Elon Musk came to a California federal court on Wednesday to argue that Sam Altman and his co-founders “stole a charity.” He left having admitted, under oath, that Tesla is not currently pursuing artificial general intelligence (AGI)— directly contradicting a tweet he’d posted just weeks earlier. It was that kind…
Sources: Anthropic could raise a new $50B round at a valuation of $900B
Investor interest in Anthropic has reached a feverish pitch. The maker of the Claude AI assistant has received multiple preemptive offers to raise fresh capital of around $50 billion at a valuation in the $850 billion to $900 billion range, according to half a dozen sources familiar with the matter.…
Amazon, Meta join fight to end Google Pay, PhonePe dominance in India
Amazon and Meta are among the big companies set to lobby India’s payments body over the dominance of Walmart-owned PhonePe and Google Pay in the country’s fast-growing instant payments network. Executives representing platforms including Amazon Pay, WhatsApp, CRED, MobiKwik, and Flipkart’s Super.money are scheduled to meet the National Payments Corporation…
Don’t make this $600 mistake with your Dolby Atmos soundbar
Soundbars aren’t cheap, and picking one up that has Dolby Atmos support costs even more. Nevertheless, it’s a nice middle ground for people who don’t want to keep using their paltry TV speakers but don’t want to shell out for a surround sound system either. I have a Dolby Atmos…
Amazon’s cloud business is surging — and so is its capital spending
Amazon was one of several tech giants that on Wednesday beat Wall Street’s first-quarter earnings expectations, offering more financial evidence that the AI boom continues to reward companies that supply the picks and shovels. Amazon’s cloud business is the latest example. Amazon Web Services, buoyed by its role in fueling…
POCO X8 Pro Max: Should You Consider It?
As mentioned above, the phone consists of a metal frame and a fibreglass back, which, combined with a 9000mAh battery, makes it weigh just over 221 grams. The phone comes with a 50MP main camera and an 8MP ultrawide camera on the back. Is the POCO X8 Pro Max the…
Microsoft says it has over 20M paid Copilot users, and they really are using it
Despite the lingering perception that no one really uses Copilot, Microsoft said Wednesday that its user base and engagement are growing for the AI tool that’s baked into M365 apps like Word, Excel, and Outlook email. M365 Copilot now has 20 million paid enterprise Copilot seats, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella…
If you’re serious about recreating the theater experience at home there’s one cable you need
If there’s one truism in the world of tech, it’s that no two things are created equal. This couldn’t be closer to the truth when it comes to HDMI cables, of which quality varies considerably from cord to cord. Two nearly identical-looking HDMI cables may feature totally different data capabilities,…
Fusion power startup Zap Energy pulls a partial pivot, adding nuclear fission to the mix
Nobody said building a fusion power plant would be easy. Physicists and engineers have been working for decades to crack the problem. But over the last year or so, fusion startup Zap Energy took a deeper look at its pathway to a working power plant and decided that it would…
It’s time for Apple to add this Fire Stick feature to the Apple TV 4K
The last time Apple released a new Apple TV 4K was in 2022, and since then, the cost of streaming has risen sharply. Major streaming services like Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+, and YouTube TV have all raised prices multiple times over the past few years — including Apple TV, which…