TikTok takes on Google Maps by surfacing reviews in the comments tab

As TikTok continues to build out its search experience, the social network is now surfacing reviews for select places right within the comments tab of a video. The new feature, which appears to be a test, eliminates the need to conduct a new search or open up Google when you come across a place on […]

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OpenAI may ‘adjust’ its safeguards if rivals release ‘high-risk’ AI

In an update to its Preparedness Framework, the internal framework OpenAI uses to decide whether AI models are safe and what safeguards, if any, are needed during development and release, OpenAI said that it may “adjust” its requirements if a rival AI lab releases a “high-risk” system without comparable safeguards. The change reflects the increasing […]

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India’s BluSmart swept up in Gensol investigation alleging misuse of EV loans

India’s market regulator launched a probe Tuesday into Gensol Engineering after finding alleged misuse of electric vehicle loans. BluSmart, a ride-hailing startup connected to Gensol that was once seen as an emerging Uber rival in the South Asian market, has also been swept up into the investigation. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) […]

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg considered spinning off Instagram from Facebook in 2018: FTC trial

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg considered spinning out Instagram in 2018, according to an email presented Tuesday in the FTC’s antitrust trial against the company.

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OpenAI hires team behind GV-backed AI eval platform Context.ai

Context.ai, a startup building evaluations and analytics for AI models, announced Tuesday that its co-founders will join OpenAI.  Context.ai plans to wind down its products following the acqui-hire, per a message on the company’s website. When reached for comment, OpenAI declined to reveal the terms of the deal. “Evals are a requirement to building high-performing […]

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Google bets on geothermal to power data centers in Taiwan

Swedish company Baseload Capital is developing the project.

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Amazon emails sellers to gauge how Trump’s tariffs are impacting their businesses

Amazon asked third-party sellers how the “current U.S. tariff situation” has affected sourcing and pricing, logistics and plans to ship goods into warehouses.

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Anthropic forms a new team to grow its AWS business

In a sign of Anthropic’s increasingly cozy relationship with Amazon, Anthropic has formed a new team to recruit AWS customers to use its AI products. The team, which Anthropic appears to have begun hiring several months ago, aims to “accelerate” the adoption of Anthropic’s AI among AWS accounts by “building programs that […] scale across […]

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Publishing platform Medium says it’s sticking with DEI

Publishing platform Medium says it’s still committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), even as many other U.S. tech companies have scaled back their efforts in this space to appease the Trump administration. In a blog post published on Monday, Medium CEO Tony Stubblebine backed the company’s diverse community, saying that businesses shouldn’t have to […]

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UK’s Cyber Crime Down in 2024: Better ‘Cyber Hygiene Among Small Businesses

A UK government survey of 2024 data shows phishing remains the top cyber threat, ransomware cases doubled, and fewer boards include cyber experts despite steady attack rates.

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