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Australia banned social media for under 16s a month ago — here’s how it’s going
A notification on the Instagram app on a smartphone arranged in Sydney, Australia, on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images It’s been a month since Australia banned under-16s from social media platforms, and some teens are glad to be free of the distraction, while others have found ways to bypass the […]
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TSMC fourth-quarter profit beats estimates, soaring 35%, as AI chip demand stays strong
TSMC offices in San Jose, California, on April 18, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company on Thursday reported a 35% increase in fourth-quarter profit, beating estimates and hitting a fresh record as demand for artificial intelligence chips remained strong. Here are the company’s results versus LSEG SmartEstimates, which are weighted […]
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Musk’s xAI limits Grok’s ability to create sexualized images of real people on X after backlash
Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI said late Wednesday that Grok will no longer be able to create sexualized images of real people on X based on user prompts following extensive backlash from political figures in the U.S. and abroad. “We have implemented technological measures to prevent the Grok account from […]
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Trump administration clears way for Nvidia H200 chip sales to China with a 25% surcharge
US President Donald Trump looks on before signing a bill in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Jan. 14, 2026. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that his administration will approve China sales of Nvidia‘s H200 chip for artificial intelligence, but the U.S. […]
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Cerebras scores OpenAI deal worth over $10 billion ahead of AI chipmaker’s IPO
Andrew Feldman, co-founder and CEO of Cerebras Systems, speaks at the Raise summit in Paris on July 8, 2025. The annual conference gathers global leaders and key speakers in tech and AI. Nathan Laine | Bloomberg | Getty Images AI chipmaker Cerebras has signed a deal with OpenAI to deliver 750 megawatts of computing power […]
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China’s ban on cybersecurity software roils three of our stocks — here’s our view
Geopolitical tensions are shaking the cybersecurity tape, impacting Club names Palo Alto Networks , CrowdStrike , and Broadcom . But they’re not changing our investment theses. Reuters reported Wednesday that Chinese authorities have told domestic companies to stop using cybersecurity software from a handful of U.S. and Israeli firms, including Palo Alto Networks, CrowdStrike, Fortinet, […]
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Google launches Personal Intelligence feature in Gemini app, challenging Apple Intelligence
Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Google is letting users test a new artificial intelligence tool that connects information from various apps like Gmail and Google Photos to provide personalized answers in its chatbot. The feature, called Personal Intelligence, is available for personal accounts, Google said in a blog post Wednesday. “Whether it’s […]
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Musk says Tesla is moving Full Self-Driving to a monthly subscription
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, attends the Viva Technology conference at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 16, 2023. Gonzalo Fuentes | Reuters Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday that the electric vehicle maker will stop selling its Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software for a flat rate and instead make […]
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Airbnb poaches former Meta GenAI leader to be new technology chief
Airbnb has tapped Ahmad Al-Dahle, former head of generative artificial intelligence at Meta Platforms, as its news technology chief, CEO Brian Chesky announced on Wednesday. “With Ahmad, we are really, really excited because we have an opportunity to do AI right for travel, to do AI right for ecommerce,” Chesky told CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin. […]
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Tariffs and AI’s downside pose top global risks for business, World Economic Forum says
A photograph shows a sign at the Congress Centre on the opening day of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 16, 2023. Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Images Global power rivalries and strategic standoffs top the list of most severe near-term risks heading into 2026, according to the World Economic […]
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