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Meta and Anduril defense startup partner on VR, AR project intended for U.S. Army
Palmer Luckey, Founder @ Oculus VR Andutil Industries, during day two of Collision 2019 at Enercare Center in Toronto, Canada. Stephen McCarthy | Sportsfile | Getty Images Meta and Anduril, the defense-tech startup founded by Palmer Luckey, announced Thursday that they’ve formed a partnership to create virtual and augmented reality devices intended for use by […]
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Amazon taps Xbox co-founder to lead new team developing ‘breakthrough’ consumer products
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during an Amazon Devices launch event in New York City, U.S., February 26, 2025. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Amazon‘s devices unit has a new team tasked with inventing “breakthrough” consumer products that’s being led by a former Microsoft executive who helped create the Xbox. The ZeroOne team is spread across […]
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Omada Health aims to go public with market cap of up to $1.1 billion
Omada Health smart devices in use. Courtesy: Omada Health Omada Health plans to raise up to $158 million in its up coming IPO, attaining a market cap of about $1.1 billion at the top end of its expected range, according to a filing on Thursday. The virtual chronic care company filed its prospectus earlier this […]
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Salesforce shares fall as software maker shows pockets of weakness
Marc Benioff, Chairman & CEO of Salesforce, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 22nd, 2025. Gerry Miller | CNBC Salesforce shares slumped about 6% despite topping Wall Street’s fiscal first-quarter estimates and lifting its full-year guidance due to artificial intelligence tailwinds. The sales and customer service software […]
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Amazon AI deal with New York Times brings the paper’s content to Alexa
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during an Amazon Devices launch event in New York City, U.S., February 26, 2025. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters The New York Times on Thursday struck a deal with Amazon allowing it to use the storied news organization’s content across its artificial intelligence platforms. The multi-year deal “will bring Times editorial […]
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3 key takeaways from Nvidia’s earnings: China blow, cloud strength and AI future
Nvidia reported strong fiscal first-quarter earnings on Wednesday. Wall Street was pleased with Nvidia’s continued sales growth, which hit 69% during the quarter. The company’s data center division continues to surge as companies, countries, and cloud providers snap up Nvidia graphics processors, or GPUs, for artificial intelligence software. “The team continues to maintain a 1- […]
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Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan has a long track record in the chip industry. Now he needs a big customer
Intel’s CEO Lip-Bu Tan speaks at the company’s Annual Manufacturing Technology Conference in San Jose, California, U.S. April 29, 2025. Laure Andrillon | Reuters When Lip-Bu Tan was named CEO of Intel a little over two months ago, he brought with him plenty of name recognition. Tan spent 12 years running Cadence Design Systems and […]
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Nvidia jumps 5% in premarket trading as results spark global chip rally
Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia, during the Computex conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on May 20, 2025. Annabelle Chih | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nvidia shares jumped in premarket trading on Thursday after posting a positive set of earnings, sparking a rally in global semiconductor stocks. Shares of Nvidia were 5.22% higher at 05:06 […]
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China’s EV price war is heating up. What’s behind the big discounts?
Key Points Industry giant BYD announced a slew of discounts — some of nearly 30% or more – on selected models. The average car price has fallen by around 19% over the past two years in China to around 165,000 yuan ($22,900). Rather than reflecting market expansion, double-digit growth of new energy vehicles sales in […]
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Elon Musk thanks Trump, says he’s leaving government work with DOGE
Tesla CEO Elon Musk reacts while wearing a cap with the words “Gulf of America” as he attends a cabinet meeting held by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 30, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters With his official stint in government coming to an end, Elon Musk thanked […]
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