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Microsoft's Office apps are getting even more free AI features - The Verge
You don't need to pay $30 per month for these latest Office AI features. ... More in News.
ARPU
Will Google Gemini Turn Search Into a Dead End for the Web?
Google launched Gemini 3 this week, its most powerful AI model yet, with a suite of new features designed to keep it at the forefront of the AI race. While the company touted its lead on industry benchmarks, the most radical and potentially disruptive new feature wasn't about
TechCrunch
a16z leads $21M Series A into AI-native tax compliance software Sphere | TechCrunch
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The Verge
Microsoft is turning Windows into an 'agentic OS,' starting with the taskbar - The Verge
Microsoft is trying to transform Windows into a “canvas for AI,” with new AI agents integrated into the Windows 11 taskbar. ... More in News.
CNBC
Meta's big antitrust win, Salesforce's deal closure, and iPhone's popularity in China
Every weekday, the Investing Club releases the Homestretch; an actionable afternoon update just in time for the last hour of trading.
CNBC
Intuit to pay OpenAI over $100 million for model access, ChatGPT integrates with TurboTax
Intuit has struck a $100 million-plus deal with OpenAI to bring AI into its financial products like TurboTax and QuickBooks.
Bloomberg
SAP to Keep Microsoft EU Cloud Running If Trump Orders Shutdown
SAP SE will maintain access to Microsoft Corp.’s cloud services even if a foreign government attempts to cut it off, after Donald Trump’s administration sanctioned an international court in the Hague.
Bloomberg
EU’s Ribera Weighs ‘Serious’ Google Offer in Ad Tech Probe
Teresa Ribera, the European Union’s competition chief, said regulators are examining a “serious” offer from Google to fix alleged antitrust violations linked to its ad tech business that sparked a fine of nearly €3 billion ($3.5 billion).
CNBC
Cloudflare says outage that hit X, ChatGPT and other sites is resolved
OpenAI's ChatGPT and Elon Musk's social media platform X were among the sites impacted by the Cloudflare issues.
The Verge
Google updates its weather forecasts with a new AI model - The Verge
The company's AI-enhanced forecasts have proven themselves to be quite accurate so far. ... How Jeffrey Epstein used SEO to bury news about his crimes.
CNBC
Microsoft unveils tool to help companies control, track AI agents
Microsoft has helped companies build AI agents that can do specific kinds of work. Now it has a way to spot and stop risky agents.
CNBC
Google announces Gemini 3 as battle with OpenAI intensifies
Google says its latest suite of AI models will require users to do "less prompting" to get the desired results.
Bloomberg
Google Launches New Gemini AI Model With Interactive Answers
Alphabet Inc.’s Google debuted an updated version of its artificial intelligence model, Gemini, that executives said represents a “massive jump” in reasoning and coding ability.
Bloomberg
Microsoft, Nvidia to Invest Up to $15 Billion in Anthropic
Microsoft Corp. and Nvidia Corp. are committing to invest up to a combined $15 billion in Anthropic PBC, in a move that ties the AI developer closer to two of the biggest backers for its rival OpenAI.
Bloomberg
German Quantum Computing Supplier Raith Weighs €1 Billion Sale
The private equity owner behind Raith, a German nano-technology supplier to critical tech sectors such as quantum computing, is exploring a sale of the business that could be valued at around €1 billion ($1.2 billion) in a deal, according to people familiar with the matter.
Bloomberg
Alphabet-Led AI Project to Shield New Zealand Grid From Outages
A consortium of four utilities serving a quarter of New Zealand will join an Alphabet Inc.-led initiative that uses artificial intelligence to fortify the country’s grid against failures caused by extreme weather or earthquakes.
Bloomberg
HSBC to Offer Tokenized Deposits to US and UAE Clients
HSBC Holdings Plc will start offering tokenized deposits to its corporate clients in the US and the United Arab Emirates in the first half of next year, as banks expand their push into blockchain technology for payments.
Bloomberg
Ocado Slumps as Biggest Client Pulls Back on Warehouse Tech
Ocado Group Plc’s shares slumped after its biggest customer, US grocer Kroger Co., said its automated warehouse network is falling short of financial expectations and announced the closure of three sites.
CNBC
Cloudflare down: Company blames 'unusual' spike in traffic before outage errors
OpenAI's ChatGPT and Elon Musk's social media platform X appear to have been affected by the Cloudflare issues.
CNBC
Intuit to pay OpenAI over $100 million a year for model access, ChatGPT integrates with TurboTax
Intuit has struck a $100 million-plus annual deal with OpenAI to bring AI into its financial products like TurboTax and QuickBooks.
Bloomberg
Intuit Inks Deal to Spend Over $100 Million on OpenAI Models
Intuit Inc. will spend more than $100 million on a multiyear contract with OpenAI to further weave the ChatGPT maker’s artificial intelligence models into financial apps like TurboTax.
Bloomberg
Apple and Tencent Try to Regulate the WeChat Economy
Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Pei Li and Vlad Savov delve into Tencent’s role in the new program Apple is offering mobile app developers.
Bloomberg
Microsoft and Amazon Are Downgraded as Redburn Breaks Ranks With Peers
The bull case for generative artificial intelligence is no longer clear and hyperscalers should be approached with caution, according to an analyst who downgraded two of Wall Street’s most-favored tech giants.
SCMP
Ant Group unveils AI assistant that builds ‘flash apps’ in 30 seconds
Fintech giant Ant Group, an affiliate of Alibaba Group Holding, has unveiled what it called China’s first multimodal artificial intelligence assistant capable of producing code-driven outputs, including “flash apps” in as little as 30 seconds.
LingGuang, described as a next-generation multimodal AI assistant, was designed to help users create a variety of simple apps – including a calorie tracker, a Pac-Man-style game and a Chinese character memorisation tool – based on natural language prompts,...
The Verge
Google's AI Mode can now help you visualize your travel plans - The Verge
... news for other travel companies like Kayak and Expedia, which are also building their own AI-powered features. Google is also expanding the types...
TechCrunch
Google rolls out its AI 'Flight Deals' tool globally, adds new travel features in Search
Aisha is a consumer news reporter at TechCrunch. Prior to joining the publication in 2021, she was a telecom reporter at MobileSyrup. Aisha holds an...
CNBC
We don't have high hopes for this tech stock, but we're thrilled with this bank
Two portfolio stocks are making news Monday — one in enterprise software and the other in banking.
CNBC
Buffett's Google bet comes 2 decades after billionaire investor 'inspired' search giant's IPO
The Google founders said in the company's 2004 IPO prospectus that much of their commentary was "inspired by Warren Buffett's essays" in annual reports.
Bloomberg
RMB CEO Sees Opportunity for Big Banks in Rise of Africa Fintech
The rapid advance of financial-technology companies in Africa could help traditional lenders enhance their customer service, said the chief executive officer of Rand Merchant Bank, a unit of FirstRand Ltd., Africa’s biggest bank by market capitalization.
CNBC
Take-Two CEO says consoles aren't going away, but gaming is moving toward PCs
Take-Two CEO says consoles aren't going away, but gaming is moving toward PCs.