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02
Sep
Google spared from ad-business breakup, but judge orders changes to how it operates
Google has dodged an effort to break up its ad business, but a judge said Wednesday that the company will need to adjust its business t...
01
Sep
Larry Page’s flying car company Pivotal loses its CEO
The company told TechCrunch he is "pursuing new endeavors."
01
Sep
Reliance’s JioHotstar takes its streaming empire global — without sports
JioHotstar will only have entertainment content when it launches in the UK, Canada, and Singapore.
01
Sep
Apple follows Google in adopting Trump’s ‘Lake America’ name
Apple Maps is following President Trump's executive order to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.
01
Sep
AfterQuery reportedly becomes Y Combinator’s fastest-ever unicorn, now valued at $3.2B
AI model-training startup AfterQuery has reportedly raised a round that valued it at $3.2 billion, just five months after announcing it...
01
Sep
OpenAI’s Astra model is on the way — and very good at breaking into computer systems
OpenAI previewed the precautions it is taking as it prepares to release Astra, its newest, cyber-critical LLM.
31
Aug
FTC Sues Amazon Over Alleged $20 Billion Advertising Surcharge Scheme via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson
FTC and 22 states sued Amazon over alleged changes to its ad auctions that the agency says overcharged advertisers by more than $20 bil...
31
Aug
Polymarket reportedly raises $300 million from Donald Trump Jr.’s investment fund
The firm, 1789 Capital, led the funding round that reportedly will total around $1 billion.
31
Aug
a16z brings growth fund to $8.5B days after launching new $1.1B fund
Andreessen Horowitz held out its hand and returned with billions more in new funds to invest in startups.
31
Aug
A group funded by Andreessen, Horowitz, and Brockman plans data center ads to sway midterms
Build American AI plans to lobby voters in select states about the virtues of data centers by spending millions of dollars on ads.