The Chinese-owned video app formalized commitments from the software giant Oracle and two investment firms as part of a deal to keep operating in the United States.
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Sleep Cots and Graham Crackers at Elon Musk’s Child Care Program
Mr. Musk has ambitions to remake education, but his latest effort to open an elementary school in Texas appears to have faltered.
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What Trump’s Embrace of Crypto Has Unleashed
A boundary-pushing array of new crypto ventures have reached the stock market, enticing investors and leading to more risk taking.
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OpenAI’s new ChatGPT image generator makes faking photos easy
For most of photography’s roughly 200-year history, altering a photo convincingly required either a darkroom, some Photoshop expertise, or, at minimum, a steady hand with scissors and glue. On Tuesday, OpenAI released a tool that reduces the process to typing a sentence. It’s not the first company to do so. While OpenAI had a conversational...
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Browser extensions with 8 million users collect extended AI conversations
Browser extensions with more than 8 million installs are harvesting complete and extended conversations from users’ AI conversations and selling them for marketing purposes, according to data collected from the Google and Microsoft pages hosting them. Security firm Koi discovered the eight extensions, which as of late Tuesday night remained available in both Google’s and...
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U.S. Threatens Penalties Against European Tech Firms Amid Regulatory Fight
The Trump administration singled out European tech firms by name and promised economic consequences Tuesday unless the E.U. rolls back tech regulation and lawsuits.
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(BPRW) Season’s Greetings from Black PR Wire
(Black PR Wire) The end of the year is just around the corner. Can you believe it? 2025 was a year of many successes for some, and for others, a time of uncertainties and new challenges. One thing that defines our community is resilience, and we know…
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How Tech’s Biggest Companies Are Offloading the Risks of the A.I. Boom
The data centers used for work on artificial intelligence can cost tens of billions to build. Tech giants are finding ways to avoid being on the hook for some of those costs.
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In A.I. Boom, Venture Capital Firms Are Raising Loads More Money
Lightspeed Venture Partners, a Silicon Valley venture firm, has amassed more than $9 billion to invest in artificial intelligence. That is its biggest haul.
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Roomba Maker iRobot Files for Bankruptcy, With Chinese Supplier Taking Control
Founded in 1990 by three M.I.T. researchers, iRobot introduced its vacuum in 2002. Its restructuring will turn the company over to its largest creditor.