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With TikTok Deadline Looming, Details of a Potential Deal Emerge
Two days before a deadline for TikTok to be sold to a non-Chinese company or otherwise face a ban in the United States, a deal has not yet…
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Business
Amazon Said to Make a Bid to Buy TikTok in the U.S.
Amazon has put in a last-minute bid to acquire all of TikTok, the popular video app, as it approaches an April deadline to be separated…
Politics
How Trump Could Make Larry Ellison the Next Media Mogul
For decades, Larry Ellison reveled in being the Silicon Valley executive who really knew how to have a good time. He spent as much as $200…
Culture
Amazon’s New Movie Strategy Starts With Theaters
Amazon’s movie strategy is finally ready for its close-up. After a decade-long dalliance with big-screen theatrical releases, the giant…
News
U.S. Adds Export Restrictions to More Chinese Tech Firms Over Security Concerns
The Trump administration on Tuesday added 80 companies and organizations to a list of companies that are barred from buying American…
News
TikTok Ads Portray App as Force for Good as US Ban Looms
In an emotional advertisement running on Facebook and Instagram over the past month, a young woman, Katie, talks about being diagnosed…
Business
Trump’s Crypto Venture Introduces a Stablecoin
World Liberty Financial, the cryptocurrency company started by Donald J. Trump and his sons, announced on Tuesday that it was planning to…
Politics
Emboldened by Trump, A.I. Companies Lobby for Fewer Rules
For just over two years, technology leaders at the forefront of developing artificial intelligence had made an unusual request of…
News
How Blueprint Founder Bryan Johnson Sought Control Via Confidentiality Agreements
In a Netflix documentary released in January, Bryan Johnson, a tech entrepreneur turned longevity guru, walked people through his morning…
Business
Video: How A.I. Companies Are Turning Into Energy Companies
The race to build the best artificial intelligence products is resulting in a worldwide search for new energy sources to power tech…
Business
The Cryptocurrency Scam That Turned a Small Town Against Itself
In the Wichita courtroom, Hanes offered his only public reflection on the bank collapse. Wearing a gray suit, he walked up to the lectern,…
Business
HP to Buy Humane, Maker of the Ai Pin, for $116 Million
Humane, the ambitious start-up behind the Ai Pin device that aimed to one day replace smartphones, agreed to sell parts of its business to…
Business
OpenAI’s Former Chief Technology Officer Starts Her Own Company
Mira Murati, the former chief technology of OpenAI who unexpectedly left the company in September, has helped found a new artificial…
Business
They’ve Been Waiting Years to Go Public. They’re Still Waiting.
Turo, a car rental start-up in San Francisco, has been trying to go public since 2021. But a volatile stock market in early 2022 delayed…
News
Why Porsche Is No Longer a ‘Premium’ Sports Car in China
After decades of dominating China’s market for high-performance cars with precision engineering, German automakers are losing out to…
Politics
JD Vance Is in Charge of Getting a TikTok Deal. Can He Find a Buyer?
Last week, an aide for Vice President JD Vance reached out to the billionaire Frank McCourt. The topic at hand was Mr. McCourt’s $20…
Business
OpenAI Rejects Elon Musk’s Bid to Gain Control of the Company
OpenAI’s board of directors on Friday rejected a $97.4 billion bid by Elon Musk and a consortium of investors to gain control of the…
Politics
TikTok Returns to Apple and Google App Stores
Apple and Google restored TikTok to their app stores in the United States on Thursday evening, several weeks after they removed the…
Business
Elon Musk Says He Will Drop OpenAI Bid if Company Preserves Nonprofit Mission
Elon Musk said in a court filing late Wednesday that he would withdraw his $97.4 billion bid to control OpenAI if the company dropped a…
Business
How Did DeepSeek Build Its A.I. With Less Money?
Last month, U.S. financial markets tumbled after a Chinese start-up called DeepSeek said it had built one of the world’s most powerful…
News
What DeepSeek’s Success Says About China’s Ability to Nurture Talent
To many Chinese, DeepSeek’s success is a victory for China’s education system, proof that it equals that of the United States or has even…
News
Cyberattack Disrupts Publication of Lee Newspapers Across the U.S.
Newspapers across the country owned by the news media company Lee Enterprises were unable to print, had problems with their websites and…
News
PlayStation Network Outage Persists, Sony Says
The PlayStation Network, which users of the Sony PlayStation platform rely on to play games, download content and access apps, fluttered…
Politics
How Sam Altman Sidestepped Elon Musk to Win Over Donald Trump
At President Trump’s inauguration, Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, was relegated to the overflow room while other tech…