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From climbing vacuums to cyber-pets, CES 2026
Asad Ayaz, left, and Dave Filioni stand on stage with C-3PO and R2-D2 during a LEGO news conference ahead of the CES tech show Jan. 5 in Las Vegas. (Abbie Parr / AP Photo) LAS […]
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Salesforce CEO vies to overcome investors’ AI skepticism, touts quarterly numbers
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff delivers the keynote address at the start of the Dreamforce conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco on Oct. 14. (Jessica Christian / San Francisco Chronicle via AP) SAN FRANCISCO […]
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Tech billionaires’ cage match? Musk throws down the gauntlet and Zuckerberg accepts challenge
This combo of file images shows Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, left, and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are ready to fight, offline. In a now-viral back-and-forth seen on Twitter […]
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ChatGPT makes its debut as a smartphone app on iPhones
This photo, in New York, Thursday, May 18, 2023, shows the ChatGPT app on an iPhone. The free app started to become available on iPhones in the U.S. on Thursday and will later be coming […]
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Pentagon splits $9 billion cloud contract among 4 companies
FILE – This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Google, Oracle, Microsoft and Amazon will share in the Pentagon’s $9 billion contract to […]
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In court brief, Musk says the SEC is unlawfully muzzling him
FILE – Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition March 9, 2020, in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) U.S. Securities regulators are unlawfully muzzling Tesla CEO Elon Musk, violating his free speech […]
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Twitter whistleblower cites security flaws before Congress
CORRECTS SPELLING FROM PETER TO PEITER – Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko testifies to a Senate Judiciary hearing examining data security at risk, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The former […]
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Amazon to buy vacuum maker iRobot for roughly $1.7B
FILE – This Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019 file photo shows an iRobot Terra lawn mower in Bedford, Mass. Amazon on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the iRobot […]
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Amazon Prime Day comes amid slowdown in online sales growth
FILE – An Amazon Prime truck passes by a sign outside an Amazon fulfillment center on Staten Island, New York, on March 19, 2020. Amazon is heading into its annual Prime Day sales event on […]
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Looming Musk-Twitter legal battle hammers company shares
FILE – Elon Musk attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” exhibition on May 2, 2022, in New York. Twitter’s stock […]