DeepMind UK Employees Reportedly Push to Unionize
According to recent reports, DeepMind—the London-based, Alphabet-owned AI company—is moving in that direction. This change comes amid significant internal dissent over its cloud computing contract with the Israeli military. RenLive…
Elon Musk’s X Corp. Challenges Minnesota’s Political Deepfake Ban in Court
X Corp., the social media platform owned by Elon Musk, is suing. Their goals include striking down a Minnesota law against using deepfakes to affect election outcomes and injure political…
TikTok’s Rise Ignites a Global Race in Short-Form Video Content
Since its worldwide launch in 2016, TikTok has disrupted the social media landscape. It now claims more than 1.12 billion monthly active users worldwide. The platform evolved into a gigantic…
India Tightens Grip on Cryptocurrency as Major Exchanges Face Challenges
India’s cryptocurrency regulatory climate is still in flux and remains a huge hurdle for domestic exchanges and their customers. The Indian government has previously taken a hardline position toward cryptocurrencies…
Instagram Edits Outpaces CapCut with Over 7 Million Downloads in First Week
Instagram Edits, Meta’s newly released video creation app, had a bigger debut than its direct competitor, ByteDance’s CapCut, once did. The new app, which helps users craft videos for Instagram…
Apple May Relocate All US iPhone Production to India by 2026
Apple Inc. is taking a very high-profile step to alter its manufacturing strategy. They are moving some of their core iPhone production from China to India. This transition is bound…
Musk’s xAI Holdings reportedly seeks second-largest private funding round in history
Elon Musk’s xAI Holdings is reportedly in discussions to raise $20 billion in a new funding round. This unprecedented move would put the company at the center of the creation-tech…
SEC Chair Atkins warns that crypto innovation has been stifled and calls for regulatory changes
Paul Atkins, the Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has voiced concerns over the stagnation of innovation in the cryptocurrency sector, stating it “has been stifled for the…
DOGE is developing a master database for immigration enforcement, sources reveal
Palantir Technologies, a prominent American software company renowned for its big data analytics capabilities, is collaborating with the Data Operations Group (DOGE) in a significant project aimed at building a…
SpaceX challenges AST SpaceMobile’s plans for next-gen satellites
SpaceX is pushing back against rival AST SpaceMobile’s plan to test its next-generation satellite, raising concerns about flaws in the proposal that could endanger orbital safety. In a letter to…
Trump signs order to accelerate deep-sea mining and challenge China’s control over critical minerals
This month, the U.S. administration went further and made a surprising and ambitious move to strengthen deep-sea mining. To that end, they just signed an executive order to expedite the…
YouTube tests AI-powered summaries in search results
This search quality updates mainly the search experience for the general users. This week, the tech giant made waves with richly deserved plans to test a video results carousel. It…
Alphabet predicts slight challenges for ads business in 2025, executives say
Alphabet Inc. blew past Wall Street revenue expectations for the first quarter of 2025. Executives are concerned that the online advertising market may face stiff headwinds. The difficulties largely flow…
OpenAI Launches Lightweight Version of ChatGPT Deep Research Tool
OpenAI has open-sourced an official new “lightweight” version of its ChatGPT deep research tool. This thrilling release opens up the tool to even more users. This innovative tool is designed…
Intel decides against spinning out Intel Capital
Intel Corporation has also decided against spinning out its venture capital arm, Intel Capital. This decision follows an arduous and contentious process that transpired last year. This decision heralds a…
AI Data Center Demand Continues to Surge, Amazon and Nvidia Report
Earlier this week, leaders from the technology and energy sectors met in Oklahoma City. Specifically, they set their sights on addressing the rapidly increasing energy requirements fueled by artificial intelligence…
Spotify Expands AI Playlist Feature to Asia and Additional Markets
Spotify has dramatically expanded the availability of its popular experimental AI playlist tool, rolled out in alpha this past April 2024. The rollout started as an invite-only feature for Premium…
Anthropic Launches New Program to Investigate AI Model Welfare
That’s why Anthropic, one of the world’s top artificial intelligence research firms, has launched a new program to study “model welfare.” Through this program, we want to better understand the…
Dropbox Introduces Enhanced Features to Dash, Its AI Search Tool
Dropbox recently announced some significant upgrades to its own AI-driven search assistant, Dash. These enhancements are primarily aimed at improving the user experience overall, regardless of content subject matter. With…