Former Treasury Secretary Mnuchin putting together investors to buy TikTok, CNBC reports
March 14, 2024 – 5:43 AM PDT CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 27: The TikTok logo is displayed outside a TikTok office on August 27, 2020 in Culver City, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) (Reuters) – Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is putting together an investor group to try to buy TikTok, he […]
US House passes bill to force ByteDance to divest TikTok or face ban
March 13, 2024 – 8:10 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill on Wednesday that would give TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance about six months to divest the U.S. assets of the short-video app used by about 170 million Americans or face a ban. Advertisement The bill passed 352-65, with bipartisan […]
Apple to let developers distribute apps directly from their sites
March 12, 2024 – 8:59 AM PDT BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Software developers who use Apple’s App Store will be able to distribute apps to EU users directly from their websites this spring, the company said on Tuesday, as part of changes required by new EU rules forcing Apple to open up its closed eco-system. Advertisement […]
Google restricts AI chatbot Gemini from answering queries on global elections
March 12, 2024 – 7:57 AM PDT (Reuters) – Google is restricting AI chatbot Gemini from answering questions about the global elections set to happen this year, the Alphabet-owned firm (GOOGL.O) said on Tuesday, as it looks to avoid potential missteps in the deployment of the technology. Advertisement The update comes at a time when advancements in […]
Reddit targets up to $6.4 billion valuation in much-awaited US IPO
March 11, 2024 – 3:57 AM PDT (Reuters) – Reddit is aiming for a valuation of up to $6.4 billion in its U.S. initial public offering (IPO), the social media platform said on Monday, as it nears one of the most-anticipated stock market debuts of the last few years. Advertisement The company, along with some […]
Elon Musk takes another swing at OpenAI, makes xAI’s Grok chatbot open-source
March 11, 2024 – 4:47 AM PDT (Reuters) – Elon Musk said on Monday his artificial intelligence startup xAI would open-source its ChatGPT challenger “Grok” this week, days after he sued OpenAI for abandoning its original mission in favor of a for-profit model. Advertisement The billionaire has warned on several occasions against the use of […]
Google’s newest office has AI designers toiling in a Wi-Fi desert
March 7, 2024 – 9:56 AM PST An exterior view of building BV100, during a tour of Google’s new Bay View Campus in Mountain View, California, U.S. May 16, 2022. Picture taken May 16, 2022. REUTERS/Peter DaSilva/File Photo SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google has been touting the myriad innovations in the first building wholly designed […]
UnitedHealth hack could take months for full recovery
March 8, 2024 – 4:01 AM PST The corporate logo of the UnitedHealth Group appears on the side of one of their office buildings in Santa Ana, California, U.S., April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo (Reuters) – UnitedHealth Group (UNH.N), the largest U.S. health insurer, is likely to need several months to make a full recovery […]
Inflows into bullish Nvidia ETF hit record on AI frenzy
March 7, 2024 – 7:51 AM PST A smartphone with a displayed NVIDIA logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo (Reuters) – Investors have piled into Nvidia-focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs) this year on the frenzy around AI, with inflows into a bullish fund that tracks […]
Instagram accused of silencing voices about Hostages in Gaza
OAN’s Stella Escobedo2:25 PM – Wednesday, March 6, 2024 Over the past several years, social media companies have developed the practice of curbing the free speech of users who don’t fall in line with Silicon Valley’s narratives. Life coach Vivace Maxvictor joins One America’s Stella Escobedo to discuss how she says Instagram has restricted her account […]