Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro recently issued a 10-day ban on the social networking platform X, preventing locals from accessing the site. This decision came after a heated dispute between Maduro and Elon Musk, the owner of the platform. In a speech translated by CNBC, Maduro accused Musk of violating the rules of X, formerly known
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The possibility of Apple charging its users up to $20 for its advanced artificial intelligence features is currently being considered by analysts. This move is seen as a strategic effort by the company to further expand its profitable services business, with the Cupertino giant gearing up to launch Apple Intelligence, its upcoming AI system, on
Sony’s finance chief recently announced that the company will not be pursuing a bid for the film and TV production group Paramount Global. Despite previous interest in acquiring Paramount, Hiroki Totoki, Sony’s CFO, stated that it does not align with the company’s current strategy. This decision comes after reports that Skydance Media, an independent film
In a recent turn of events, Microsoft has decided to hit back at Delta Air Lines, challenging the carrier’s claims of outdated technology being the root cause of the massive IT outage that resulted in thousands of flight cancellations. Delta CEO Ed Bastian had previously placed blame on Microsoft and CrowdStrike for the disruptions, citing
The recent remarks made by Elon Musk regarding the riots occurring in various cities across the UK have sparked outrage and condemnation from the UK government. Musk’s comment on social media suggesting that civil war is inevitable in response to the riots was met with criticism by UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, who stated that
In a recent announcement, OpenAI co-founder John Schulman revealed his decision to leave the Microsoft-backed company to join Anthropic, an artificial intelligence startup funded by Amazon. This move comes shortly after OpenAI disbanded a superalignment team dedicated to ensuring that humans retain control over AI systems that surpass human capabilities. Schulman, who previously led OpenAI’s
The opening of the U.S. markets on Monday was a disaster for tech’s megacap companies as they collectively lost about $1 trillion in market cap. Nvidia alone shed more than $300 billion in market cap at the opening bell, although it did manage to recover about half of its loss. Other tech giants like Apple
Elon Musk has reignited a legal battle against Sam Altman in federal court, claiming that he was misled into co-founding OpenAI. Musk alleges that Altman, along with current OpenAI President Greg Brockman, deceived him into believing the artificial intelligence firm was a non-profit organization. After investing millions of dollars, Musk asserts that he was ultimately
The U.K. government recently made the decision to cancel £1.3 billion worth of computing infrastructure projects, a move that has raised concerns about the country’s ambitions to become a world leader in artificial intelligence. This decision includes the cancellation of two major taxpayer-funded spending commitments, one worth £500 million and the other £800 million. These
The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation into allegations of Nvidia abusing its market dominance in artificial intelligence chips. This investigation stems from complaints which claim that Nvidia may be engaging in anti-competitive behavior in the AI chip sector. According to reports, the DOJ has been in touch with Nvidia’s competitors, such as