Новости за 07.05.2024

Sam Altman heads the company driving the current generative artificial intelligence hype — and he says it’s nothing compared to what’s coming next.

Hyundai Motor Co. and Aptiv’s joint self-driving car joint venture is pausing its operations, delaying commercialization plans, and laying off employees, according to the startup’s CEO.

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The Swiss Army Knife has become such a shorthand for multifunctionality that companies producing does-a-lot-of-stuff wares will often say that their goods are the “Swiss Army Knife” of whatever category they’re a part of. You can use the tool to cut stuff, snip stuff, uncork stuff, file stuff, in some cases download…

On Tuesday, TikTok fired back against the U.S. government over a law that could put an end to the social video platform.

What happens when you stick your finger in the closing trunk—or, in this case, the “frunk”—of a Tesla Cybertruck? It’s a question that way too many Cybertruck owners are asking themselves these days. And a new video posted to YouTube appears to show the most grotesque answer to date.

Panera Bread’s Charged Lemonade will soon be obsolete.

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Amid a backdrop of spring birds chirping away the morning, Apple announced a bevy of updates to its iPad lineup in a streamed presentation. The company has launched a new family of iPad Airs with an updated processor and double the storage, plus two new iPad Pros with MacBook-level specifications, including the debut…

Tesla retained its position as China’s second-largest seller of electric vehicles last month, even as its sales went down in the world’s largest auto market.

When Elizabeth Holmes, founder of the now-disgraced blood testing company Theranos, received the sentence for her fraud conviction in 2022, she was originally expected to serve 11 years after she reported to prison last May. But it looks like she’ll be getting out by Labor Day 2032.

The biggest customer for Boeing’s biggest plane is expressing its frustrations with the manufacturer as years-long delays run into production and delivery slowdowns that have come in the wake of an Alaska Airlines door plug blowout.

The wait is finally over. Apple just announced two brand-new iPad Pros — an 11-inch and a 13-inch model — at its Let Loose event Tuesday, confirming our months-long speculation about them. The event also revealed two new 11 and 13-inch iPad Air models.

As consumers continue to deal with elevated levels of inflation, their tipping habits also appear to be feeling the impact of ‘tipflation.’

Peloton’s shares were up over 13% in mid-morning trading as a number of private equity firms consider a potential buyout of the at-home fitness company, as per a CNBC report.

Apple on Tuesday announced its latest iPad Pro with a new chip that it promises will majorly boost the efficiency of AI applications run on the device.

OpenAI is tackling an increasingly pressingissue: fake images generated by its owntechnology.

Grocery technology company Instacart thinks it can help Uber Eats expand its restaurant business, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.

David Ulevitch, a general partner at Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, is tired of the “BS jobs” at big companies.

Tesla has less than two months to respond to inquires from U.S. auto safety regulators about its December recall of more than 2 million electric vehicles.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and other stock indexes opened slightly higher Tuesday, still benefiting from a recent rally driven by hopes for interest rate cuts.

Apple is reportedly developing AI chips in partnership with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. The initiative code-named Project ACDC, for “Apple Chips in Data Center,” would allow Apple to run artificial intelligence software on its own chips in data centers, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The stock of Palantir Technologies fell Tuesday morning as investors were unimpressed by its outlook for annual sales. The defense tech company’s stock was down over 13%, trading at $22 in the morning action.

Premier chipmaker Nvidia has been on a streak this year due to the artificial intelligence boom, but not all of its investors are fully buying into the hype.

Fisker just can’t catch a break. The automaker is still currently teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. And despite huge discounts on the Ocean, the vehicle is mess of issues. If a recent earnings call is to be believed, however, the Ocean itself might not matter much anymore.