Big tech articles

Nvidia becomes the first $5 trillion public company in history

Nvidia, one of the few companies profiting from AI, claims there is no AI bubble

Seduction is the new spyware: US tech startups are now the target of "sex warfare"

Mail-order spies: Tech companies employ some of the most robust network security to protect against IP theft. However, no amount of network security protects against theft from within. While corporate espionage is largely digital these days, good old-fashioned infiltration is still in use. China and Russia increasingly use sexual honeypots to compromise employees and gain access to sensitive technology.

Investors continue to sound the alarm on the inevitable burst of the AI bubble

Bottom line: Despite Big Tech pouring trillions into AI initiatives and building massive new data centers, the expected returns may never materialize. Analysts warn that the hype far outpaces reality, creating a precarious financial bubble that could have ripple effects across the broader economy.

Over 800 public figures, including "AI godfathers" and Steve Wozniak, sign open letter to ban superintelligent AI

A hot potato: Tech companies are in a race to create superintelligent AI, regardless of what the consequences of creating something much smarter than humans might be. It's led to hundreds of public figures from the world of tech, politics, media, education, religion, and even royalty signing an open letter calling for a ban on the development of superintelligence until certain conditions are met.

Samsung ties employee payouts to stock price in first company-wide incentive program

Satya Nadella, Jensen Huang, and Michael Dell all urged Trump to keep Intel's Lip-Bu Tan

Musk makes history as the first person to reach $500 billion net worth

Tim Berners-Lee urges decentralized web to counter AI exploitation and ad-driven abuse

Apple pushes back on EU's Digital Markets Act, aimed at curbing tech giants' power

The AI bubble is the only thing keeping the US economy together, Deutsche Bank warns

Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison is building a media empire, with stakes in TikTok, CBS, CNN and more

Editor's take: Larry Ellison has spent decades shaping Silicon Valley through Oracle, the software company he co-founded in 1977. Now 81, and with a fortune that recently placed him among the richest people in the world, Ellison is moving in a new direction: media ownership. His investments, alongside those of his son, David, suggest ambitions that extend well beyond the corporate software world he helped define.

Preliminary Microsoft-OpenAI deal clears way for OpenAI's for-profit conversion

What just happened? Microsoft and OpenAI have reached an agreement to extend their high-profile partnership, resolving months of strained negotiations and clearing the way for the artificial intelligence startup to move forward with its plan to form a for-profit corporation. The non-binding deal represents a potential turning point in one of the most closely watched relationships in the AI sector, though many of the terms have yet to be finalized.

OpenAI turns to Oracle in historic $300 billion cloud partnership

Larry Ellison leapfrogs Elon Musk to become world's richest person

Nearly 40% of Nvidia's revenue tied to two mystery customers, filing shows

Musk makes good on his threat to sue Apple and OpenAI over antitrust collusion

Elon Musk wanted Zuckerberg's help to take over OpenAI, court filings reveal

Cisco lays off 221 people despite revenue surge and CEO's claim AI wouldn't cost jobs

A hot potato: Cisco has announced that it will become the latest tech giant to lay off workers just as its revenue is soaring and AI becomes the most important focus. The move comes a week after CEO Chuck Robbins told an interviewer, "I don't want to get rid of a bunch of people right now."

Elon Musk says he will sue Apple over anticompetitive ChatGPT favoritism in App Store

Microsoft, Meta, and startups are battling for AI talent with more than just money

Apple unveils new $100 billion US investment plan amid tariff pressure

Tim Cook says AI is now Apple's top priority, "bigger than the internet"

Big quote: In a rare all-hands meeting at Apple's Cupertino headquarters, CEO Tim Cook made it clear to thousands of employees that AI now stands at the forefront of the company's ambitions. Addressing a packed auditorium following a stronger-than-expected earnings report, Cook called the AI transformation "as big or bigger" than the internet, the smartphone, cloud computing, and apps. "Apple must do this. Apple will do this. This is sort of ours to grab," Cook told staff, vowing, "We will make the investment to do it."

AI engineers reject Meta's $1.5 billion offers to build on their own terms

Trump administration's digital health tracking system gives tech giants access to medical records

Forward-looking: The Trump administration wants the US public to upload personal health data and medical records to a series of apps and systems managed by private health companies and tech giants. The move is supposed to allow easier access to health records across the nation, bringing personal healthcare into the digital age, but there are plenty of concerns about the security of the data and the possibility that it could be exploited.