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President Trump had reportedly considered a plan to “surge” into San Francisco with National Guard troops, but ultimately changed his mind, according to a Thursday post on his Truth Social network. The post indicated that tech leaders like Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff contacted him and persuaded him to reverse the decision….
President Donald Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, as first reported by CNBC. Zhao previously pleaded guilty to enabling money laundering while running the cryptocurrency exchange, and served four months in prison last year. “President Trump exercised his constitutional authority by issuing a pardon for Mr. Zhao, who was prosecuted by the Biden…
As the global community accelerates its efforts to remain competitive in the advanced tech sector — spanning from AI and semiconductors to quantum technologies — innovation has emerged as the key measure of influence. For numerous organizations, this demand has manifested as increased workloads coupled with more demanding workplace norms. They are confronted with a…
Snapchat is providing its new “Imagine Lens,” the initial open prompt image-generation AI Lens from the company, at no cost to all users. Initially, the Lens debuted in September, accessible only to paying subscribers. Through the Lens, users have the ability to modify their Snaps via tailored prompts or create entirely new ones. As an…
Tesla’s sales figures hit a new high in the third quarter, giving the company a break after a disastrous start to 2025. But CEO Elon Musk is prioritizing the creation of a “robot army” and fulfilling his long-standing, unmet promise of autonomous vehicles — goals he must achieve to unlock the full value of his…
During a livestream on Tuesday, OpenAI presented its AI browser, ChatGPT Atlas. AI browsers such as Perplexity’s Comet, Opera’s Neon, The Browser Company’s Dia, and Strawberry, backed by General Catalyst, have come before this. The launch from OpenAI stands out due to its potential to reach a vast audience of 800 million weekly ChatGPT users….
Ask any salesperson how much information they’d like on a prospective customer and you’ll never hear the end of it. That’s the premise driving the crowded sales intelligence market, which today has services that can do everything from helping to identify prospects and surface background about them, to even writing the pitch and performing autonomous…
On Monday, LangChain declared it secured $125 million at a valuation of $1.25 billion. In July, TechCrunch stated that the widely used open source framework provider for creating AI agents was seeking new funding at a valuation of at least $1 billion. IVP spearheaded the deal, as previously mentioned. New investors like CapitalG and Sapphire…
As the entertainment sector considers when and how to integrate generative AI into filmmaking, Netflix is embracing it. In its quarterly earnings statement published Tuesday afternoon, Netflix stated in its letter to shareholders that it is “very well positioned to effectively leverage ongoing advances in AI.” Netflix does not intend to utilize generative AI as…
Fal.ai, a startup that hosts image, video, and audio AI models for developers, has closed a new round valuing the company at over $4 billion, four people familiar with the deal said. The company raised approximately $250 million, two of the people said. Major investors in the round are Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia, according to…
