Sorry, OpenAI. Google is winning the chatbot rat raceOpenAI has the breakout product, but Google owns the starting points — and Gemini is being wired into the internet’s routines before you notice
TikTok will avoid a U.S. ban after Chinese owner ByteDance agreed to a joint ventureThe agreement is the most concrete step yet to comply with legislation that ordered ByteDance to divest TikTok’s U.S. assets or face a nationwide ban
Roomba maker iRobot has filed for bankruptcy as Trump's tariffs drive up costsOnce a pioneer of robot vacuums, the Roomba maker said higher tariffs helped tip the company into bankruptcy
Europe slapped Elon Musk's X with a big fineBlue checkmarks could cost Elon Musk’s social site X $140 million because the E.U. thinks they're "deceptive"
Apple laptops are high-end items. Next year could see the company's first 'low-cost' offeringReport indicates company could be preparing to compete with inexpensive Windows 11 and Chromebook laptops
Sorry, OpenAI. Google is winning the chatbot rat raceOpenAI has the breakout product, but Google owns the starting points — and Gemini is being wired into the internet’s routines before you notice
Elon Musk's Grok heads to spaceSpaceX wants an AI platform story for investors. Buying xAI delivers it — and pulls Grok’s myriad safety failures and legal heat along for the ride
Palantir’s AI story finally looks like a businessPalantir delivered the kind of fourth-quarter profitability that tends to quiet the nice-demo crowd – for at least a few hours
Nvidia, Oracle, and how the AI boom is finding its limitsNvidia tries to keep OpenAI rich without a $100 billion commitment, Oracle seeks $50 billion, and the boom keeps booming — for now
The NFL will test a device for blind fans at this year's Super BowlThe league will let a few fans test the device through a partnership with startup OneCourt
Why we hate our browsers (and why we haven’t switched yet)The Default Effect kept us locked into legacy browsers for a decade. It's finally time to change. Produced in partnership with Shift Browser
The era of one-size-fits-all software is ending. Your browser is nextDigital debt is killing our focus. See how custom browser architecture helps put you back in the green. Produced in partnership with Shift Browser
8 ways quantum computing could change the worldHere's how quantum computing is set to reshape industries from finance to pharma with powerful real-world applications
Oracle stock soars 42% on bullish $144 billion AI cloud revenue forecastChief executive Safra Catz hailed an “astonishing” quarter as new AI cloud deals drove huge gains in the company’s stock
Amazon Web Services to cut the U.S. government a $1 billion breakFederal agencies will receive credits for cloud services, modernization, and training through 2028, the U.S. General Services Administration said
Amazon earnings surpass Wall Street estimates, led by record AI cloud salesAmazon's profits surged during the second quarter of the year, with its cloud business recording record revenue.
Microsoft earnings outshine Wall Street estimates as Azure revenue surges 39% Microsoft surpassed analysts' estimates for the second quarter on Wednesday, led by strong growth from its Azure cloud-computing unit, as demand for artificial intelligence heats up.
SpaceX's Starship had another catastrophic failureThe explosion was just the latest in a growing series of failures for Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship.
SpaceX's Starship rocket went further in its latest test launch — but still spun out of controlThree launches, three crashes: not a great start to what was supposed to be the company's biggest year yet
Amazon's SpaceX Starlink competitor was launched into space for the first timeThe launch for Amazon's Project Kuiper is a major step for the company if it wants to eventually catch up to Elon Musk's Starlink
The new space race is just getting startedBeyond some celebrity spectacle lies a more consequential story: There's a fortune to be made in the cosmos
Hackers breached Pornhub and threatened to expose users' viewing habitsPornhub hackers are demanding the company pay an undisclosed amount or it will release detailed information about its users
Microsoft says the SharePoint hackers have escalated their attack with ransomwareHackers have escalated their attack on SharePoint software with the use of ransomware, Microsoft said
A Microsoft software flaw gave hackers access to the U.S. nuclear weapons agencyThe Department of Energy says the impact was small — but the target couldn’t have been more high-stakes
Microsoft is dealing with a massive hackMicrosoft is still mitigating “active attacks” on its SharePoint software used by U.S. government agencies and businesses
Microsoft stock plunges 10% as its worst day in years sees a $357 billion market cap wipeoutByQuartz Staff
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