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Amazon gets FCC approval to launch 4,500 Leo internet satellites
Amazon Leo Satellite Connectivity signage is displayed during the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 6, 2026. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images The Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday it approved Amazon’s request to deploy 4,500 satellites, expanding the company’s planned constellation as it vies to compete with […]
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Alphabet boosts debt sale again as total raise exceeds $30 billion, sources say
Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., during the Bloomberg Tech conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alphabet’s debt sale keeps getting bigger. The company is close to finalizing a global bond issuance in excess of $30 billion, according to two […]
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Elon Musk’s xAI loses co-founder Tony Wu in latest senior departure
Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI has lost another founding member. Tony Wu announced late on Monday that he resigned from the artificial intelligence startup, becoming the latest co-founder to leave the company. Others, including Igor Babuschkin, Kyle Kosic and Christian Szegedy, have also departed, and Greg Yang announced last month […]
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China’s Alibaba launches AI model to power robots as tech giants talk up ‘physical AI’
A man walks past the Alibaba logo displayed at its booth during the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing, China July 16, 2025. Florence Lo | Reuters Alibaba on Tuesday launched an artificial intelligence model designed to power robotics, as more tech giants push into the fast-growing field. The model, called RynnBrain, is designed […]
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Alphabet calls out new AI-related risks, as it taps debt market to fund buildout
Google CEO Sundar Pichai gestures to the crowd during Google’s annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, on May 20, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images As Alphabet returns to the debt market to fund its artificial intelligence buildout, the company is acknowledging new risks tied to the rise of AI […]
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Sam Altman touts ChatGPT’s reaccelerating growth to employees as OpenAI closes in on $100 billion funding
As OpenAI faces intensifying pressure from rival Anthropic’s improved coding tools, CEO Sam Altman is telling employees and investors that his company is seeing its share of momentum. Altman told OpenAI employees on Friday that ChatGPT, the company’s popular artificial intelligence chatbot, is “back to exceeding 10% monthly growth,” according to an internal Slack message […]
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Workday CEO Carl Eschenbach is stepping down, co-founder Aneel Bhusri to take over
Aneel Bhusri, CEO, Workday, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 23, 2020. Adam Galucia | CNBC Workday on Monday announced that CEO Carl Eschenbach is stepping down from his role and will be replaced by the company’s co-founder, Aneel Bhusri, effective immediately. Bhusri has previously held a range of leadership roles at […]
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Meta starts big week in court, with opening arguments beginning in New Mexico, LA trials
This photo illustration created on Jan. 7, 2025, in Washington, D.C., shows an image of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, and an image of the Meta logo. Drew Angerer | AFP | Getty Images Meta is back in court, but this time it’s a lone defendant. Opening arguments begin on Monday in a high-profile trial […]
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Nearly a thousand Google workers sign letter urging company to divest from ICE, CBP
The logo for Google LLC is seen at the Google Store Chelsea in Manhattan, New York, Nov. 17, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters More than 900 Google workers have signed an open letter condemning recent actions by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), urging the tech giant to disclose […]
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Tech AI spending may approach $700 billion this year, but the blow to cash raises red flags
A general view of the Google Midlothian Data Center where Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai are scheduled to speak on Nov. 14, 2025 in Midlothian, Texas. Ron Jenkins | Getty Images Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta and Amazon are expected to spend nearly $700 billion combined this year to fuel their […]
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