Web Summit returns Thursday with rescheduled sessions after storm cancellation
Organisers confirmed the restart in an email to attendees on Wednesday, promising “our busiest Thursday ever” with more speakers and meetups than any previous closing day. Many of the sessions lost to the storm have been…
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All 7 Anthropic founders will each cash out about $250M in IPO
Each will sell 3,378,378 shares. Anthropic has floated an unusually broad initial price range of $70 to $78 a share. At the midrange of $74, each founder would take in just shy of $250 million. At the low end, $70, each…
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Nvidia says it cut off Megaspeed in 2025, but Bloomberg found later imports
Since then, Commerce has allowed Nvidia to send it parts and replacement components, the spokesman said. Malaysian trade records show that Megaspeed imported at least 17,544 of Nvidia’s GB300 chips, worth about $787m, in…
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Google Fi adds support for a second 5G network, won't say which one
Google has announced a “ super network ” upgrade for its Fi cell service. For the past few years, Google Fi has operated exclusively on the T-Mobile network, but now it’s adding support for a second 5G network. Oddly…
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Ohio State and Microsoft sign a five-year AI and cloud hospital deal
No financial terms were disclosed. Ohio State University and Microsoft have signed a five-year deal to bring more AI and cloud computing into the university’s Wexner Medical Center, Microsoft said on Tuesday . Neither…
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The best-selling game console of all time is over 25 years old
You might expect newer consoles to dominate lifetime sales lists. After all, the industry is several times bigger than it was two decades ago. But all-time console sales are a blend of old and new, with Sony's second…
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Oura to acquire AI-native primary care startup Counsel Health for $625M
The deal comes a few weeks after Oura postponed its up to $2.2 billion IPO indefinitely, citing “uncertainty in the IPO market.” Counsel Health is an AI-powered healthcare platform that combines a chat-based medical…
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New York will independently test AI models
As the federal government essentially leaves us all at the mercy of the AI industry , New York is taking matters into its own hands. On Tuesday, Governor Kathy Hochul launched the nation's first state-run AI testing…
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Workers are increasingly looking for ways to hide their AI usage at work
New research has revealed an increase in “shadow AI” – AI that isn’t really approved for use – and colleagues are relying on the technology to not only assist in work, but also cover their tracks. The analysis was…
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OpenAI lets businesses claim ChatGPT profiles and launch their own agents
US ecommerce and online-service firms can also launch Business Agents, which OpenAI also sells as ads. OpenAI is letting businesses claim their profiles in ChatGPT and launch AI agents that talk to customers on their…
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