GameStop offers $56 billion for eBay, struggles to explain how it'll pay for it
… Cohen took questions about the financing on CNBC’s Squawk Box today, but co-anchor Andrew Ross Sorkin said the deal math doesn’t make sense. …
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Amazon devices chief says a new smartphone is “just not the goal”
…In 2024, The Wall Street Journal reported that Amazon’s devices unit lost $25 billion from 2017 to 2021. In 2022, Business Insider reported that Alexa would lose $10 billion that year…
Data center guzzled 30 million gallons of water, and nobody noticed for months
… Residents fight to protect water sources For residents in embattled areas like Fayette County, questions about water remain. …
The newest AI boom pitch: Host a mini data center at your home
…The scheme for subsidizing homeowners’ utility bills is “fascinating,” Ari Peskoe , director of the Electricity Law Initiative at Harvard Law School, told Ars. However, he cautioned that utility companies may have to…
Elon Musk took too long to sue OpenAI, jury unanimously agrees
…One of the billionaire’s lawyers, Marc Toberoff, who hosted daily calls with press during the trial, quickly confirmed that Musk will appeal. Altman and Brockman were not present when the verdict…
Altman forced to confront claims at OpenAI trial that he's a prolific liar
… Altman’s testimony ended when Musk’s lawyer confirmed he had no further questions. …
SpaceX is now a public company valued for its AI potential, so what comes next?
…On paper, SpaceX founder Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire, with his personal stake in the company valued at more than $700 billion. Because of the company’s stock options…
OpenAI president forced to read his personal diary entries to jury
… Following his speech, Musk took some questions from OpenAI staffers, and Brockman said that one of the first questions raised was how he would do things differently while pursuing AGI at Tesla. …
US approval of Paramount/Warner Bros. deal surprised DOJ lawyers, report says
… The WSJ’s anonymous sources indicated that a meeting with David Ellison helped convince DOJ leaders to approve the deal. “The Justice Department’s senior leaders believed that Paramount Chief Executive Officer David Ellison, son of Trump ally Larry Ellison, persuasively addressed many of the staff’… …
Google's SynthID AI watermarking tech is being adopted by OpenAI, Nvidia, and more
…The company says SynthID has since been used to label 100 billion images and videos, plus 60,000 years’ worth of audio. Those numbers are only going up now that SynthID is…