Technology
Meta reportedly projected 10% of 2024 sales came from scam, fraud ads
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during a dinner with tech leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. US President Donald Trump said he would be imposing tariffs on semiconductor imports “very shortly” but spare goods from companies like Apple […]
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Trump AI czar Sacks says ‘no federal bailout for AI’ after OpenAI CFO’s comments
David Sacks, White House AI and Crypto Czar, attends a meeting of the White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Education in the East Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 4, 2025. Brian Snyder | Reuters Venture capitalist David Sacks, who is serving as President Donald Trump’s artificial intelligence and crypto czar, said Thursday […]
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AI startup Metropolis, biggest parking lot network in U.S., raises $1.6 billion for major retail expansion
Metropolis, which uses AI and computer vision to identify vehicles and take parking lot payments without any physical transaction, has raised $1.6 billion in combined debt and equity in a new fundraising round at a $5 billion valuation. Already the largest parking lot network in the U.S., handling more than 7% of licensed drivers (nearly […]
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Matthew McConaughey, Ryan Reynolds-backed password manager tops $400 million in ARR on AI tail winds
Ryan Reynolds (L), Scarlett Johansson (C), and Matthew McConaughy Reuters Cybersecurity startup 1Password, backed by Ryan Reynolds, Matthew McConaughey and Scarlett Johansson, has topped more than $400 million in annual recurring revenue, the company said Thursday. “We believe we’re at a pretty significant inflection point in our journey,” CEO David Faugno told CNBC. “We’re set […]
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Inside the Gulf’s trillion-dollar AI gamble
With energy and cash to spare, the Middle East’s wealthy Gulf states are attempting to position themselves as the next global AI hub. Source
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Doordash stock drops 15%, heads for worst day ever on spending concerns
Doordash‘s stock plummeted toward its worst session ever as investors rejected the company’s aggressive spending strategy. The food delivery platform said it plans to shell out “several hundred million dollars” next year on new product initiatives like autonomous delivery and a new global tech stack. These plans will improve its product globally, but involve “direct […]
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Duolingo stock plunges 27% on light guidance as company prioritizes user growth
Duolingo‘s stock cratered 27% on lighter-than-expected guidance as the language learning platform zeroed in on user growth in lieu of near-term monetization. “We have made a slight shift over the last quarter in how we invest, and we’re investing a lot more in long-term things because we see that as such a big opportunity ahead […]
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Snap stock surges 13% after announcing Perplexity AI deal, reporting strong revenue
Scott Olson | Getty Images Snap stock surged 13% on Thursday after announcing a $400 million deal with Perplexity AI and releasing its third-quarter financial results. The company said that it will be integrating Perplexity’s artificial intelligence-powered search engine directly into the Snapchat app. As part of the agreement, Perplexity is set to pay the […]
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Cathie Wood trims her bitcoin bull case on threat of stablecoins taking some market share
Ark Invest’s Cathie Wood has trimmed her most bullish forecast for bitcoin, acknowledging that the rapid rise of stablecoins is taking on a role she once thought bitcoin would fill. “Stablecoins are usurping part of the role that we thought bitcoin would play,” Wood, CEO and chief investment officer of Ark, said Thursday on CNBC’s ” […]
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Google’s rolling out its most powerful AI chip, taking aim at Nvidia with custom silicon
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 Google is making its most powerful chip yet widely available, the search giant’s latest effort to try and win business from artificial intelligence companies […]
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