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Nvidia’s CEO defends his moat as AI labs change how they improve their AI models

Nvidia raked in more than $19 billion in net income during the last quarter, the company reported on Wednesday, but that did little to assure investors that its rapid growth would continue. On its earnings call, analysts prodded CEO Jensen … Continue reading

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Reddit appears to be back after a 4-hour-long outage

Social media platform Reddit experienced an outage this afternoon at around 12:20 p.m. PT (or possibly even earlier), resulting in thousands of users being unable to access its website and app. After four hours, it appears to be working again. … Continue reading

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Nvidia Says Its Blackwell Chip Is Fine, Nothing to See Here

Chip production delays and a rumored overheating issue haven’t slowed down Nvidia, which reported another quarter of blockbuster earnings and said Blackwells are now in the hands of Microsoft and OpenAI.

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U.S. Plans to Propose Breakup of Google to Fix Search Monopoly

In a landmark antitrust case, the government will ask a judge to force the company to sell its popular Chrome browser, people with knowledge of the matter said.

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Reddit appears to be back after a four-hour-long outage

Social media platform Reddit experienced an outage this afternoon at around 12:20 p.m. PT (or possibly even earlier), resulting in thousands of users being unable to access its website and app. After four hours, it appears to be working again. … Continue reading

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Snowflake snaps up data management company Datavolo

Cloud giant Snowflake has agreed to acquire Datavolo, a data pipeline management company, for an undisclosed sum. Snowflake unveiled the deal at the close of the market bell on Wednesday, when it also announced its Q3 2025 earnings. The purchase … Continue reading

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Solar power magnate Gautam Adani and others indicted over alleged $250M bribery scheme

Billionaire Gautam Adani and several executives at his company, the Indian conglomerate Adani Group, have been indicted over an alleged scheme to pay more than $250 million in bribes to Indian officials in exchange for contracts to a 12 gigawatt … Continue reading

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Snowflake shares pop 19% on earnings and revenue beat

Snowflake reported better-than-expected results on the top and bottom lines.

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Fusion startup Tokamak Energy attracts $125M for its egg-like reactor design

Startups pursuing fusion power have benefitted from AI’s insatiable thirst for electricity. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Another VC-backed fintech, Earnin, faces crackdown over allegedly ‘predatory’ loans

The attorney general for the District of Columbia is suing instant payday loan fintech Earnin for “deceptively marketing and providing illegal high-interest loans,” the AG alleges. Earnin allows its users to get loans against paychecks. It advertises that users can … Continue reading

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