In September, Amazon said it would invest up to $4 billion in Anthropic, a San Francisco start-up working on artificial intelligence. Soon after, an Amazon executive sent a private message to an executive at another company. He said Anthropic had won the deal because it agreed to build its A.I. using specialized computer chips designed…
The S&P 500 is at a new high, and investors have just a handful of stocks to thank for it. Change in total market value since Oct. 12, 2022 Source: FactSet Note: Data is as of market close on Jan. 19. Since the index hit its latest low in October 2022, seven stocks — Alphabet,…
Google will cut 100 employees at its video platform, YouTube, on Wednesday, continuing piecemeal layoffs after shedding more than a thousand jobs in the past week. The tech giant notified workers from YouTube’s operations and creator management teams that their positions had been eliminated, according to an email reviewed by The New York Times. YouTube,…
Tech companies would like us to believe that their products tell a story about progress. Faster phones! Better cameras! Brighter screens! Yet despite all the improvements, there are pieces of tech that have been flawed for years. Text messaging technology, which created what many call the “green vs. blue bubble” disparity, has made texting between…
