Google spent billions building AI just to make Search dumber than ever
Google used to be the kind of relentlessly ambitious tech giant that pursued moonshots reminiscent of science fiction; think internet delivered via giant balloons and …
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Why it feels wrong to say flying is safer than driving – but the numbers don’t lie
With all the recent headlines about plane crashes, it’s understandable for a person to feel uneasy about flying. A plane landing upside down at the …
Wait, Netflix costs how much now? Streamer’s top tier nears a staggering $30/month
Netflix, simply by virtue of being the biggest streaming service out there, unsurprisingly comes in for the lion’s share of criticism. It’s thanks to everything …
TikTok returns to the Apple and Google app stores, and is now available to download again
Apple and Google have brought TikTok back to their respective app stores a little more than three weeks after removing it, following the implementation of …
Goodbye to the Gulf of Mexico: Both Google and Apple have now updated their Maps apps
(This post has been updated, below, to reflect that the name change is now live in both Google Maps and Apple Maps.) Among the flurry …
Elon Musk is now trying to buy OpenAI
In the midst of a long-running, highly publicized feud with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Elon Musk teamed up with a group of investors offering $97.4 …
Meta just hired a correspondent from The Daily Caller, founded by Tucker Carlson, for a policy role
Facebook’s parent company Meta is doubling down on its rightward shift, with a flurry of recent moves from the company reflecting a desire to be …
Why SoftBank’s massive investment in OpenAI is exciting for ChatGPT
When I saw OpenAI’s surprise Deep Research announcement on Sunday, I didn’t know what to make of it. This couldn’t be about the DeepSeek earthquake …
Early Apple Watch owners are eligible to get paid from a new lawsuit settlement
If you were an early Apple Watch owner, you might be able to get compensation from Apple thanks to a new lawsuit settlement. As reported …
CNN’s ratings have tanked, but it’s pressing forward with a standalone streaming service anyway
Among the rank-and-file inside CNN’s Hudson Yards headquarters, the mood these days is unsurprisingly grim. Ratings at the news network, for one thing, have slumped …
UK watchdog announces formal investigation into Apple and Google mobile monopolies
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has formally launched an antitrust investigation into Apple and Google’s strategic market status in the region due to their …
New $500 billion Stargate initiative is basically the Manhattan Project for AI
Box CEO Aaron Levie didn’t mince words following President Trump’s announcement today of the landmark $500 billion Stargate initiative — a collaborative effort between OpenAI, …
Humanoid robots will help build iPhones at Foxconn factories
To ramp up iPhone production at Foxconn factories, the manufacturer closed a deal to start using more humanoid robots. With the process of making iPhones …
‘They never sent me one of these for contributing to Democrats’: Senators grill tech CEOs for supporting Trump
In one of his final official acts as the nation’s chief executive, President Biden earlier this month awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to billionaire …
Mira Murati, a former high-ranking ChatGPT exec, has a mysterious AI project of her own
Mira Murati is a prominent AI engineer who worked on several of OpenAI’s products, including ChatGPT, which started the AI revolution in late 2022. She …
Apple Card partnership could ditch Goldman for Barclays
The six-year-long Apple Card partnership between Goldman Sachs and Apple might end sooner than expected. Previous reports suggested that the private bank wasn’t happy with …
This was the jaw-dropping comment from TikTok’s CEO that probably sealed the app’s fate in the US
As I write these words, TikTok users in the US, in all likelihood, only have three days left to enjoy the buzzy social media app that became …
Apple is about to start using its first ‘Made in USA’ iPhone chips
Following the report that TSMC started producing Apple’s A16 Bionic chips at its newest Arizona factory later last year, it seems Apple is in the …
EU is rethinking investigations into US tech giants ahead of Trump presidency
The European Commission is reassessing investigations of tech giants, such as Apple, Meta, and Google, as these companies urge President-elect Donald Trump to intervene against …
TikTok’s wild ride: How the hottest social media app found itself on the brink of a US ban
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr once assured me in an interview that “the tide is moving out on TikTok.” He made that pronouncement a little over …
Sonos CEO is out after app redesign fiasco
Last year, Sonos released a rebuilt mobile app for iOS and Android. While the company thought the new software would improve performance and make the …
Mark Zuckerberg has clearly entered his Silicon Valley provocateur era
After a tech bro glow-up that saw him transform from a nerdy billionaire CEO into a streetwear-clad free-speech warrior, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is now …
Zuckerberg torches the Biden administration over its heavy-handed tactics during Covid
At one point during the Covid pandemic, someone from the Biden administration privately reached out to Meta with an urgent demand: Users of Meta’s family …
There’s no way Meta’s new Community Notes will be as hilarious as the ones on X
Say what you will about X under the reign of Elon Musk, but there’s one particular feature of X, formerly Twitter, that I’ve found myself …
TSMC is now making Apple Watch chips in the US
TSMC’s Arizona plant has apparently started making another Apple processor. According to tech columnist Tim Culpan, after the initial production of the iPhone’s A16 Bionic …
UK watchdog to investigate Apple for App Store and Safari antitrust violations
The UK’s antitrust regulator is expected to begin an investigation over Apple and Google for possibly holding back innovation in smartphone browsers and duopoly in …
One of President Trump’s closest friends is now on the board of Facebook parent company Meta
During the first Trump administration, major companies and business leaders avoided anything that could be construed as coziness with the new president. This time around, …
