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A TikTok Inc. sign in front of a building on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 in Culver City, California.Kayla Bartkowski | Los Angeles Times | Getty ImagesTikTok’s U.S. joint venture appears to have weathered a tumultuous rollout with minimal changes in user numbers, as early stories of a mass exodus of users sparked by outages and censorship concerns now appear to be exaggerated, according to new numbers.Despite a spike in removals following TikTok’s announcement of its U.S. joint venture on Jan. 23, TikTok’s average daily active users in the U.S. remain at about 95% of its user count compared to the…
Illustration of OpenClaw logo on smartphone screen Sopa Images | Light Rocket | Getty ImagesOpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Sunday that the developer of the viral AI agent OpenClaw has joined the company, and that the service “will live on in its foundation as an open source project that OpenAI will continue to support.”OpenClaw, previously known as Clawdbot and Moltbot, was launched last month by Austrian software developer Peter Steinberger. Thanks in part to social media attention, their popularity has skyrocketed as consumers and businesses flock to products that can autonomously complete tasks, make decisions and take actions on your…
Power, not compute, is rapidly becoming the limiting factor in AI data center expansion. This change led Peak XV Partners to back C2i Semiconductors, an Indian startup building plug-and-play system-level power solutions designed to reduce energy losses and improve the economics of large-scale AI infrastructure. C2i (short for Control Transformation and Intelligence) has raised $15 million in a Series A round led by Peak XV Partners with participation from Yali Deeptech and TDK Ventures, bringing the two-year-old startup’s total funding to $19 million. This investment comes as data center energy demand accelerates around the world. Data center power consumption is…
Family is everything to Taylor and Travis, so VIP automatically includes their respective parents and siblings. Possible best man Jason Kelsey has at least two daughters, Wyatt and Elliott, who are flower girls with wife Kylie Kelsey, but depending on when the big day happens, younger sister Bennett could grow up as well. (Oh, baby Finley will probably have to put this to bed.) It remains to be seen which of Travis’ Kansas City Chiefs teammates will be chosen, but Travis was a groomsman at quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ 2022 wedding to Brittany Mahomes, so in addition to coach Andy Reid,…
White House Trade Advisor Peter Navarro speaks to members of the media near the West Wing of the White House on August 21, 2025 in Washington, DC, USA. Nathan Howard | ReutersPeter Navarro, President Donald Trump’s trade and manufacturing adviser, said Sunday that the White House could force data center builders to absorb costs as voters continue to see a worsening economy and rising utility costs. “All these data center builders meta “They have to pay for all the costs. Not only do they have to pay for the power that they’re using on the grid, they have to pay…
David Greene, the longtime host of NPR’s Morning Edition, is suing Google, claiming that the male voice on the company’s NotebookLM podcast is based on Greene, according to the Washington Post. After she started texting friends, family and colleagues saying they looked alike, Green said she became convinced that their voices replicated her rhythm, intonation and use of filler words like “uh.” “My voice is like the most important part of who I am,” said Green, who currently hosts KCRW’s “Left, Right, & Center.” Among other features, Google’s NotebookLM allows users to generate podcasts using an AI host. A company…
The Warner Bros. logo appears on the water tower at Warner Bros. Studios on September 12, 2025 in Burbank, California. Tama Mario | Getty Imageswarner bros discovery’s board of directors is considering resuming sales negotiations with. paramount skydance Bloomberg News reported on Sunday, citing unnamed sources, that it recently received an amended offer that eased the terms of the contract.Warner Bros. agreed in December to sell both its movie studio and HBO Max streaming service to the United States. Netflix $27.75 per share. Paramount, which owns CBS and MTV, launched a hostile takeover of Warner Bros. in December, promising shareholders…
Peter Steinberger, who created the AI personal assistant now known as OpenClaw, has joined OpenAI. OpenClaw, formerly known as Clawdbot and then Moltbot, has rapidly gained popularity over the past few weeks with its promise to be “an AI that actually does things,” like managing your calendar, booking a flight, and even joining a social network packed with other AI assistants. (The name was first changed after Anthropic threatened legal action due to its similarity to Claude, but was later changed again because Steinberger liked the new name better.) In a blog post announcing his decision to join OpenAI, the…
U.S. President Joe Biden looks on as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a meeting with senior executives and CEOs of American and Indian companies in the East Room of the White House on June 23, 2023 in Washington, DC. Brendan Smialowski AFP | Getty ImagesTop technology executives will travel to India this week for an AI summit in New Delhi, as the world’s biggest companies aim to expand their presence in what is seen as a key growth market.India will host the AI Impact Summit this week, the latest in a series of government-sponsored events focused on artificial…
Close up image of a tablet screen displaying a portrait of Jeffrey Epstein beside the official U.S. Department of Justice website page titled Epstein Library in Washington District of Columbia United States on February 11, 2026. Veronique Tournier | Afp | Getty ImagesThe recent release by the Department of Justice of millions of pages of emails and other documents related to the notorious sex predator Jeffrey Epstein has led to a wave of resignations and other uncomfortable fallout for high-profile people around the world whose dealings with him have been exposed.Those individuals include the top lawyer at the major investment…