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Intel announces three board members will retire following CEO shake-up
A sign is posted in front of Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, California, on Aug. 1, 2024. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Three members of Intel’s board of directors will not stand for reelection in May, the company said in a filing on Thursday. Omar Ishrak, former CEO of Medtronic; Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, […]
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Alibaba launches new open-source AI model for ‘cost-effective AI agents’
The Alibaba office building in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, on Aug 28, 2024. CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images Alibaba Cloud launched Thursday its latest AI model in its “Qwen series,” as large language model competition in China continues to heat up following the “DeepSeek moment.” The new “Qwen2.5-Omni-7B” is a multimodal model, which […]
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Utah governor signs online child safety law requiring Apple, Google to verify user ages
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox on Wednesday signed a bill that requires Apple and Google’s mobile app stores to verify user ages and require parental permission for those under 18 to use certain apps, the governor’s spokesperson told CNBC. The law is the first of its kind in the nation and represents a significant shift in […]
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The concern with CoreWeave’s 250,000 Nvidia chips ahead of its IPO
With 250,000 highly-desired Nvidia graphics processors, CoreWeave has become one of the most prominent “GPU clouds,” a status it hopes investors will value when it debuts on the public markets. But the world of artificial intelligence hardware is moving so quickly that it raises questions about how long those chips will remain on the cutting […]
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The concern with CoreWeave’s 250,000 Nvidia chips ahead of its IPO
With 250,000 highly-desired Nvidia graphics processors, CoreWeave has become one of the most prominent “GPU clouds,” a status it hopes investors will value when it debuts on the public markets. But the world of artificial intelligence hardware is moving so quickly that it raises questions about how long those chips will remain on the cutting […]
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The concern with CoreWeave’s 250,000 Nvidia chips ahead of its IPO
With 250,000 highly-desired Nvidia graphics processors, CoreWeave has become one of the most prominent “GPU clouds,” a status it hopes investors will value when it debuts on the public markets. But the world of artificial intelligence hardware is moving so quickly that it raises questions about how long those chips will remain on the cutting […]
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China’s artificial intelligence boom might help mitigate some tariff pain
Computer chip with Chinese flag, 3d conceptual illustration. Steven Mcdowell/science Photo Library | Science Photo Library | Getty Images BEIJING — For Chinese companies wary of U.S. tariffs, the big difference between President Donald Trump’s first and second terms is the emergence of generative artificial intelligence. Chinese companies are hard at work. Nearly every day […]
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Google quantum exec says tech is ‘5 years out from a real breakout’
A handout picture from October 2019 shows Sundar Pichai with one of Google’s Quantum Computers in the Santa Barbara lab, California, U.S. Picture taken in October 2019. Google/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. Handout . | Reuters One of Google’s top executives working on quantum computers said he believe […]
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Napster pioneered music sharing over 25 years ago. It just got bought for $207 million
Alexander Pohl | Nurphoto | Getty Images A quarter century ago, Napster was notorious on the internet for allowing people to swap songs for free, long before the music industry had come up with a model for the digital age. The service was shuttered in 2001 amid mounting legal battles, and filed for bankruptcy the […]
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China invites U.S. business leaders to Beijing as it tries to gauge Trump’s plans
Attendees pose for a group photo before the opening ceremony of the China Development Forum 2025 at the Diaoyutai Guesthouse on March 23, 2025, in Beijing. China News Service | China News Service | Getty Images BEIJING — China courted the executives of major U.S. businesses at an annual conference this week in a sign […]
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