behind […]
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Microsoft contributes $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during an American Technology Council roundtable at the White House in Washington on June 19, 2017. Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty Images Microsoft said Thursday that it’s contributing $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund. The software maker is now more closely aligned […]
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Google donates $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund, joining other tech giants
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO Summit in San Francisco on Nov. 16, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, becoming the latest major tech company to try and curry some goodwill with the incoming administration. “Google is pleased to […]
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Amazon aims to expand advertising business by letting retailers use its ad tools on their stores
BARCELONA, SPAIN – MARCH 2: The Amazon ads logo, the advertising solutions service formerly known as AMD or Amazon Marketing Services, during the Mobile World Congress 2023 on March 2, 2023, in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Joan Cros/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Amazon has turned into an online ad juggernaut […]
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