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Nvidia’s Huang pitches AI tokens on top of salary as agents reshape how humans work
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers the keynote address at the GTC AI Conference in San Jose, California, on March 18, 2025. Josh Edelson | Afp | Getty Images The perks of working in Silicon Valley have long included high salaries. Now, some engineers may be offered a new incentive: artificial intelligence tokens. Nvidia CEO Jensen […]
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OpenAI to create desktop super app, combining ChatGPT app, browser and Codex app
Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images OpenAI will combine its web browser, ChatGPT app and Codex coding app into a singular desktop super app, CNBC confirmed on Thursday. Fidji Simo, OpenAI’s CEO of Applications, will oversee the change with assistance from OpenAI President Greg Brockman, according to a spokesperson. The new app aims to […]
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Amazon acquires startup Rivr to test robots for ‘doorstep delivery’
A worker delivers Amazon packages in San Francisco on Oct. 24, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon has acquired Rivr, a Swiss robotics company developing machines for “doorstep delivery,” the company confirmed Thursday. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Amazon quietly purchased the company earlier this week, but it didn’t publicize […]
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Figma’s stock drops 11% in two days after Google releases ‘vibe design’ product
Dylan Field, co-founder and CEO of Figma, appears on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on July 31, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Figma’s downward slide this year, driven by concerns about artificial intelligence, intensified over the past two days after Google intoduced an AI-powered design product. On Tuesday, Google […]
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Meta backtracks on decision to end Horizon Worlds VR after fans speak up
Pavlo Gonchar| SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images A day after announcing that it will be shutting down Horizon Worlds for Quest virtual reality headsets, Meta has changed course. The company said Wednesday that the VR platform will remain available “for the foreseeable future.” “We have decided, just today in fact, that we will […]
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Meta to cut back on third-party vendors in favor of AI for content enforcement
Arda Kucukkaya | Anadolu | Getty Images Meta is beginning a yearslong rollout of more advanced artificial intelligence systems that will handle content enforcement-related tasks like catching scams and removing illegal media, as the company reduces its use of third-party vendors and contractors in favor of AI. In a blog post Thursday, Meta said that […]
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OpenAI to acquire developer tooling startup Astral in boost for Codex team
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the BlackRock Infrastructure Summit on March 11, 2026 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images OpenAI on Thursday announced it’s acquiring Astral, a small startup that builds popular open source tools for software developers. Astral’s team will join OpenAI and help build out its artificial intelligence coding assistant […]
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Amazon says U.S. Postal Service ‘walked away at the eleventh hour’ in negotiations
An amazon worker unloads packages on November 29, 2024 in New York City. David Dee Delgado | Getty Images Amazon on Wednesday addressed its business relationship with the U.S. Postal Service, saying in a blog post that recent contract renewal negotiations with the carrier fell apart in December when it “abruptly walked away at the […]
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Meta is shutting down VR social platform Horizon Worlds in further pivot away from the metaverse
The Meta Horizon Worlds logo is displayed on a smartphone screen, and the Meta logo is in the background in Chania, Greece, on Aug. 9, 2024. Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Meta announced Tuesday that it is shutting down Horizon Worlds, the virtual reality social network for Quest VR headsets that was once […]
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Meta will pay Instagram, TikTok and YouTube creators with big followings to post on Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg attends the UFC 320 event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Oct. 4, 2025. Chris Unger | Ufc | Getty Images Meta on Wednesday launched a new program aimed at luring top creators from TikTok and YouTube to Facebook, offering guaranteed pay and boosted reach. The Creator Fast Track program offers social media […]
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