Uber opens ‘interest list’ for Waymo robotaxi rides in Austin

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Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 22, 2025. Gerry Miller | CNBC Ride-hailing and food delivery app Uber is opening its “interest list” to users in Austin, Texas, who want to be first in line for Waymo robotaxis there. The company said […]


‘The Antiquities’ Review: Relics of Late Human Life in 12 Exhibits

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By a campfire on the shore of Lake Geneva in 1816, five friends take up the challenge of telling the scariest story. Mary Shelley is clearly the winner, with her cautionary tale (soon to be a novel) of an obsessed doctor whose electrified monster achieves sentience, then runs wild. So freaked out is her pal […]


Palantir soars 25% to record as AI powers strong earnings and guidance

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Palantir surged more than 25% on Tuesday to a record high after reporting stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter results and guidance driven by ongoing artificial intelligence gains. Shares have skyrocketed 36% since the start of the year and were on pace for their best day in nearly a year. The Denver-based software company posted adjusted earnings of 14 […]


Musk Allies Discuss Deploying A.I. to Find Budget Savings

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As Elon Musk sweeps through the federal government, those close to the billionaire are touting one particular tool in their arsenal: artificial intelligence. Mr. Musk, who leads a bevy of technology companies, including SpaceX, Tesla, X and xAI, has been tasked by the Trump administration with drastically reducing federal spending through the so-called Department of […]


Bitcoin drops, ether slammed after Trump’s tariffs cause global risk-off move

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Bitcoin. Cheney Orr | Dado Ruvic | Reuters Cryptocurrencies tumbled in a risk-off move after President Donald Trump hit Canada, Mexico and China with long-threatened import tariffs. The price of bitcoin fell 2% Monday to $95,722.77, down from a price above $102,000 before the weekend, according to Coin Metrics. The […]


OpenAI Unveils New A.I. Agent for Research

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A week ago, OpenAI released a tool that can go online to shop for groceries or book a restaurant reservation. Now it is offering A.I. technology that can gather information from across the internet and synthesize it in concise reports. OpenAI unveiled the new tool, called Deep Research, with a demonstration on YouTube on Sunday, […]


DeepSeek Nvidia chip questions: Singapore responds

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Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) said in a statement Saturday that it expects U.S. companies to comply with U.S. export controls and local laws, following questions over the chips used by China’s DeepSeek to produce its AI model. Markets were rocked this week after DeepSeek claimed its large language model outperforms OpenAI’s but […]


A Look at OpenAI’s Operator, a New A.I. Agent

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In the past week, OpenAI’s Operator has done the following things for me: Ordered me a new ice cream scoop on Amazon. Bought me a new domain name and configured its settings. Booked a Valentine’s Day date for me and my wife. Scheduled a haircut. It did these tasks mostly autonomously, although I did have […]


Atlassian closes at highest since 2022 on strong earnings, outlook

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Mike Cannon-Brookes, co-founder of software company Atlassian Corp., in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 6, 2023. Lisa Maree Williams | Bloomberg | Getty Images Atlassian shares popped 14.9% after the software company blew past Wall Street’s fiscal second-quarter earnings and guidance expectations. The stock hit a fresh 52-week high and closed at its highest level since April […]


Meta Said to Explore Moving Where It Is Incorporated

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Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, is considering changing where it is incorporated from Delaware to another state, two people with knowledge of the matter said. The company is looking at Texas and a handful of other states, said the people, who were not authorized to speak on the confidential discussions. The process […]