Alphabet’s extra $5 billion investment in Waymo comes after steady growth in revenue and citywide expansions.
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Lyft president Kristin Sverchek to exit on Aug. 20
The ride-hailing company said Sverchek’s exit is not due to disagreement within the company, its board of directors or management.
The CrowdStrike fail and next global IT meltdown already in the making
The best defense against the next CrowdStrike is requiring software updates to be rolled out incrementally and building redundancy into systems.
CrowdStrike update that caused global outage likely skipped checks, experts say
CrowdStrike’s routine update of its widely used cybersecurity software caused clients’ computer systems to crash globally on Friday.
The Crowdstrike outage and global software’s single-point failure problem
The CrowdStrike software bug that took down Microsoft operating system-based IT around the globe exposed a ‘single-point’ failure risk that is rising.
Nvidia rebounds after TSMC says AI chip demand remains strong
Nvidia’s rise came after TSMC said on Thursday that demand remains high and supply remains constrained for high-end AI chips.
Trump Bitcoin Conference fundraiser tickets top out at $844,600 for Nashville soiree
Donald Trump will headline a campaign fundraiser at the Bitcoin Conference, where the top tickets are going for $844,600 per person
Bye-bye bitcoin, hello AI: Texas miners leave crypto for next new wave
In the race to power AI, bitcoin miners are teaming up with energy infrastructure companies in search of new ways to generate returns on their hefty investments.
OpenAI debuts mini version of its most powerful model yet
OpenAI on Thursday launched a new AI model, “GPT-4o mini,” the artificial intelligence startup’s latest effort to expand use of its popular chatbot.
Amazon Prime Day drives U.S. online sales to record $14.2 billion
Consumer electronics and back-to-school products were among the top categories.