Tech

• OpenAI raises $40B at $300B valuation in round led by SoftBank

  2 weeks ago Tech NY Post - Tech 24

  Sam Altman’s OpenAI has raised $40 billion in a funding round led by investment giant SoftBank as it looks to stave off competition like Elon...

• Trump says TikTok sale could be tied to a reduction in tariffs on China

  2 weeks ago Tech Washington Times - Tech 29

  President Trump said the negotiations regarding the sale of the Chinese-owned app TikTok are not tied to any tariff deals with China, but he's open...

• Amazon's new lab unveils model to power AI agents

  2 weeks ago Tech Washington Times - Tech 17

  Amazon's new lab dedicated to developing advanced artificial intelligence debuted on Monday a new model to fuel AI agents, or digital assistants.

• Trump says TikTok sees a lot of potential buyers

  2 weeks ago Tech Washington Times - Tech 18

  President Trump said the Chinese app TikTok has "a lot of potential buyers" in the U.S. as the deadline looms to find a new owner or be banned here.

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• A stroke survivor speaks again with the help of an experimental brain-computer implant

  2 weeks ago Tech Washington Times - Tech 17

  Scientists have developed a device that can translate thoughts about speech into spoken words in real time.

• China's telecoms giant Huawei Technologies says its profit fell 28% while revenue surged in 2024

  2 weeks ago Tech Washington Times - Tech 12

  Chinese telecoms gear giant Huawei said Monday its net profit fell 28% in 2024 while its revenue surged, as the company invested heavily in...

• France's antitrust watchdog fines Apple for problems with App Tracking Transparency

  2 weeks ago Tech Washington Times - Tech 18

  France's antitrust watchdog fined Apple 150 million euros ($162 million) on Monday over a privacy feature protecting users from apps snooping on...

• Alphabet’s Isomorphic Labs raises $600M in first funding round for AI drug business

  2 weeks ago Tech NY Post - Tech 19

  The London-based business – which launched in 2021 – will use the funds to further its research, expand its team and continue on its mission to...

• Trump says TikTok sale deal to be announced before Saturday deadline

  2 weeks ago Tech NY Post - Tech 20

  President Trump said he expects to announce terms on a deal with TikTok’s China-based parent company ByteDance to sell the popular video-sharing...

• FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak working remotely from Utah — despite Trump’s RTO order and DOGE clampdown: sources

  2 weeks ago Tech NY Post - Tech 13

  A powerful member of the Federal Trade Commission has been working her high-profile post remotely – despite President Trump's demands that federal...

• A private European aerospace startup completes the first test flight of its orbital launch vehicle

  2 weeks ago Tech Washington Times - Tech 14

  A private European aerospace startup said Sunday it successfully completed the first test flight of its orbital launch vehicle from Norway.

• U.S. immigration officials look to expand social media data collection

  2 weeks ago Tech Washington Times - Tech 13

  U.S. immigration officials are asking the public and federal agencies to comment on a proposal to collect social media handles from people applying...