Alibaba's unveiling of its powerful QwQ-32B AI model, rivaling DeepSeek's R1, sparked a stock rally with its Hong Kong shares hitting a 52-week high, fueling optimism among analysts about the company's earnings potential driven by its AI advancements.
Google's co-founder Larry Page has launched Dynatomics, an AI startup aiming to revolutionize product design and manufacturing by leveraging advanced algorithms to optimize processes, led by Chris Anderson, former CTO of Page's electric airplane venture Kittyhawk.
In a high-stakes legal battle, a federal judge denies Elon Musk's bid to halt OpenAI's controversial shift to a for-profit model, setting the stage for an expedited trial over the legality of the artificial intelligence company's transformation.
In a legal battle against OpenAI, a judge rejects Elon Musk's bid to stop the AI research company's transition to a for-profit model, allowing the transformation to proceed while other aspects of Musk's lawsuit move forward.
In a groundbreaking partnership, Uber has joined forces with Waymo to offer autonomous rides in Austin, enabling users to summon self-driving cars through the Uber app at no extra cost, providing a glimpse into the future of transportation while prioritizing safety with Waymo's extensive real-world driving experience.
In a major global outage, Microsoft left tens of thousands of users in major cities like New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles unable to access email and apps like Outlook, Exchange, Teams, and Azure for several hours before resolving the issue without specifying the cause.
After over a decade of neglect, Microsoft is finally retiring the once-popular Skype messaging service on May 5, 2025, urging users to migrate to its Teams platform instead, as Skype struggles to keep up with rivals like Telegram, WhatsApp, and Discord.
Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang revealed that the company's revenue in China was slashed in half due to export controls, shedding light on the significant impact of trade restrictions on the tech giant's business operations in the Chinese market.
OpenAI, after hitting scaling limits with its GPT models, is pivoting its core AI strategy, shifting from building larger models to a hybrid approach combining pre-training and 'chain of thought' reasoning techniques, with potential industry-wide implications.
Humane, the startup behind the AI Pin device, is shutting down the product and selling its core technology, including CosmOS software and patents, to HP for $116 million, with HP forming a new AI division called HP IQ while offering limited refunds for recent AI Pin purchases.