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Trump threatens new tariffs on Apple, Samsung and the EU
U.S. President Donald Trump has stated that new tariffs could be imposed on Apple Inc. devices and products made in the European Union. Trump detailed the potential duties in two Truth Social posts published today. Apple and EU companies could face tariffs of at least 25% and 50%, respectively. Trump later added that the duties imposed ...
Apple reportedly planning to launch smart glasses in late 2026
Apple Inc. plans to expand its consumer electronics lineup next year with artificial intelligence smart glasses, Bloomberg reported today. The device will compete with Meta Platforms Inc.’s Ray-Ban Meta glasses. The latter product series provides music playback, calling, live translation and navigation features. Apple’s upcoming spectacles will reportedly provide many of the same capabilities. The ...
OpenAI to build gigawatt Stargate data center in the UAE
OpenAI today announced plans to build a large artificial intelligence data center in the United Arab Emirates. The facility is expected to consume 1 gigawatt of power at full capacity. One gigawatt corresponds to the electricity usage of about 700,000 homes. According to Reuters, it’s believed that the data center will house about 100,000 graphics ...
Cybersecurity researcher discovers database with millions of login credentials
A cybersecurity researcher has discovered an exposed Elasticsearch database with millions of login credentials, Wired reported today. Jeremiah Fowler found the system on May 6. Usually, Fowler told Wired, it’s possible to identify the operator of such a database by analyzing its contents. That wasn’t possible in this case. He believes that the database was ...
Pay-i launches with $4.9M to ease AI application cost tracking
Pay-i Inc., a startup that helps companies track the financial footprint of their artificial intelligence workloads, launched today with $4.9 million in funding. Fuse Partners and Tola Capital co-led the seed investment. They were joined by Firestreak, Pear VC, Gaia Capital and multiple angel investors. Pear-i is led by Chief Executive Officer David Tepper, a ...
OpenAI acquires Jony Ive’s io Products in $6.5B all-stock deal
OpenAI today announced plans to buy io Products Inc., a consumer electronics startup led by former Apple Inc. Chief Design Officer Jony Ive. The deal reportedly values one-year-old io Products at $6.5 billion. OpenAI, which already has a 23% stake in the startup as a result of an earlier investment, will pay $5 billion worth ...
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang criticizes US curbs on AI chip sales to China
Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang on has criticized the U.S. government’s restrictions on chip sales to China. Huang made the remarks at the Computex conference in Taipei Tuesday. During the event, Nvidia Corp. debuted a technology that makes it possible to move data between third-party chips using its NVLink interconnect. The company also ...
DataOps.live debuts new Dynamic Suite data toolkit for Snowflake
DataOps.live Inc. has introduced a new software toolkit that promises to help Snowflake Inc. customers manage their data more efficiently. The offering, which is known as Dynamic Suite, debuted today. London-based DataOps.live is backed by more than $27 million in funding. It provides a cloud-based platform that companies use to prepare their business data for ...
Report: Apple plans to make its large language models available to developers
Apple Inc. plans to let third-party developers build applications using its large language models, Bloomberg reported today. The company is expected to announce the initiative at its upcoming WWDC conference. Last year, Apple rolled out a suite of artificial intelligence features called Apple Intelligence to iPhones and Macs. The capabilities are powered by a series ...
New multimodal AI automation features coming to Google Workspace
Google LLC is adding new artificial intelligence features to Google Workspace that will help users write emails, turn slideshows into videos and perform other tasks. The capabilities debuted today at the company’s Google I/O developer event. The first set of AI enhancements will become available in Gmail. Gemini, the built-in AI assistant, can now generate ...