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Google works to erode Nvidia’s software advantage with Meta’s help
Dec 17 (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google is working on a new initiative to make its artificial intelligence chips better at running PyTorch, the world’s most widely used AI software framework, in a move aimed at weakening Nvidia's longstanding dominance of the AI computing market, according to people familiar with the matter. The effo[...]
Trump Launches $1M ‘Gold Card’ Offering Path to Citizenship
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Robots have long been seen as a bad bet for Silicon Valley investors — too complicated, capital-intensive and “boring, honestly,” says venture capitalist Modar Alaoui. But the commercial boom in artificial intelligence has lit a spark under long-simmering visions to build humanoid robots that can move[...]
AI boom fuels new push for humanoid robots, despite doubts
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Robots have long been seen as a bad bet for Silicon Valley investors — too complicated, capital-intensive and “boring, honestly,” says venture capitalist Modar Alaoui. But the commercial boom in artificial intelligence has lit a spark under long-simmering visions to build humanoid robots that can move[...]
Disney invests $1B in OpenAI, strikes Sora licensing deal
Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI and will bring characters such as Mickey Mouse, Cinderella and Luke Skywalker to the AI company's Sora video generation tool, in a licensing deal that the two companies announced on Thursday. At the same time, Disney went after Google, demanding the tech company stop exploiting its copyrigh[...]
Time magazine names ‘Architects of AI’ as its person of the year for 2025
The “Architects of AI” were named Time's person of the year for 2025 on Thursday, with the magazine citing this year as when the potential of artificial intelligence “roared into view" with no turning back. “For delivering the age of thinking machines, for wowing and worrying humanity, for transforming the present and transcending[...]
OpenAI names Slack’s Denise Dresser first chief of revenue
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — OpenAI said Tuesday it has picked Slack CEO Denise Dresser as its first chief of revenue, a message to wary investors that the ChatGPT maker is serious about making a profit from its artificial intelligence technology. OpenAI said Dresser will oversee global revenue strategy and “will help more businesses put[...]
Trump allows limited Nvidia chip sales to China
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that he would allow Nvidia to sell an advanced type of computer chip used in the development of artificial intelligence to “approved customers” in China. There have been concerns about allowing advanced computer chips to be sold to China as it could help the country better compe[...]
EU probes Google over possible AI antitrust violations
LONDON (AP) — Google faces fresh antitrust scrutiny from European Union regulators, who opened an investigation Tuesday into the company's use of online content for its artificial intelligence models and services. The flurry of regulatory flexing by Brussels that has targeted Big Tech risks antagonizing President Donald Trump's ad[...]
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declares ‘code red’ to improve ChatGPT amid rising competition
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has set off a “code red” alert to employees to improve its flagship product, ChatGPT, and delay other product developments, according to The Wall Street Journal. The newspaper reported that Altman sent an internal memo to staff Monday saying more work was needed to enhance the artificial[...]
Why Cyber Monday could break spending records despite economic uncertainty
NEW YORK (AP) — After four days of deal-fueled spending sprees that kicked off on Thanksgiving, shoppers shifted their focus on Cyber Monday, which is again expected to be the biggest sales day of the year for online retailers. Walmart was promoting up to 50% off on fashion on its website among some of the deals, while online jugg[...]
100 people to meet in 2026: Contractors
Federal funding is the fuel that primes Virginia’s economic engine, and these government contracting executives are the drivers directing major projects for civilian, defense and intelligence agencies. GREG CRADDOCK CEO, PATRIOT GROUP INTERNATIONAL, WARRENTON Patriot Group International prefers to be discreet about much of i[...]
Nvidia sales soar as AI chip demand beats forecasts
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nvidia’s sales of the computing chips powering the artificial intelligence craze surged beyond the lofty bar set by stock market analysts in a performance that may ease recent jitters about a Big Tech boom turning into a bust that topples the world’s most valuable company. The results announced late Wednesday[...]
U.S. jobless claims fall as filings return after shutdown
New U.S. jobless claim applications fell last week, remaining within the healthy range of recent years, according to the government's first weekly layoffs data since before the government shut down on Oct. 1. The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits for the week ending Nov. 15 fell by 8,000 from the previous week t[...]
RVA757 Connects strategy calls for more digital infrastructure along corridor
As artificial intelligence, cloud expansion and data-intensive industries reshape the U.S. economy, leaders in Richmond and Hampton Roads hope to position the Interstate 64 corridor as a hub for digital infrastructure. That was the centerpiece of RVA757 Connects' 2035 Global Internet Hub Vision plan released Tuesday at the Richmon[...]
Judge rules Meta is not a social media monopoly
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Meta has prevailed over an existential challenge to its business that could have forced the tech giant to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp after a judge ruled that the company does not hold a monopoly in social networking. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg issued his ruling Tuesday after the historic antitrust[...]
Amazon buys 189 acres in Prince William tech park for $700M
Amazon Data Services has bought approximately 188.5 acres in Prince William County for a whopping $700 million. The e-tailer’s data center arm bought the land within the 270-acre Devlin Technology Park, located at the northwest corner of Devlin and Linton Hall roads in Bristow. The purchase from Reston-based homebuilder Stanley Ma[...]
Microsoft partners with Anthropic and Nvidia in cloud infrastructure deal
Microsoft said Tuesday it is partnering with artificial intelligence company Anthropic and chipmaker Nvidia as part of a cloud infrastructure deal that moves the software giant further away from its longtime alliance with OpenAI. Anthropic, maker of the chatbot Claude that competes with OpenAI's ChatGPT, said it is committed to bu[...]
Stocks fall as Nvidia slips and market pulls back
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market is sinking on Monday as Nvidia and other superstars created by the frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology dim some more. The S&P 500 fell 1.1% and pulled further from its all-time high set late last month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 544 points, or 1.2%, as of 2:45[...]
Defense contractor to add 288 workers at Roanoke night-vision goggle factory
Texas-based defense contractor Elbit Systems of America will invest $30 million to expand its Roanoke County night-vision googles manufacturing facility, with plans to create 288 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday. Once the expansion is complete, it will bring the site’s workforce to more than 1,000 employees. “Elbit[...]
Anthropic invests $50B in AI data centers, Microsoft expands
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic announced a $50 billion investment in computing infrastructure on Wednesday that will include new data centers in Texas and New York. Microsoft also on Wednesday announced a new data center under construction in Atlanta, Georgia, describing it as connected to another in Wisconsin to form a[...]
