Tech Leaders Pledge Up to 500 Billion in Ai Investment in Us

Ecuador’s Leader Has Had a Year of Chaos. He Is Still Favored to Win Sunday’s Election.

President Daniel Noboa is favored to win Sunday’s presidential election as many voters embrace his heavy-handed tactics to fight violence and corruption.

The New York Times - 1d

Global chip sales rose 19.1% in 2024 and will hit double digit growth in 2025 thanks to AI | SIA

Global semiconductor chip sales rose 19.1% to $627.6 billion in 2024 and growth is expected to grow double-digit percentages in 2025.

VentureBeat - 1d

ICC condemns sanctions by Trump administration and pledges to continue its work

ABC News - 1d

LinkedIn Made $2 Billion in Subscriptions Last Year. How’s Hiring Going for You?

Something smells fishy.

Inc. - 1d

Acer unveils Predator Helios Neo AI laptops at Intel Extreme Masters

Acer unveiled two new Predator gaming laptops today at the Intel Extreme Masters esports event in Katowice, Poland.

VentureBeat - 1d

US aid cutoff poses new challenges to rights groups in Russia and Belarus

Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws and even were shut down and forced to operate from exile abroad

ABC News - 1d

Iran supreme leader says US talks 'not intelligent' but doesn't rule them out

Iran’s supreme leader says that negotiations with America “are not intelligent, wise or honorable” after President Donald Trump floated nuclear talks with Tehran

ABC News - 1d

Elon Musk vs The US Government

Musk says "it's now or never" for his revolution

BBC News - 1d

US women beat Canada 2-1 in shootout to set up decisive Game 5 in Rivalry Series

Hilary Knight, Hannah Bilka and Kelly Pannek scored in a shootout, goalie Gwyneth Philips was perfect in the tiebreaker and the United States beat Canada 2-1 on Thursday night to set up a decisive ...

ABC News - 1d

Bill Belichick shows up to NFL honors with 24-year-old girlfriend, who gets roasted by Snoop Dogg

Their relationship is still going strong.

Yahoo Sports - 1d

This High-Tech Handlebar Is Coming With Help From OnlyFans

Former BMW and Porsche engineers are hoping to forge a new path in bike gear by making a first-of-its-kind digital bicycle upgrade.

Wired - 1d

GitHub Copilot previews agent mode as market for agentic AI coding tools accelerates

GitHub Copilot is getting more autonomous with new agent mode and the promise of Project Padawan as competition in AI coding space grows.

VentureBeat - 1d

Hugging Face brings ‘Pi-Zero’ to LeRobot, making AI-powered robots easier to build and deploy

Pi0 is a groundbreaking AI model that helps robots understand natural language commands, potentially revolutionizing industrial automation.

VentureBeat - 1d

OpenAI Is Looking Across the U.S. for Sites to Build Its Trump-Backed Stargate AI Data Centers

OpenAI has begun visiting locations in Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin this week.

Inc. - 1d

Google Rolls Back AI Promises and DEI Measures as Staff Ask, ‘Are We the Bad Guys Now?’

Google’s unofficial motto used to be ‘Don’t be evil,’ but that sentiment sits in sharp contrast to recent leadership decisions that have angered some employees.

Inc. - 1d

Adobe’s New AI Promises to Help Your Company Tackle Tricky Contract Language. Should You Let It?

AI has taken big steps into the realm of legalese. Now, Adobe’s new tool is meant to strip the mystery from complex contractual language.

Inc. - 1d

Palmerston, the British Foreign Service Cat, Takes Up New Post in Bermuda

The cat, who first served in 2016, had feuded with Larry, the chief mouser at 10 Downing Street.

The New York Times - 1d

House lawmakers push to ban AI app DeepSeek from US government devices

Lawmakers in the House are proposing to ban the Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek from U.S. government devices

ABC News - 1d

Amazon Web Services says GameLift can support up to 100M concurrent users per game

Amazon Web Services (AWS) said it has benchmark tested support for up to 100 million concurrent users (CCU) for a single game.

