Blackstone takes the majority position in Google’s new TPU cloud
The two have formed a joint venture to build a US-based AI compute-as-a-service business on Google’s TPUs, with $5bn of Blackstone equity, $25bn total deal
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Intel and Qualcomm circle Tenstorrent as the NVIDIA-alternative trade comes due
Bloomberg reports early-stage takeover conversations with the Jim Keller-led AI chip startup, which raised $800m at a $3.2bn valuation last year and counts Bezos Expeditions
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A crowd waits outside the Ronald V. Dellums U.S. Courthouse last month in Oakland, Calif.
HistoSonics gets Taiwan approval for its tumour-destroying ultrasound system as it pushes into Asia
HistoSonics has received regulatory approval from Taiwan’s Food and Drug Administration for its Edison Histotripsy System, a non-invasive cancer treatment device that uses focused ultrasound
Sigma Computing doubles valuation to $3 billion in Series E as agentic analytics race heats up
Sigma Computing has raised $80 million in Series E funding at a $3 billion valuation, doubling its worth in a year and positioning the
Ebola outbreak: WHO declares emergency, US restricts travel, American infected
The Ebola outbreak first reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Friday has seemingly escalated quickly into a large, uncontrolled multinational outbreak. As
Legal fail: Don’t use AI to sue Facebook users for calling you a bad date
An attempt to pressure Meta into removing a critical post from a Chicago Facebook group called “Are We Dating the Same Guy” may end in
Five Takeaways From the Blockbuster Trial Pitting Elon Musk Against OpenAI
It took a jury less than two hours to decide that Mr. Musk had waited too long to sue. But the testimony over three weeks
Elon Musk Loses $150 Billion Suit Against OpenAI and Sam Altman
A nine-member jury found that Mr. Musk had waited too long to sue. The setback for the tech mogul frees OpenAI to continue in the
Hackers stole fingerprints and medical data from 1.8 million people in NYC’s largest public hospital breach
New York City Health and Hospitals, the largest public healthcare system in the United States, has disclosed that hackers stole personal data, medical records
Musk loses OpenAI lawsuit as jury unanimously rules his claims were filed too late
Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, OpenAI, and Microsoft. A nine-person jury in Oakland returned a unanimous verdict on Sunday
Microsoft May security patch fails for some due to boot partition size glitch
“Something didn’t go as planned. Undoing changes.” That’s all the clue some Windows 11 users will get when Microsoft’s May Security Update fails to install
After Elon Musk’s Court Loss Comes the Long Hot A.I. Summer
Even as protests increase, the collapse of Mr. Musk’s suit against OpenAI and Sam Altman will speed up the artificial intelligence juggernaut.
Meta Reassigns 7,000 Employees to Focus on A.I.
The company announced the changes two days before it plans to lay off 10 percent of its work force, or about 8,000 employees.