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Elon Musk’s X begins its push into financial services with Visa deal
Key Points Elon Musk’s X struck a deal with Visa, the largest U.S. credit card network, to be the first partner for what it is calling the X Money Account. Visa will enable X users to move funds between traditional bank accounts and their digital wallet and make instant peer-to-peer payments, like with Zelle or […]
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Trump says Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok
A Microsoft store in New York, US, on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok and that he would like to see a bidding war over the app. Microsoft declined to comment. TikTok and ByteDance did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for a comment outside regular […]
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How U.S. efforts to restrict China from Nvidia’s fastest chips may have backfired
DeepSeek’s rattling of the artificial intelligence market has been several years in the making, with analysts viewing the Chinese company’s shocking advance in the field as an unintended consequence of U.S. trade policy. Starting under the Biden administration in 2022, the U.S. has imposed export controls to keep China from accessing high-performance semiconductors, primarily from […]
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Perplexity AI revises Tiktok merger proposal that could give the U.S. government a 50% stake
Photo illustration of TikTok app logo on a smartphone screen displayed with the American flag. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Perplexity AI on Sunday revised the merger proposal it had submitted to TikTok parent ByteDance. The proposal, which would create a new entity combining Perplexity and TikTok U.S., would now also allow for the […]
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Meta is offering deals to creators to promote Instagram on TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube Shorts
Instagram added a new short-form video feature to the image-focused platform in a direct challenge to TikTok. Chris Delmas | AFP | Getty Images Meta is offering deals to creators to promote Instagram on other short-form video apps, including TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube, CNBC has learned. With the TikTok app not currently available for download […]
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Earnings playbook: Tech giants Apple and Meta Platforms lead a busy week of reports
The busiest week of the earnings season is here, with some of the world’s largest tech companies slated to report. Apple, Microsoft and Meta Platforms are among the roughly 90 S & P 500 companies due to post their latest quarterly figures. General Motors and Starbucks are also on the docket. It’s been a solid […]
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How China’s new AI model DeepSeek is threatening U.S. dominance
A little-known AI lab out of China has ignited panic throughout Silicon Valley after releasing AI models that can outperform America’s best despite being built more cheaply and with less-powerful chips. DeepSeek, as the lab is called, unveiled a free, open-source large-language model in late December that it says took only two months and less than $6 […]
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Tesla starts sales of revamped Model Y in U.S. for about $60,000
Tesla will start deliveries of a revamped version of its Model Y SUV in the U.S. in March, according to new listings on the company’s website. The Model Y Juniper has a price tag of $59,990, not including a federal tax credit of $7,500 for new electric vehicle purchases. It features a redesigned fascia, front […]
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From Musk to Nadella: Trump’s $500 billion AI project stirs drama among the biggest names in tech
L-R: Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO of Salesforce, and Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX. Reuters Some of the biggest names in technology have clashed after President Donald Trump unveiled his $500 billion private AI investment project. Earlier this week, Trump announced a joint venture with OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank to invest billions […]
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Billionaire Frank McCourt is open to a 50% share of TikTok after Trump comments
Frank McCourt, civic entrepreneur, executive chairman of McCourt Global and founder of Project Liberty, speaks at The Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything Festival in New York City on May 22, 2024. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Frank McCourt said his Project Liberty consortium, which has bid to buy TikTok, would be comfortable sharing ownership of […]
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