VentureBeat - 1d

DeepSeek’s R1 and OpenAI’s Deep Research just redefined AI — RAG, distillation, and custom models will never be the same

Pricing, performance, hallucination risks, clean data: Here’s what DeepSeek and OpenAI's breakthroughs mean for anyone building AI today.

VentureBeat - 1d

Committee punts on Kash Patel vote as Democrats keep up the pressure

Politico - 1d

Gaming M&A dipped in 2024 but fundraising doubled | Quantum Tech Partners

Gaming mergers and acquisitions were down 3% to $11.5 billion in 2024, but fundraising doubled, Quantum Tech Partners said.

VentureBeat - 1d

Samsung Galaxy S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra Review: AI Snoozefest

Technically sound, Samsung’s latest Android phones are a bit of a snooze.

Wired - 1d

One Tech Tip: How to block your phone from tracking your location

Smartphones are useful tools for everyday life but they’re privy to nearly everything about you, including all the places you’ve been

ABC News - 1d

Racial gap widened in deaths among US moms around the time of childbirth

Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher than white women around the time of childbirth in 2023

ABC News - 1d

AI and scientists unite to decipher old scrolls charred by the Vesuvius volcano

U.K. scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough by making the first image of the inside of a scroll carbonized by a volcanic eruption 2,000 years ago

ABC News - 2d

Blake Lively is sued by Texas crisis specialist in latest 'It Ends With Us' lawsuit

A Texas crisis communications specialist has sued Blake Lively for defamation

ABC News - 2d

Second type of bird flu detected in US dairy cows

Dairy cattle in Nevada have been infected with a new type of bird flu that's different from the version that has spread in herds since last year

ABC News - 2d

US Shoppers Face Fees of Up to $50 or More to Get Packages From China

Consumers and small businesses are already feeling the impact of President Donald Trump’s new tariffs, which eliminated a key trade exemption for parcels worth less than $800.

Wired - 2d

Wisconsin couple sues Walgreens and Optum Rx, saying son died after $500 price rise for asthma meds

A Wisconsin couple is suing Walgreens and a pharmacy benefits company alleging their son died because he couldn't afford a sudden $500 jump in the cost of his asthma medication

ABC News - 2d

Taubitz wins women's luge world title and Sweeney grabs a bronze for US

Germany’s Julia Taubitz is the women’s singles luge world champion for the second time

ABC News - 6h

As Trump and Musk Upend Washington, Congressional Phones Can’t Keep Up

In the three weeks since President Trump took office and gave Elon Musk free rein inside the federal government, millions of calls have poured in to members of Congress, jamming the system.

The New York Times - 12h

What do Trump’s tariffs mean for US-China trade?

The US president hopes tariffs will help close the huge trade gap by potentially pressuring Beijing into a new deal. Donald Trump postponed his threat to tax all imports from Mexico and Canada ...

The Guardian - 17h

Silicon Valley and Indian investors spend big as English cricket goes up for sale

Foreign investors have been googly-eyed about English soccer for decades

ABC News - 18h

Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts are showing us a new way to play

Neither quarterback posted particularly eye-catching passing numbers. But is that really the best or only measure of good QB play?

Yahoo Sports - 1d

Miami Beach Uses Fake Reality Show to Discourage Spring Break

As part of its yearslong effort to curb raucous partying, the city created “Reality Check,” a video in which revelers break the rules and suffer the consequences.

The New York Times - 2d

Inside the Elon Musk-Jim Jordan ‘mind meld’ shaking up Capitol Hill

Musk has a White House office and growing pull across federal agencies. Now he's burrowed into the House Judiciary Committee.

Politico - 2d

LinkedIn Is Testing an AI Tool That Could Transform How People Search for Jobs

The company says artificial intelligence could help surface jobs that remain hidden from typical search queries.

Wired - 2d

Google’s holiday ad boost can’t ease AI letdown fears

Google’s digital ad sales continued to grow at a healthy clip during the holiday season, but that wasn’t enough to offset investors’ worries about whether its big bet on artificial intelligence ...

ABC News - 3d

Tech Leaders Pledge Up to 500 Billion in Ai Investment in Us

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