New data shows EV batteries are lasting far longer than buyers think, yet US sales keep falling
Modern electric vehicles retain an average of 97 percent of their original range after three years and 95 percent after five years, according to a
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Silicon Valley Splits Over Closing the Borders to Chinese A.I.
Anthropic and OpenAI are clashing with the rest of the tech industry over whether “open-source” models from China should be freely available or restricted.
Nvidia is pouring $1 billion into South Korea’s AI infrastructure through Naver and SK Group
Nvidia will invest $1 billion in South Korean internet company Naver to help finance an AI data center under construction in South Korea, the chipmaker
China fines Trip.com $765 million for forcing hotels into exclusive deals and controlling their prices
China’s market regulator fined Trip.com Group $765 million on Saturday after concluding that the country’s largest online travel platform abused its dominant market position. The
With help from data, art museums are reframing the visitor experience
Giovanni Kanter goes to at least one art museum whenever he visits a new city. That’s on top of his regular exploration of galleries in
Big Tech accused of stonewalling European social media researchers
In the final weeks before Romania’s presidential vote in November 2024, TikTok accounts that had previously spent years posting about manicures or fashion suddenly started
QR Codes Make Their Way Down Wedding Aisles
The technology, often associated with pandemic-era menus, is being used by more couples for ease, cost, expedience and sustainability.
Modi breaks Instagram’s Reel record with 300 million views as student protests sweep India
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted two selfie videos on Instagram as student protests swept the country, with the first Reel drawing more than 300
Samsung signs a $200 billion chip deal with Broadcom covering memory, foundry and advanced packaging through 2030
Samsung Electronics and Broadcom have signed a memorandum of understanding worth more than $200 billion spanning memory chips, foundry manufacturing and advanced packaging for artificial
Amazon just shut its AGI Lab, and quit a race it never led
Amazon is retreating from the race to build the smartest AI. This week it closed its AGI Lab, a San Francisco team working on artificial
Stripe wants to own the toll booth between AI models, for ~$10bn
Stripe wants a foothold in AI, and it is willing to pay dearly for it. The payments company is in talks to buy OpenRouter for
Wildfire forces evacuation of NASA’s Deep Space Network complex in Spain
A fast-moving wildfire, one of many raging across Spain, bore down on the Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex on Friday, forcing an evacuation and temporarily
Paramount/WBD merger delayed for months as states’ lawsuit moves toward trial
Paramount Skydance agreed to a longer-term delay of its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, preventing the companies from combining until after a judge
10 Platforms for AI Visibility and Link Building in 2026
Millions now choose products through ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews appear in nearly half of all search queries. According to Muck Rack