In summary Nearly $2 billion in broadband funding is at stake in the next 30 days, but advocacy groups say the challenge process is designed to fail. Starting next week, California residents have 30 days to challenge maps that will determine how $1.8 billion is distributed to increase internet access in the state. Actually getting …
The investment platform OurCrowd, the most active venture capital investment body in Israel, was chosen by the South Korean government to manage a bi-national investment fund that will invest in startups in both countries. The fundraising goal of the binational fund is $80 million, with $48 million already raised by the fund’s Korean partners: …
I was rooting for the Apple Vision Pro. I am still rooting for it, and for spatial computing and wearable computers overall. But, two weeks ago, as I packed up the device in its overpriced carrying case to demo it to my colleagues at our office, I had a stark realization. Just like every other …
Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., speaks during the company’s annual general meeting in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, June 20, 2024. Son sketched out ambitions to help create AI thousands of times smarter than any human, making his most grandiose pronouncements since the Japanese conglomerate began taking steps to shore …
Jennifer Jolly | Special to USA TODAY How to simplify your life by downgrading your phone Are you sick and tired of distractions? Try downgrading your smartphone without losing what you need. Problem Solved Flip phones are having a moment. It’s true: People are snatching up those basic clamshell throwbacks of the early 2000s faster …
Consumers from China and India were the biggest users of digital wallets for both online and physical sales. D3sign | Moment | Getty Images Digital wallets are the fastest growing payment method in the world, and Asia is leading the charge, according to the latest report by payments processing firm Worldpay. Globally, digital wallets accounted …
Alphabet incoming CFO Anat Ashkenazi, who spent 23 years at Eli Lilly Eli Lilly “Hundreds of thousands of people fill scripts for Mounjaro and Zepbound, yet we understand the frustration from those facing prescription delays or uncertainties getting their medicine,” Ashkenazi said on Eli Lilly’s first-quarter earnings call in April. The two drugs are part of a …
The New York Times first reported on the investigation. As startups like OpenAI and Anthropic — the companies behind the ChatGPT and Claude chatbots — gain steam in the generative AI market, tech giants like Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta have been part of an AI arms race of sorts, racing to integrate the technology …
About a month ago, I wrote about a viral book of “Lost” herbal remedies that had, at the time, sold 60,000 copies on the TikTok Shop despite appearing to violate some of the app’s policies on health misinformation. The book’s sales were boosted by popular videos from wellness influencers on the app, some of which …
In a matter of two months, hopes for the Rabbit R1 and Humane AI devices crashed and burned. They presented radical new form factors and promised to break our addiction to screens but when we finally got our hands on them, they were totally busted. Some people, however, aren’t ready to let go of the …