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As part of its proposed remedies, the US DOJ says Google should be required to syndicate its US search results to other rival search engines for the next decade — The US government formally proposed a partial breakup of Google on Wednesday, urging a federal judge to force a sale … | Michael Liedtke / Associated Press: |
Filing: DOJ asks judge to force Google to sell Chrome, restrict Android from favoring Google's search engine, ban default search deals on iOS and other devices — U.S. regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through … | Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
Filing: the US DOJ's proposal requires Google to allow websites more ability to opt-out of its AI products and provide more ad placement controls to advertisers — - Antitrust officials propose options in historic lawsuit — Google says government pushing ‘radical agenda’ beyond case
| Daniel Howley / Yahoo Finance: |
Nvidia reports Q3 revenue up 94% YoY to $35.1B, vs. $33.2B est., Data Center revenue up 112% to $30.8B, vs. $29B est., and forecasts Q4 revenue above estimates — Nvidia (NVDA) reported its Q3 earnings after the bell on Wednesday, beating analysts' expectations on the top and bottom lines …
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Google researchers introduce AlphaQubit, a machine-learning decoder that surpasses existing methods in identifying and correcting quantum computing errors — - Google researchers introduced AlphaQubit, an AI-powered decoder that improves quantum error correction, reducing errors by 6% compared …
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Snowflake reports Q3 revenue up 28% YoY to $942.09M, vs. $898.46M est., unveils a deal with Anthropic to bring Claude to Cortex AI; SNOW jumps 18%+ after hours — Snowflake said it has inked a multi-year deal to bring Anthropic's Claude models to Snowflake Cortex AI.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: xAI has told investors it raised $5B in a funding round valuing it at $50B and that its revenue has reached $100M on an annualized basis — The artificial intelligence startup has more than doubled its valuation from the spring — Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Trump's team is talking with the crypto industry over whether to create a White House post dedicated to cryptocurrency policy and is vetting candidates — - President-elect's team is vetting candidates for the job — Crypto industry executives spoke with Trump this week| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Adtech company The Trade Desk announces Ventura, a smart TV operating system, and plans to partner with TV manufacturers for its rollout, expected in H2 2025 — - “We're looking at a concentration around a handful of players that lack objectivity,” Green said.
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Threads begins rolling out the ability to create custom feeds globally, giving users options beyond “For You” and “Following” feeds — As X competitor Bluesky takes off, topping 20 million users, Meta's own Twitter-like app, Instagram Threads, has begun rolling …
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| Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: |
The Biden admin finalizes $1.5B CHIPS Act incentives for GlobalFoundries, meaning it can start receiving federal funding for facilities in Vermont and New York — - Pact doesn't include $1.6 billion loan from proposed agreement — Biden administration has been firming up Chips Act awards
| Claudia Assis / MarketWatch: |
Palo Alto Networks reports Q1 revenue up 14% YoY to $2.14B, vs. $2.12B est., and projects FY 2025 sales in line with estimates; PANW drops ~5% after hours — Merely in-line outlook for fiscal 2025 weighs on the stock, down 5% after hours — Referenced Symbols| Margi Murphy / Bloomberg: |
US prosecutors charge five alleged members of the Scattered Spider hacking group for their role in the hacks of 29+ individuals and theft of $11M+ in crypto — - $11 million stolen in years-long campaign targeting US firms — Loosely-knit group consists of young men in US and UK| Sarah Wynn / The Block: |
A US judge sentences FTX co-founder Gary Wang to “time served”, meaning no jail time; Wang pleaded guilty in December 2022 to fraud charges after FTX collapsed — - Gary Wang pleaded guilty in December 2022 to fraud-related charges following the collapse of FTX a month earlier.
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI releases a free online course for K-12 teachers to integrate ChatGPT into their classrooms, but some educators remain skeptical about the technology — OpenAI envisions teachers using its AI-powered tools to create lesson plans and interactive tutorials for students.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Chinese AI company DeepSeek unveils DeepSeek-R1-Lite-Preview, a “reasoning” AI model that it claims is competitive with OpenAI's o1, and plans to open source it — A Chinese lab has unveiled what appears to be one of the first “reasoning” AI models to rival OpenAI's o1.| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Meta unveils new Messenger features, including audio and video voicemail, AI backgrounds for video calls, and hands-free calling and messaging via Siri — There's a pretty cool update for Messenger out today. Meta has introduced phone and video calling voicemail, similar to FaceTime.
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Microsoft opens up Xbox Cloud Gaming to existing Xbox game libraries, letting Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers stream 50 supported games they already own — Microsoft is starting to open up Xbox Cloud Gaming to existing Xbox game libraries today.
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| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
DCG founder Barry Silbert announces a subsidiary called Yuma to help build decentralized AI services called “subnets” on the Bittensor blockchain network — Barry Silbert isn't done yet. The billionaire entrepreneur first made his mark in finance when, at age 17 … | Hayden Field / CNBC: |
Menlo Ventures: business spending on generative AI hit $13.8B in 2024, up from $2.3B in 2023; OpenAI's marketshare in enterprise AI declined from 50% to 34% — Business spending on generative AI surged 500% this year, from $2.3 billion in 2023 to $13.8 billion, according to data released by Menlo Ventures on Wednesday.Sponsor Posts
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CIO challenge 5: Can we find an effective solution that also minimizes operational costs? — Welcome to the next and final installment of our CIO series! After what feels like a thousand cups of coffee …
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