Amazon submits bid for TikTok as ban deadline nears

TikTok’s future in the U.S. hangs in the balance ahead of a potential ban on April 5.

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Rumor: iOS 19 May Leave These Three iPhones Behind

Rumor has it that iOS 19 may drop support for iPhone XR, XS, and XS Max — raising questions ahead of Apple’s big WWDC 2025 announcements.

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OpenAI’s o3 model might be costlier to run than originally estimated

When OpenAI unveiled its o3 “reasoning” AI model in December, the company partnered with the creators of ARC-AGI, a benchmark designed to test highly capable AI, to showcase o3’s capabilities. Months later, the results have been revised, and they now look slightly less impressive than they did initially. Last week, the Arc Prize Foundation, which […]

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Epic Games CEO calls Apple and Google ‘gangster-style’ businesses in need of competition

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, whose company makes Fortnite and tools for other developers, including Unreal Engine, called out Apple and Google as “gangster-style businesses” engaged in illegal practices while speaking at a Y Combinator event on Wednesday. The executive also emphasized how the big tech companies’ practices directly affected his own business by scaring […]

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Eric Trump says he moved to crypto after family business became ‘most canceled company’

Eric Trump told CNBC that his family was “driven toward cryptocurrency” due to the way their business was treated.

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Microsoft Finally Expands Copilot+ AI Features to Intel and AMD-Powered PCs

Windows brings AI-powered creative tools to AMD and Intel PCs, including Cocreator in Paint and new Restyle Image and Image Creator features in Photos.

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The affidavit of a Rippling employee caught spying for Deel reads like a movie

Rippling released the affidavit of the its employee who admitted he was spying for Deel. 

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OpenAI seeks to convene group to advise its nonprofit goals

As it prepares to transition from a nonprofit corporation to a for-profit, OpenAI says it’s convening a group of experts to “help OpenAI’s philanthropy understand the most urgent and intractable problems nonprofits face today.” This group, which OpenAI says will incorporate feedback from “leaders and communities” in health, science, education, and public services, particularly within […]

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Applovin in negotiations for potential TikTok bid, sources say

AppLovin is one of the potential bidders attempting to acquire TikTok, sources familiar with the situation told CNBC’s David Faber on Wednesday.

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Amazon to launch first batch of Kuiper satellites on April 9

The launch is a pivotal step toward beginning commercial service for Kuiper, Amazon’s initiative to beam high-speed internet to customers from low earth orbit.

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