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China Dives in on the World’s First Wind-Powered Undersea Data Center

The $226 million project uses ocean breezes and seawater to stay cool.

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Google investors have big expectations after stock’s sharpest quarterly rally in 20 years

Following a 38% jump in Alphabet shares in the third quarter, Wall Street will be paying close attention to the company’s comments on its AI strategy.

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BlackRock-linked tokenization firm Securitize to go public via SPAC deal

Founded in 2017, Securitize filed on Tuesday to go public through a SPAC deal that values its business at $1.25 billion.

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Meta’s AI app has seen growth soar since launch of Vibes, but trails OpenAI’s Sora

The Meta AI app has seen a major jolt in downloads since the company launched Vibes and began paying creators to make AI-generated videos.

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Bill Gates softens ‘Climate Disaster’ approach, says too many resources are going to fight the problem

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says countries and leaders need to shift their approach to climate change and focus on ‘improving lives’

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Elon Musk’s AI-powered Wikipedia competitor goes live after a rocky launch

Elon Musk has launched an early version of a new AI-powered encyclopedia called ‘Grokipedia,’ which he posing as a competitor to the popular Wikipedia.

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Amazon laying off about 14,000 corporate workers as it invests more in AI

The company said it’s cutting roles in order to help make the company leaner and less bureaucratic, while it looks to invest in generative AI.

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PayPal signs deal with OpenAI to become the first payments wallet in ChatGPT

The move makes PayPal an early part of OpenAI’s efforts to broaden ChatGPT’s use for e-commerce.

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PayPal partners with OpenAI to let users pay for their shopping within ChatGPT

Paypal said on Tuesday that it is adopting a protocol in combination with OpenAI’s “Instant Checkout” feature to let users pay for their shopping directly within ChatGPT, starting in 2026.

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Cathie Wood says humanoid robots will be the ‘biggest of all’ AI opportunities

Ark Invest founder Cathie Wood on Tuesday singled out the potential for artificial intelligence to accelerate the development of humanoid robots.

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