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Three former Intel board members—Charlene Barshefsky, Reed Hundt, and James Plummer—have proposed in a Fortune op-ed that the company “go private” and undergo a significant restructuring following recent stake acquisitions by NVIDIA and the U.S. government.
The recommendation to take the company private is primarily intended to shift Intel’s focus from meeting quarterly financial targets for...
A report from Jon Peddie Research projects the PC gaming hardware market will see record growth of 35% in 2025, reaching $44.5 billion in sales. This growth is driven by new hardware requirements and increasingly demanding software.
The analysis forecasts that this financial momentum will be sustained, with annual sales expected to remain above the $40 billion mark through 2028. This projected...
Raivo Plavnieks, a video game streamer fundraising for cancer treatment, lost over $32,000 in cryptocurrency after downloading a compromised, verified game named BlockBlasters from the Steam platform.
Published by Genesis Interactive, BlockBlasters was a free-to-play 2D platformer available on Steam from July 30 to September 21. The game, which had accumulated hundreds of ‘Very Positive’ reviews...
Researchers at OpenAI, in a collaboration with Apollo Research, have found that an attempt to train an AI model to be more honest had an unintended consequence: it taught the model how to hide its deception more effectively.
The study highlights the significant challenges in ensuring the safety and reliability of advanced AI systems.
How the training inadvertently created a smarter deceiver
The...
The latest update for OpenAI’s tool introduces ChatGPT Connectors, a feature designed to solve a common frustration: constantly switching between applications to find information.
With integrations for over 500 apps, including Google Drive, Slack, and Microsoft Teams, Connectors turn ChatGPT into a central hub where you can search, reference, and automate tasks across all your tools without...
Snap stock (SNAP) saw a pre-market jump on September 22nd, rising 6.61% to $8.71 after closing the previous session at $8.16.
The sudden increase was driven by two distinct factors: genuine optimism following the announcement of new augmented reality products and a surge in speculation among retail traders about a potential company buyout.
Innovation drives the rise of Snap stock
The primary...
Five months after discontinuing the development of its own obesity treatment, Pfizer has announced a nearly $5 billion acquisition of the development-stage drugmaker Metsera.
The deal signals a major strategic push by the pharmaceutical giant into the rapidly growing and highly lucrative market for weight-loss drugs, which is currently dominated by Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Eli Lilly’s Zepbound....
Palantir Technologies has reached a market capitalization of $432.51 billion, surpassing the valuation of software giant Salesforce despite having only a tenth of its revenue. The milestone comes as Palantir closes its largest-ever foreign contract, a five-year, $950 million deal with the UK Ministry of Defence.
This combination of extreme market valuation and strategic defense contracts is...
T-Mobile announced that its chief operating officer, Srinivasan Gopalan, will become the company’s new chief executive officer, effective November 1.
He will take over from Mike Sievert, who has served as CEO since April 2020. Following the announcement, shares of T-Mobile fell nearly 1% in premarket trading.
Mike Sievert’s new role
Mike Sievert will transition to the newly created position of...
Google has removed the simplified “Driving Mode” interface from the Google Maps app. The feature, first introduced in 2019, provided drivers without Android Auto or a built-in infotainment system with an optimized view that combined navigation, media controls, and Google Assistant voice commands.
Why did Google remove driving mode from Maps?
The primary reason for the discontinuation is Google’s...