OpenAI strikes deal with Pentagon, hours after rival Anthropic was blacklisted by Trump
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on X that his company has come to terms with the Defense Department for use of its models. Image: Sanket Mishra / Pexels Source: CNBC
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Preorder Google’s Newest Phone and Get a Free $100 Gift Card
If you’re planning on upgrading to the newest midrange Pixel phone, this deal is worth your while. Image: BoliviaInteligente / Unsplash Source: Wired
Google paid startup Form Energy $1B for its massive 100-hour battery
The deal paves the way for Form Energy to raise a new funding round before potentially going public next year. Image: Dylan Carr / Unsplash Source: TechCrunch
Google’s new 1.9GW clean energy deal includes massive 100-hour battery
Form Energy’s iron-air batteries will store wind and solar power to keep the data center running 24/7. Image: BoliviaInteligente / Unsplash Source: TechCrunch
Zurich Said to Near Deal for Beazley Funded by Equity Sale
Zurich Insurance Group AG is nearing an agreement to acquire UK specialty insurer Beazley Plc and raise billions of dollars in equity to help fund the deal, according to people familiar with the matter. Image: Elijah Cobb / Pexels Source: Bloomberg
Netflix isn’t buying Warner Bros: All of the latest updates
Just months after Netflix struck a deal to acquire the Warner Bros. studio, HBO, HBO Max, and Warner Games, the streaming giant has backed out of the arrangement, declining to raise its offer beyond Paramount’s “best and final” bid. Image: Thibault Penin / Unsplash It’s just the latest twist in the acquisition saga, which started…
Meta’s new deal with Nvidia buys up millions of AI chips
Meta has struck a multiyear deal to expand its data centers with millions of Nvidia’s Grace and Vera CPUs and Blackwell and Rubin GPUs. While Meta has long been using Nvidia’s hardware for its AI products, this deal “represents the first large-scale Nvidia Grace-only deployment,” which Nvidia says will deliver “significant performance-per-watt improvements in [Meta’s]…
Hearst Magazines Union Authorizes Strike for 410 Members if It Fails to Reach New Deal With Company
More than 400 union employees at 29 Hearst Magazine publications including Cosmopolitan, Elle, Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar and Good Housekeeping are ready to hit the picket lines if the Writers Guild of America East and the company fail to agree on a “fair contract” renewal by Friday, Feb. 13. The WGAE Council said it authorized a…
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni Fail to Reach a Deal in Court-Mandated Mediation
Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively failed to settle her sexual harassment lawsuit on Wednesday, after a daylong mediation in federal court. The co-stars of “It Ends With Us” entered the New York courthouse on Friday morning and spent much of the day in separate courtrooms on the 14th floor. At the end of the day,…
Nvidia’s $100 billion OpenAI deal has seemingly vanished
Two AI giants shake market confidence after investment fails to materialize. Image: Mariia Shalabaieva / Unsplash Source: Ars Technica