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Intel announces three board members will retire following CEO shake-up
A sign is posted in front of Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, California, on Aug. 1, 2024. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Three members of Intel’s board of directors will not stand for reelection in May, the company said in a filing on Thursday. Omar Ishrak, former CEO of Medtronic; Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, […]
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Meta debuts Friends tab, Mark Zuckerberg pushes ‘throwback to OG Facebook’
In this photo illustration, the Facebook logo is displayed on the screen of an iPhone in front of a Meta logo on October 28, 2021 in Paris, France. Chesnot | Getty Images Meta on Thursday debuted the Facebook Friends tab, a new feature that’s part of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s pitch to revive the original spirit […]
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Trump says he may reduce China tariffs to help close a TikTok deal
Muhammed Selim Korkutata | Anadolu | Getty Images President Donald Trump said he may reduce tariffs on China to facilitate a deal that would result in ByteDance selling the U.S. operations of TikTok. China “is going to have to play a role” in approving a TikTok-related divestiture, Trump said in a press conference Wednesday. “Maybe […]
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Utah governor signs online child safety law requiring Apple, Google to verify user ages
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox on Wednesday signed a bill that requires Apple and Google’s mobile app stores to verify user ages and require parental permission for those under 18 to use certain apps, the governor’s spokesperson told CNBC. The law is the first of its kind in the nation and represents a significant shift in […]
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The concern with CoreWeave’s 250,000 Nvidia chips ahead of its IPO
With 250,000 highly-desired Nvidia graphics processors, CoreWeave has become one of the most prominent “GPU clouds,” a status it hopes investors will value when it debuts on the public markets. But the world of artificial intelligence hardware is moving so quickly that it raises questions about how long those chips will remain on the cutting […]
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The concern with CoreWeave’s 250,000 Nvidia chips ahead of its IPO
With 250,000 highly-desired Nvidia graphics processors, CoreWeave has become one of the most prominent “GPU clouds,” a status it hopes investors will value when it debuts on the public markets. But the world of artificial intelligence hardware is moving so quickly that it raises questions about how long those chips will remain on the cutting […]
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The concern with CoreWeave’s 250,000 Nvidia chips ahead of its IPO
With 250,000 highly-desired Nvidia graphics processors, CoreWeave has become one of the most prominent “GPU clouds,” a status it hopes investors will value when it debuts on the public markets. But the world of artificial intelligence hardware is moving so quickly that it raises questions about how long those chips will remain on the cutting […]
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Google quantum exec says tech is ‘5 years out from a real breakout’
A handout picture from October 2019 shows Sundar Pichai with one of Google’s Quantum Computers in the Santa Barbara lab, California, U.S. Picture taken in October 2019. Google/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. Handout . | Reuters One of Google’s top executives working on quantum computers said he believe […]
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Napster pioneered music sharing over 25 years ago. It just got bought for $207 million
Alexander Pohl | Nurphoto | Getty Images A quarter century ago, Napster was notorious on the internet for allowing people to swap songs for free, long before the music industry had come up with a model for the digital age. The service was shuttered in 2001 amid mounting legal battles, and filed for bankruptcy the […]
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Why startups and tech giants are racing to build a practical quantum computer
Technology giants Amazon, IBM, Google, Intel and Microsoft are all working on quantum technology, as are various other companies like Rigetti, IonQ, Quantum Computing Inc. and D-Wave Quantum Inc. The latest entrant into the space is Nvidia, with CEO Jensen Huang announcing in March that the company will build a quantum computing research center in […]
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