NewsHP to Buy Humane, Maker of the Ai Pin, for $116 Million By Andrew Sabastian February 19, 2025 2 Mins read Humane, the ambitious start-up behind the Ai Pin device that aimed to one day replace smartphones, agreed to sell parts of its… Read more
NewsThey’ve Been Waiting Years to Go Public. They’re Still Waiting. By Andrew Sabastian February 18, 2025 5 Mins read Turo, a car rental start-up in San Francisco, has been trying to go public since 2021. But a volatile stock market in… Read more
NewsThe UK’s war on encryption affects all of us By Andrew Sabastian February 14, 2025 1 Mins read The encryption wars have reached a fever pitch, and the most contentious battle is not happening in the United States, where much… Read more
NewsApple will integrate Alibaba’s AI into iPhones in China, Chairman Joe Tsai says By Andrew Sabastian February 13, 2025 1 Mins read Alibaba Group Chairman Joe Tsai confirmed on Thursday that the company was partnering with Apple to roll out AI for iPhones sold in China. He… Read more
NewsHow Musk’s $97.4B bid could gum up OpenAI’s for-profit conversion By Andrew Sabastian February 12, 2025 1 Mins read On Monday, Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, offered to buy the nonprofit that effectively governs OpenAI for $97.4 billion. The unsolicited buyout would… Read more
NewsYour ‘new’ Seagate data center hard drive is likely a used one By Andrew Sabastian February 10, 2025 1 Mins read A growing number of buyers have reported purchasing supposedly new Seagate data center-grade hard drives, only to discover that they had been… Read more
NewsIBM targets mainframe customers with prebuilt AI training modules By Andrew Sabastian January 29, 2025 1 Mins read IBM Synthetic Data Sets are designed to help with training or fine-tuning AI models quickly on IBM Z and LinuxONE mainframes. IBM… Read more
NewsSoftBank-backed TravelPerk doubles valuation to $2.7 billion, plans fintech push By Andrew Sabastian January 28, 2025 1 Mins read TravelPerk, a corporate travel platform, raised $200 million from investors including Atomico and EQT in a funding round valuing the firm at… Read more
NewsTikTok is partially back online in the US, but it’s not back in the App Store yet By Andrew Sabastian January 20, 2025 1 Mins read TikTok is bringing its service back online in the US, after shutting down for about half a day. The company said this afternoon that it… Read more
NewsTesla CEO Elon Musk loses bid to get $56 billion pay package reinstated By Andrew Sabastian December 3, 2024 1 Mins read Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Monday lost his bid to get his 2018 CEO pay package reinstated when a Delaware judge upheld her prior ruling… Read more