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Instagram chief likens social media addiction to being hooked on a Netflix show in trial testimony
Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri testifies at a U.S. Senate hearing in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 8, 2021. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images Instagram chief Adam Mosseri said Wednesday during testimony in a high-profile social media trial that he thinks there can be problematic usage of social media, but does not think it constitutes […]
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Meta launches AI algorithm personalization feature for Threads
In this photo illustration, the Threads logo is displayed on a cell phone in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on September 4, 2024. Mauro Pimentel | AFP | Getty Images Meta on Wednesday debuted an AI feature called “Dear Algo” that lets Threads users personalize their content-recommendation algorithms. Threads users will be able to tell the […]
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Cloudflare pops 10% as AI agent wave led by viral Moltbot boosts security demand
Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images Cloudflare‘s stock rallied 10% Wednesday after the company beat Wall Street’s fourth-quarter estimates and issued upbeat guidance as artificial intelligence adoption fuels demand for its networking and security tools. In an earnings call with analysts Tuesday, CEO Matthew Prince said the rise of AI and agentic tools that […]
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Shopify stock drops despite revenue beat, $2 billion buyback
An employee works at Shopify’s headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario in Canada. Chris Wattie | Reuters Shopify on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter results that beat on the top line and gave strong guidance to start the year. The stock slid more than 3%. Here’s how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG: Earnings […]
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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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