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Google revives talks to acquire Wiz at higher valuation

Google’s parent company Alphabet is again in advanced talks to acquire cloud cybersecurity startup Wiz, a person familiar with the

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Republican Congressman Jim Jordan asks Big Tech if Biden tried to censor AI

On Thursday, House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent letters to 16 American technology firms, including Google and OpenAI, asking

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Google has given Anthropic more funding than previously known, show new filings

Anthropic, a San Francisco startup often cast as an independent player in the AI race, has deeper ties to Google

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New DOJ proposal still calls for Google to divest Chrome, but allows for AI investments

The US Department of Justice is still calling for Google to sell its web browser Chrome, according to a Friday

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Tapbots teases a new Bluesky app, Phoenix, saying it can’t ‘survive on Mastodon alone’

There’s a new Bluesky app in the works from a popular developer of iOS applications. Tapbots, the company behind the

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Signal is the number-one downloaded app in the Netherlands. But why?

Privacy-focused messaging app Signal has been flying high in the Dutch app stores this past month, often sitting at the

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1,000 artists release ‘silent’ album to protest UK copyright sell-out to AI

The U.K. government is pushing forward with plans to attract more AI companies to the region through changes to copyright

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Meta, X approved ads containing violent anti-Muslim, antisemitic hate speech ahead of German election, study finds

Social media giants Meta and X approved ads targeting users in Germany with violent anti-Muslim and anti-Jew hate speech in

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Humane’s AI Pin is dead, as HP buys startup’s assets for $116M

Humane announced on Tuesday that most of its assets have been acquired by HP for $116 million. The hardware startup