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China considers selling TikTok U.S. operations to Musk, Bloomberg reports
Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images The Chinese government is considering a plan that would have Elon Musk acquire TikTok’s U.S. operations to keep the app from being effectively banned, Bloomberg News reported on Monday. The contingency plan is one of several options China is exploring as the U.S. Supreme Court determines whether to […]
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As TikTok faces potential U.S. ban, China’s RedNote tops Apple app store
U.S., Chinese flags, TikTok logo and gavel are seen in this illustration taken Jan. 8, 2025. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Chinese social media app RedNote has skyrocketed to the top of Apple’s app store, underscoring concerns that TikTok will soon be effectively banned in the U.S. RedNote, or Xiaohongshu as it’s known in China, is […]
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Nvidia’s tiny $3,000 computer steals the show at CES
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks about Project Digits personal AI supercomputer for researchers and students during a keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 6, 2025. Gadgets, robots and vehicles imbued with artificial intelligence will once again vie for attention at the Consumer Electronics Show, as vendors behind […]
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Nvidia’s Jensen Huang is ‘dead wrong’ about quantum computers, D-Wave CEO says
D-Wave Quantum CEO Alan Baratz said Nvidia’s Jensen Huang is “dead wrong” about quantum computing after comments from the head of the chip giant spooked Wall Street on Wednesday. Huang was asked on Tuesday about Nvidia’s strategy for quantum computing. He said Nvidia could make conventional chips that are needed alongside quantum computing chips, but […]
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Meta scraps fact-checking program, brings back political content
Meta on Tuesday announced it will eliminate its third-party fact checking program to “restore free expression” and move to a “Community Notes” model, similar to the system that exists on Elon Musk’s platform X. The company said Community Notes will be written and rated by contributing users to provide more context to posts across its […]
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Nvidia releases gaming chips for PCs, tapping AI features from data center GPUs
Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s founder, president and CEO, speaks about the future of artificial intelligence and its effect on energy consumption and production at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 27, 2024. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Nvidia revealed new chips for desktop and laptop PCs on Monday that use the same Blackwell […]
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UFC’s Dana White joins Meta’s board weeks before Trump takes office
Mark Zuckerberg posing with UFC president Dana White during a UFC Fight Night event. Jeff Bottari | Ufc | Getty Images Dana White, CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and a longtime friend of Donald Trump, is joining the board of Facebook parent Meta two weeks before the new administration begins. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, […]
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Meta replaces Global Affairs President Nick Clegg with Joel Kaplan ahead of Trump inauguration
Facebook vice president of global public policy Joel Kaplan and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg leave the Elysee Presidential Palace after a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron on May 23, 2018 in Paris, France. Chesnot | Getty Images Facebook parent Meta is replacing President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg with Joel Kaplan, the company’s current […]
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Mark Zuckerberg went all in on Meta’s AI strategy this year. The pressure builds in 2025
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg tries on Orion AR glasses at the Meta Connect annual event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S., September 25, 2024. REUTERS/Manuel Orbegozo Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters “Aut Zuck Aut Nihil” spanned the front of Mark Zuckerberg’s loose-fitting black shirt during his keynote at Meta’s Connect event in September. […]
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Apple and Google instructed by House committee to prepare to dump TikTok next month
A supporter holds up a sign that read “TikTok” during a news conference on TikTok in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 22, 2023. Alex Wong | Getty Images House Committee members are urging the top executives of Apple and Google to be prepared to comply with a law that could […]
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