eBay tells GameStop to keep the carpet: $56bn bid “neither credible nor attractive”
Ryan Cohen offered $125 a share, partly to be funded by a $20bn TD Securities commitment letter and, briefly, by selling old store signs on
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NHS England gives Palantir contractors broader access to patient data
A leaked internal briefing note describes a new admin role on the £330m Federated Data Platform that lets external staff bypass case-by-case data approvals. Patient
OpenAI introduces Daybreak cyber platform, takes on Anthropic Mythos
OpenAI has unveiled Daybreak, its answer to Anthropic’s Claude Mythos, amid a growing market for frontier AI-powered cyber defense platforms. The initiative combines OpenAI’s large
Wrongful Death Lawsuits Against OpenAI Test a New Strategy
The cases seek to use consumer product safety laws to rein in chatbot companies.
Vapi raises $50m Series B led by Peak XV for enterprise voice AI
Peak XV leads. M12, Kleiner Perkins, and Bessemer Venture Partners join; earlier investors return. Amazon Ring, Intuit, and New York Life are named enterprise customers;
China is earning roughly $500m an hour from exports, and AI-related goods are doing the heavy lifting
China’s export earnings have reached roughly $500m an hour, according to a Bloomberg calculation based on the latest customs data, with AI-related goods accounting for
Once again, SpaceX has set a new record for the tallest rocket ever built
For the third time in three years, SpaceX has stacked a new version of its enormous Starship rocket on a launch pad in South Texas
After banning foreign routers, FCC says existing ones can get updates until 2029
The Federal Communications Commission is relenting a bit on its restrictive router rules, saying it will allow foreign-made routers to receive software and firmware updates
EBay Rejects GameStop’s $55 Billion Takeover Bid
The online marketplace called the cash-and-stock proposal “neither credible nor attractive.”
Start-Up Raises $1.3 Billion for an A.I. ‘Grid’
As tech giants dominate the hardware needed to build artificial intelligence, Amp hopes to create an alternative.
The US Commerce Department deletes website details of Microsoft, Google, and xAI security-test deal
The US Commerce Department has removed from its website the details of an agreement under which Microsoft, Google, and xAI agreed to submit new AI
Jensen Huang skips Trump’s China business delegation
The Nvidia CEO is not on the list of US executives travelling to Beijing for the Trump-Xi summit. Apple’s Tim Cook and Tesla’s Elon Musk
Arm’s software chief sees human language as the new way to program
If you haven’t heard of Arm, you haven’t been paying attention to how ubiquitous the chipmaker has become. Arm’s processor designs power Macs, iPhones, and
Alphabet adds the yen to its bond programme, in a debut Samurai issue, funding the AI build
Mizuho, Bank of America, and Morgan Stanley have the mandate. Pricing is expected this month. The trade follows Alphabet’s record CHF, sterling and euro issuances